Connie Vaughn

View from the Chair

Another rousing turnout for a timely topic!

Edward J. Gee, AIA, discussed inexpensive design solutions for extremely high security buildings. His company was awarded the contract for Lawrence Livermore Labs super-secret building. The design project, what he shared about it, was interesting and informative. His presentation is available on the website.

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to get free admission to ASIS International’s Seminars and Exhibits in Philadelphia, PA in September. This is a $700 value for one lucky member. We will be giving it away at the July meeting.

July’s meeting is also your chance to make your reservation for the Foundation Dinner table that our Chapter sponsors. The table seating is limited to ten, so the first ten to reserve are it. Sorry members, the free reservation is for members only, not spouses, and you must be present to enter.

Both the events are for paid SFASIS Chapter members only. I have been surprised, but many members did not know that we charge $20 annually as membership dues for our Chapter. This annual fee allows you access to our members only section of our Chapter’s website. You can pay your membership dues on the website.

It is time for some recognition and congratulations. This is our turnaround year! At last year’s June meeting, I think we had twenty-five or fewer attendees. The trend in our chapter participation was cycling down quickly. So much so that for the past few years there has been talk among Executive Council and Committee Members of doing away with the June and July meetings due to lack of interest.

There were 67 attendees in June. A tremendous turnout for the Peninsula location and June, a traditional “vacation” month. Thank you to those who attended and those who wanted to attend but couldn’t. Your ASIS Chapter is what You make it!

I am so proud to say that we are a Chapter in Transition: A Transition of growth and renewed participation. I love seeing fresh faces in the audience every month. It is a fabulous feeling to be the Chair of such a renowned ASIS Chapter. It is even more fabulous to be the Chair in a year of tremendous change. If you didn’t know already, our reputation as a large, cutting-edge, participatory, and outstanding Chapter succeeds us. Our website, thank you Mr. Steve Duell, is the measure for all other chapters’.

I would love to take credit for all our successes, but I can’t. We work as a team and we succeed as a team. I heard someone once say, and I paraphrase horribly, “shared success doubles the enjoyment, and shared disappointment divides the loss.” I really can’t think of any disappointments this year—knock on wood, but the successes just keep coming. We have wonderful volunteer leaders that include, but are not limited to the Executive Council and the Various Committee Chairs. Without them, our Chapter would continue to be reinventing itself, but we are really picking up steam and growing better and stronger each month.

Give yourselves a “pat on the back” because this Chapter’s success is about You!

Thank you for allowing me the privilege to be your Chapter Chair for 2002 and Thank you for all your support!

Thank you,
Connie Vaughn
chair@sfasis.org
SFBAC ASIS Chapter Chair