Our Sponsor in April for our Monthly Meeting

April 2018 Message from the HGCAA President – John Helweg

Did everyone survive the Houston rodeo? I made it out to a couple concerts and took my girls to the carnival. I hope everyone had a safe and fun St Patrick’s day as well as a nice Easter with their loved ones. This was the first time I’ve had my girls in several years for Easter. Even my teenager gets into it. It’s been a busy month so I’m looking forward to slowing down on my Caribbean cruise next week. I’ll be thinking of you guys. Lol

We had a great meeting in March. I’d like to thank ADI (Pinemont) for hosting us and providing great food. It was nice seeing Vincent Lasota before he moves. Please remember, our associate members support us, so please support them.

How many of you guys made it to the Anixter West official opening party? I got their at the tail end of it, but I got to see a bunch of familiar faces and my kids enjoyed the good food. They have a new manager, Willow Lindgren, so stop in and congratulate her. We’ll be having a future meeting in their new training room. 

Our guest speaker was Mitch Reitman with Reitman Consulting Group. He spoke with us about the new tax code changes and how they will affect us. He also spoke about choosing the right type of corporation for your business and what the pros & cons are of each. He has a wealth of knowledge about this stuff, so if you missed the meeting, you missed a lot. 

Our upcoming meeting is April 5th at Electronic Custom Distributors. Please don’t forget to RSVP. Our guest speaker is RenEarl Bowie from DPS. He specifically asked me if he could come speak to us when I was at the last Private Security Board meeting, so please plan to attend and let’s back the house. 

See y’all soon, 

John C. Helweg

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Employee Retention – TBFAA Insurance Program

In a recent survey conducted the Top 10 risks to a business have changed dramatically from just a few short years ago. In prior surveys risks such as regulations, taxes and economy ruled the top concerns to business owners. In today’s market Employee Retention is #1. Finding and retaining top talent is key to a businesses’ financial success. As a Risk Advisor to clients we provide tools and processes to identify, quantify and manage risks just like Employee Retention. Attached is a Scorecard and a flyer discussing Employee Retention. Hope it helps your business in 2018.

Keep me in mind to discuss our Risk Retention Program and how different we are from your current broker.

Best,

Brian J. Villari, CIC, CLCS, CAWC

Risk Advisor

Direct: 443.738.2784 0 Fax: 443.738.0936

APRIL 2018 TBFAA UPDATE BY PRESIDENT – KELLY RYAN

Most everyone has heard the term “Net Neutrality”, and opinions widely vary as to the need (or how much need) for government oversite on Internet communications.  It somewhat reminds me of many years ago when VoIP started replacing POTS lines and how our industry reacted to the changes.  Manufacturers started offering more Internet-ready communicators, training opportunities increased with technicians, and efforts were put into place to alert consumers to the issues that could arise when POTS lines were changed to VoIP.

The TBFAA is paying close attention to the changes in Net Neutrality as we want to make sure that alarm signals sent & received over the Internet are not hampered.  While our primary focus involves signals that originate and/or terminate in Texas, we realize that the intentional slowing or blocking of signals could present a problem for alarm companies, monitoring stations, and alarm users across the country.

That being said, the TBFAA Legislative Team (with the assistance of McWilliams Governmental Affairs Group) has communicated our thoughts to both Senator Ted Cruz and Senator John Cornyn.  Additionally, we have offered the wording used by TBFAA to all members of NESA as we feel other state associations may want to communicate any concerns as well.  We are paying close attention to the changes in Net Neutrality and hope to have a positive report once those changes have been introduced.

Be sure to follow TBFAA on social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, & Twitter), and if you have an issue or topic that you would like to present to TBFAA, please feel free to contact me directly via president@tbfaa.org.  Also mark your calendars and join us at the upcoming TBFAA 2018 Convention & Golf Tournament being held October 10^th-12^th in Austin!  Registration will be open soon, and we look forward to having our first convention in Austin.

Thanks,

Kelly Ryan