Recap of Day 1 at the 2007 CALSAGA Annual Conference

The program portion of the conference began on Wednesday, November 7 with CALSAGA President Mark Miller kicking off the program with some opening remarks and recapping our Association’s progress in 2007 and how we plan to move forward in 2008.  California Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet followed Miller and spoke candidly about the meal and rest break issue and how her agency has taken steps to gather necessary information in hopes of finding a solution in the near future.

CALSAGA was thrilled to have motivational speaker Rory Aplanalp present “How to Be Proactive in a Reactive World.”  Aplanalp is an accomplished author, consultant and professional speaker.  He gave a very entertaining presentation that involved the entire room, not to mention the fact that it was a nice respite from the program.

Some of the other first day highlights include a presentation by Tony Sabatino, President of Southern California/Hawaii Region of Securitas Security Services who officially launched CALSAGA’s new marketing plan.  Sabatino outlined the steps that are needed to create greater exposure for our Association and industry and how we must control how elected officials, consumers and the public perceive private security.

The greatest news is that we already have a start on our marketing efforts.

For those who weren’t in attendance, Sabatino presented CALSAGA Marketing Chair, Lorraine New with a $50,000 check from Securitas Security Services, which will act as half of a $100,000 marketing budget for 2008.  CALSAGA is hopeful that the other $50,000 will be raised from other member contributions.  CALSAGA applauds Securitas Security Services for their commitment and are confident that this is just the beginning in a sustained marketing effort.

BSIS Enforcement Manager, George Paddeck and Outreach Coordinator, Rolando Taeza participated in a panel to discuss AB 2880 training compliance.  Much like the AB 2880 seminars held earlier in the year by CALSAGA, this was a very interesting topic for attendees and lots of questions were asked from the audience.  Taeza told attendees to “train your security officers, or we’ll be knocking at your door!”

To wrap up the first day, our Security Officer Memorial Fund Cocktail Reception was held at the Pyramid Alehouse and we are happy to report that roughly $8,000 was pledged this year!  We had a nice assortment of donated items for the silent auction and various raffle prizes as well.  Thank you to everyone who attended and/or made a pledge.  The money that we raised goes entirely to the families of fallen security officers killed in-line-of-duty.  Judging by the smiles on faces, we are confident that everyone had a good time at the reception!

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