EDUCATION ALOA 2019: On Point This year’s convention was a winner. Don’t miss out next year! to the Strip or other areas, it was a quick Uber, Lyſt or taxi ride. The classes were, for the most part, packed with pre-registered attendees and a few I 54 remaining seats for the walk-up registrants. And while every class will not always please every attendee, 97% of the returned class evaluations were very good, and stu- dents enjoyed the learning experience. Class lunches were a huge hit. The food prepared for the classes daily was a step above the normal hotel/conference center fare to the point we actually had to remind folks that seconds on servings needed to be held to a minimum until all the classes had eaten. Along with the food, the lunchtime giveaways of ALOA-related apparel surprised and delighted those who won. It made lunchtime a little more anticipated, as the students never knew from day to day how winners were determined (there are actually three or four things that we do to determine winners, maybe based on seat- ing, lunch ticket, class taken…) Congratulations again to Chris Chase for winning this year’s Ray D’Adamo ACE Instructor of the Year award. Chris has done so much to advance the Fundamen- tals training and is always willing to go where needed to teach the class. He has also worked on new classes that are outside of the Fundamentals realm as well as started assisting Education with creating Intermediate and Advanced Fundamentals train- ing to help prepare the Fundamentals trainees for the next level of skills. And, finally, if you went to the Security Expo, you noticed a steady crowd in the KEYNOTES OCTOBER 2019 f you missed ALOA 2019 in Las Vegas, you missed a great confer- ence. The South Point Hotel & Casino was an almost-perfect venue for ALOA with a very accommodating staff, an exceptional floor plan for the classes and so many on-site entertainment and dining options that there was little need to ever leave the property. But if you wanted to venture out show and crowding aisles. Vendors had their hands full speaking to all the people visiting the booths. One booth of extreme interest to the Education department was the SecurityCEU booth, ALOA’s partner in online training. Many attendees in need of refresher courses or CEU credits went by the booth to get info on signing up for online sessions. Overall, the Vegas experience was a successful one. If you were there, you know. If you skipped it, you missed out for sure. If you are curious, attend ALOA 2020 and see what we are doing to bring ALOA back to the stature it deserves. ALOA locksmiths and ALOA Certified locksmiths: When Your Security De- mands the Best. Jim Hancock, CML, CMST, is ALOA’s educat ion manager. You can reach him at [email protected] or (214) 819-9733. WWW.ALOA.ORG
