Chairman's Corner

Many thanks to Connie Vaughn and Kim Space and their committee for an entertaining and fun golf tournament. Compliments were heard all day from the participants. Both of these woman worked hard and their efforts showed in a well orchestrated event.  Many thanks to the Sunol Golf Club and its employees, too.  They have been gracious and very accommodating to our organization for these past several years.  The consensus is that the chapter will continue to return to Sunol in 2000 and will hold the event in August on the third Friday.

Another not-to-be-missed event is the one-day FREE seminar Dennis Haw is planning for September 16,1999. Brochures have been mailed out and so far there are over 100 people signed up to learn from the various experts teaching at this event. This seminar, which is being held at Silicon Graphics, Building 5, Main Campus located at 2025 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, will be on Anti-Terrorism: Understanding and Planning. The seminar will cover, “Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction” presented by John Lightfoot, FBI; “Emergency Preparedness Implementation” presented by Tony Smerdel, E.P.I.C. consultant; “The Growing Threat From Information Systems Terrorism” presented by Agents Peter Trahon and Christopher Buenchner; and “Are You Prepared for Chemical and Biological Agents in Industrial Sabotage?” presented by Dr Harold K. “Hal” Strunk, USN Ret. This seminar is being sponsored through the ASIS Jack Buckley Foundation and Silicon Graphics. CPP certification points do apply.  Mark your calendars and plan to attend this interesting and informative seminar.

The next meeting is Security Officer Recognition Day on FRIDAY, October 22, 1999. Committee Chairman Chuck Gorley has lined up Bill Wipprecht to speak.  Bill is a Vice President with Wells Fargo Bank and a long time member of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. Hope to see all of you there. Mark this date change on your calendars and plan to attend this fun event.

There is NO Chapter meeting in September.  The ASIS National Seminar and Exhibits is September 27 – 30, 1999 in Las Vegas.  Hope to see all of you there.