Of course, with next year being Las Ve- gas, gaming industry locksmiths would be the focus. And, in closing, for the members who did not attend this year’s AIL member- ship meeting, I was able to give two AIL president’s awards (called the AIL Influ- ential Leaders Award). The first award went to Tom Foxwell, who was supposed to receive it in 2017 because of his fantas- tic support of AIL when he was ALOA president and even continued support aſter his term by helping to form the first AIL chapter. The 2018 award went to Vernon Kelley, AIL founding trustee. Vern is my right hand in running the AIL and does so much behind the scenes. I know the award was a complete sur- prise to both of them, but for Vern I think even more so because he is the person “Sometimes, simple fixes can be done when we hear of members’ experiences.” who gives me his recommendations each year (that I don’t always pick from). I think, in part, he gives me his recom- mendation so he is not on the short list. When he gave me his recommendations this year, I pointed out I had missed pre- senting to Tom Foxwell last year, and he agreed Tom was a worthy person. I just forgot to tell Vern I was planning on do- ing two. Whoops. John Truempy, ICML, LSFDI, is employed at the University of Pennsylva- nia, where he’s been a locksmith for more than 21 years. Prior to that , w years as a commercial locksmith and worked for the state of New Jersey at Trenton State Psychiatric Hospital. As the first president of ALOA Institutional Locksmiths (AIL), the ALOA SPAI division, he has over 15 years of association management experience. He has writ ten many books focusing on both practical and esoteric applications for master key systems, including Ad- vanced Master Keying Skills and Master Key System Specification, Application & Management. He also teaches both fundamental and advanced locksmith subjects. 1.800.567.0451 #392 [email protected] capitolindustriesinc.com WWW.ALOA.ORG OCTOBER 2018 KEYNOTES 15 AAMPER- FFORD T THERPROOF ESIST WEA ABLE R ANT MAGNETIC P ADLOCK
