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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: January 2012

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Mark Twain  US humorist, novelist, short...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: Priority Disptach

PRIORITY DISPATCH OF SECURITY ALARMS AS POLICY For many years the insurance industry has relied upon certain standards produced by nationally recognized independent testing laboratories in writing...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: March 2012

“THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY COUNTY BUILDING LICENSE SCHEME” ~ Miami Herald Headline, August 17, 2006, Charles Rabin   One of the things that frustrates me more than anything else is when a local official...

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ASIS Law Enforcement Recognition Dinner – Saturday, June 9, 2012

ASIS Law Enforcement Recognition Dinner Saturday, June 9, 2012 Information Packet (includes schedule and registration forms) Every year since 1977, Fort Lauderdale Chapter 104 of the American Society...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: Public-Private Partnerships (May 2012)

“It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.” – Theodore Roosevelt...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: Florida AlarmPAC (June 2012)

“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.” H. L. Mencken  - American Writer 1880-1956 Every summer during the April-May time frame there is a general exhalation of...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: AIFF Scholarship (July 2012)

“Only the educated are free.” ~ Epictetus 55-135 BC (Greek Philosopher and exponent of Stoicism)  Many years ago there was a fine gentleman in the alarm industry named Stan Lott. Stan became an alarm...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: Priority Dispatch of Security Alarms (August 2012)

“The more corrupt the state, the more laws.” - Gaius Cornelius Tacitus – AD 56-117, Roman Senator and Historian   AN EDITORIAL REGARDING PRIORITY DISPATCH OF SECURITY ALARMS AS POLICY For many years...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: Education & Training Update (September 2012)

“Honesty pays, but it doesn’t seem to pay enough to suit some people.” Kin Hubbard – Author (1868-1930)   I have been sitting on the sidelines purposefully to observe some of the human behavior and...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: Military Vehicle Preservation Association Convoy...

‘HISTORY IN MOTION’ – Military Vehicle Preservation Association motto I write to you this month from an unusual perspective. Greetings from Whitecourt, Province of Alberta, Canada. I am about two hours...

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IN MEMORIAM: ROBERT (BOB) WORTHY

Dear Friends, It is with profound grief and a heavy heart that we report the passing of our good friend, Board Secretary and industry colleague, Robert ‘Bob’ Worthy, of Secur Technologies.  He passed...

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AAF Trade Show Dedication in Memory of Bob Worthy

Our Alarm Association Florida members statewide were shocked by the sudden passing of one of our stalwart leaders, Robert M. ‘Bob’ Worthy. Bob Worthy was known in the construction world not only within...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: December 2013

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers – American Author, Actor and Humorist 1879-1935  My comments this month relate to the current state of...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: January 2014

“It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.” Felix Frankfurter, American Jurist 1882-1965 So it is now the...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: February 2014

‘Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for. ‘ Will Rogers – US humorist & showman (1879 – 1935) I speak to all AAF members this month in utter amazement and astonishment!...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: March 2014

AAF Convention and Trade Show Southeast Electronic Security Conference A MESSAGE FROM YOUR AAF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ladies and Gentlemen of the industry – my message to you this month is simple.  We need...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: July 2014

“Next morning we sent for the burglar-alarm man and he came up and explained that the reason the alarm did not ‘go off’ was that no part of the house but the first floor was attached to the alarm.” ~...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: August 2014

CELEBRATION OF A GREAT LIFE-MAY 10, 2014 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA “May your palm trees always stand tall and your coconuts never touch the ground.” Terry Akins – Friend and Colleague ~ 1946-2014  As a...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: September 2014

‘Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.’ -Madame de Stael  French author (1766 – 1817)  I had occasion recently with some limited down time to travel with some friends to a business...

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: October 2014

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.” Will Rogers, New York Times, Apr. 29, 1930 US humorist & showman (1879 – 1935) I...

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