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Tour and Registration Deadline for CSAA 2006 Annual Meeting is TODAY, Monday, September 25th
Monday, September 25 is the deadline for registering for the CSAA 2006 Annual Meeting in Rome and for registering for the optional tours and excursions.
As of Thursday, September 20th, the optional tour “La Vigna Winery & Medieval Town of Orvieto” had reached SOLD OUT status. No further reservations can be taken for this tour. Minimal space remains on the other tours.
There will be no on-site registration and tours will not be sold at the CSAA registration desk in Rome due to contractual obligations with the tour operators.
Salt Lake City Voters Against Verified Response
A recent Alarm Industry Research & Education Foundation (AIREF) survey conducted in Salt Lake City, Utah, one of the first communities to adopt verified response, indicates that voters overwhelmingly object to verified response.
Sixty five percent (65%) of registered voters disapprove of it and would vote for politicians who would change it. In addition, the survey indicates that the program may decrease a city’s attractiveness to businesses.
Seventy-three percent of business owners surveyed in Salt Lake City said if all other factors were equal, they would choose to locate in a city without verified response. Three-fifths of those surveyed said they would vote against candidates who supported the law.
Bisconti Research, Inc. interviewed 515 random voters in Salt Lake City by telephone in May 2006 on behalf of AIREF. Salt Lake City adopted its “verified response” ordinance in 2000.
Today, after more than five years of the non-response ordinance, Salt Lake City’s burglary rate remains far above the national average, despite claims that the ordinance would free police time for more productive uses.
To access the survey results, visit www.siacinc.org/survey1.asp.
Friday, September 29 is The Deadline for Registering for
the Operations Management Seminar
Friday, September 29th is the deadline for registering for the October 15-17, 2006 CSAA Operations Management Seminar in Seattle, WA.
The subject for this fall’s seminar will be “Employee Development and Discipline.” A tour of the Boeing Corporation Central Station is planned.
For more information on this meeting, please visit www.csaaul.org/2006FallOpsManagementSeminar.htm.
November 1 is All Saints Day in Rome
If you are scheduled to arrive in Italy on or before November 1, please keep in mind that November 1st is "All Saints Day." It is a bank holiday, consequently all the public offices (post offices, banks, etc.) will be closed. Most museums and restaurants will stay open. Taxis will run as normal. You should be prepared with Euros in hand. Since banks will be closed you may have trouble accessing an ATM.
