EDUCATION Repeal the Bad, Enact the Good Jim Hancock, CML, CMST, introduces the new ALOA Rewards Loyalty Program. outside of the enormous wall of windows on the north end of the hotel. One other item you missed was this current ALOA board — understanding when I something is not right for the membership — taking the initiative to make changes. Several years ago, ALOA put into place a recertification program that was not well received and was viewed as a punishment to the members by some. It required that a member gain “points” for a myriad of activities and report these to ALOA to maintain membership or certification, or however it was presented. There are a lot of explana- tions and theories as to why this was done, none of which matter because it did not work. In fact, there were members lost over this program who have never returned. Well, again, thanks to the current board’s willingness to hear the pleas of many, this program was repealed at the membership meeting in National Harbor. No longer will you be asked, forced, cajoled or feel mandated to do things to maintain something you either pay for or have earned as an ALOA member. So, if you are still counting and adding up points, STOP! Hooray for the ALOA board. Besides ridding the association of this program, they also agreed that ALOA needed to find a way to thank or reward members for being members. There are many out there who join for a single year just to get cheaper class pricing, but there are a great number of you who have been members for a long, long time. You have endured good and bad decisions, good and bad venues and still support your association and its attempts at furthering the profession through education and certification. You con- tinue to show the vendors at the Security Expo your support and visit their booths. So, we have decided it was time to reward you for your membership and loyalty in- stead of penalizing you. To that end, we would like to introduce the ALOA Rewards Loyalty Program. This program will allow those of you who have and continue to support ALOA and its efforts to be rewarded for that loyalty with discounted and free stuff, in- cluding classes, convention travel, membership and store items. The best thing WWW.ALOA.ORG f you missed the ALOA 2018 Conference in National Harbor, you missed out on a wonderful week of classes, fellowship and an outstanding venue. The host hotel, the Gaylord, was wonderful (with the exception of bell service on occasion). It had good food, an awesome laser light show each night and a spectacular view of the Potomac and its surrounding area about this program is that it is volun- tary. If you choose to participate, you can hopefully reap the benefits from it. If you choose not to participate, no one will track you down, strip you of your certification or cut up your membership card. This program is available to ALOA and SAVTA members. Below is an out- line for the program. Pretty simple, but should there be any confusion, please email me at [email protected], and I can try to clarify it. ALOA REWARDS LOYALTY PROGRAM It is extremely simple and is based on dollars spent on specific ALOA spon- sored events: Convention classes Host hotel lodging fees for ALOA/ SAFETECH convention ALOA membership ATC classes Sponsor classes such as local asso- ciations or vendors where ALOA is providing the education PRP testing These are awarded at $1 spent earns 1 point (e.g., spend $1,200 for class fees at ALOA convention, receive 1,200 points) And dollars spent is the easiest way to cal- culate. Everyone knows their costs going to these because it is usually a business expense, and the large-shop guy and the small-shop guy pay the same amount. Points will not be transferrable. Classes at local associations or ven- dors taught by ALOA ACE instructors but are not arranged through ALOA (e.g., an ACE instructor is contracted directly by a sponsor to teach and is paid directly) Partner association testing (ASIS, DHI, LSI) Maintaining state licensing (where required) OCTOBER 2018 KEYNOTES 55
