ASIS International New York City Chapter

It is a distinct honor and privilege to serve you as ASIS International NYC Chapter Chair for 2007. My commitment during this tenure will be to focus on you, our worthy members, through enhanced member services and values. With your genuine interest and continuing support, I am certain that all of the exciting initiatives we have planned for the membership, which are outlined below, will come to fruition.

If you attended our January luncheon, I provided an agenda that noted several immediate changes. First, we selected the beautiful University Club as our new venue. This was done to reflect the professionalism and dedication each of you bring to our industry.

Secondly, as each member and guest arrived at the luncheon, either a board member or I personally greeted everyone. It was very inspiring to see the large number of members who attended our first luncheon. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude for your continuing support to our chapter. For those who were unable to attend, we will post past luncheon information and photos on our website to keep our membership informed and updated. But, all the fun is actually being there in person for the outstanding networking and educational experiences.

Additionally, we have already scheduled a full roster of guest speakers for upcoming luncheons. All of the scheduled guest speakers will be presenting topics of significant interest to our membership. With the change in venue, which allows visual presentations and a better quality public address system, each presenter will have an opportunity to deliver more dynamic, informative and exciting presentations. For members who are CPPs, recertification credits will be given for attendance at these educational luncheons. Certificates of Completion will be issued at the end of each luncheon. This improvement is intended to attract all of our members and CPPs to the luncheons in addition to our supportive and loyal regulars.

Mentoring the spirit of volunteerism through effective communications to our members to encourage development and proactive involvement.
Encouraging and soliciting volunteer members to better serve our Chapter. Whatever time you can contribute makes all the difference to “give back” through service.
Our most valued volunteers and veteran members will be identified with special badges so that if you need assistance or have an inquiry, you can more readily approach them.
Study groups will be organized to encourage program certifications.
Strong public relations will be built with the media to support chapter events.
Subject experts among the chapter members will be identified to address events, issues or be given an opportunity to volunteer to make a presentation at a chapter luncheon.
Maximizing the potential of our chapter website so that it can continue to keep our members updated on the information highway.
Publishing articles written by members on the website so that all members can read them on line.
Listening to all of your suggestions. I discussed the member survey results at the luncheon to demonstrate how significant your suggestions are and how we will attempt to make improvements accordingly.
Continuing support of our Trade Show.
The new Think Tank Committee (TTC) is a select group of members I recruited to assist me with our new initiatives and programs. Please feel free to contact any TTC member if you have a specific suggestion or idea you want to share. They wear special badges at our luncheons and they will be identified on the website.

Your input is essential to our chapter. I want you to know that we are listening. Positive as well as critical comments are important to us in that the input allows us to improve our chapter as we continue to grow the membership and be the most active and successful of all chapters.

If you wish to reach me directly with your suggestions, please feel free to contact me at ejc1030@verizon.net.

I would also like to extend a special thanks to the new board members and the other active volunteer members, all of whom have provided me with much quality assistance through their hard work efforts.

I look forward to an exciting and outstanding year with your cooperation and support.