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Acknowledgements and Accomplishments |
Q2 2017
May 2 – CANASA Prairie Regional Council Breakfast Meeting took place at the Tri-Ed Office
in Winnipeg. With 10 in attendance it was a very informative session
given by Alan Carvers of Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada (ULC). The
presentation and subsequent discussion was focused on Requirements
behind becoming ULC Listed and maintaining your ULC Listing. We would
like to thank the Prairie Regional Council Members that made this event a
success: Lisa Boyer (ADI), Tara Webber (Tri-Ed Ltd.), Kim Caron (Armstrong’s National Alarm Monitoring), Ellery Demedash (E2 Security), Jonathan Metcalfe (National Industrial Communications Inc.), Jeff Munday (Tyco Security Products) and Alida Remillard (SecurTek Monitoring Solutions).
May 9 and 11 – Montreal and Quebec held conferences on the new
ULC-S302 Standard. The guest speaker was Louis-Philippe Gagnon, and 54
people attended these information sessions. CANASA Quebec would like to
thank LANVAC who sponsored the two events, as well as the volunteers from the Activities Committee who helped organize these sessions: Gaétan Bordeleau (Consultant), Denis Primeau (Sécurité Alarma), François Sorel (Tri-Ed), Martin Valence (Infynia), Robert Leduc (Lanvac), Daniel Leblanc (ADT) and Maxime Lafrenière (CDVI).
May 11 – CANASA Central Ontario Regional Council Breakfast Meeting took place at Jack Astor’s Bar & Grill.
With 28 in attendance it was a very interactive session, the second in a
three part series on Change Management. Attendees were engaged and
vocal about how change effects people in their work places and how to
cope. The speaker was very enthusiastic and funny which kept the
attendees focused and interested. This second session focused on The 7
Questions of Change with expert speaker Peter de Jager. We would like to thank our sponsors: Lanvac, Merchant Treasury Services and the Central Ontario Regional Council Members that made this event a success: Anna de Jager (Lanvac Surveillance Inc.), Dan Baynton (360 Advanced Security Corporation), Tom Bennett (True Steel Security), Beverley Champagne (Security Response Center), Trask Dittburner (UCIT Online Security Inc.), Imran Hasan (Transglobal Systems of Canada), Artem Katsaga (Meridian Security Solutions Inc), Thomas Leslie (Titan Products Group Inc.), Joseph Rossano (L’Aquila Electronic), Alex Sein (OBN Security & Investigative Consultants Inc.), Mary Vella (API Alarm Monitoring), Amanda Venafro (ASSA ABLOY Canada), Jay Ward (Pixelcom Solutions).
May 18 – CANASA Golden Horseshoe Regional Council “After 5 Wine and Dine” networking event took place at Peninsula Ridge Estates
with 35 attendees, it was relaxing and enjoyable networking opportunity
in a beautiful setting. We would like to thank our sponsor Lanvac and the Golden Horseshoe Regional Council Members that made this event a success: Joseph Rossano (L’Aquila Electronic Systems Inc.), Kevin Allison (Fire Monitoring of Canada Inc.), Roger Barnes (Roger’s Security Systems Inc.), Gene Blahut (PCS), Anna de Jager (Lanvac Surveillance Inc.), Pennie Erb (Regional Municipality of Niagara), Aaron Kozlowski (Globaltek Security Inc.), David Lopinski (David Lopinski Electronic Ltd.) and Michael Polo (Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd.).
May 31 – CANASA Southwestern Ontario Regional Council Breakfast Meeting took place at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn
with 12 attendees, it was an informative event focused on the
advancements of video content analysis vs analytics and common
applications. We would like to thank our sponsor: Bosch, guest speaker: David Heath,
District Sales Manager Bosch Security Technology and the Southwestern
Ontario Regional Council Members that made this event possible: Brian Gibbs (Damar Security Systems), Angelo Bucciarelli (Freedom 55 Financial & Quadrus Investments Services Ltd.), Al Herrington (Progarde Security Inc.), Robert Hoevenaars (Alarmtech Security Systems Inc.), Christopher Kennedy (Hudson Entry and Automation), Chris Neumann (Security One Alarm System Ltd.) and Mark Smith (JPW Systems Inc.).
June 6 and 8 – Montreal and Quebec held conferences on the legal
aspects pertaining to the installation and use of cameras. The guest
speaker was Jean-Philippe Gilbert, a lawyer from the Bernier Beaudry
firm. The meetings gathered nearly 40 people. We would like to thank the
volunteers from the Activities Committee who helped organize these
sessions: Gaétan Bordeleau (Consultant), Denis Primeau (Sécurité Alarma), François Sorel (Tri-Ed), Martin Valence (Infynia), Robert Leduc (Lanvac), Daniel Leblanc (ADT) and Maxime Lafrenière (CDVI).
May and June – Members of the Activities, Recruitment and Bill
R-20 Committees, as well as the monitoring stations and the Quebec
Regional Council held meetings in order to continue the discussion on
the progress of particular files. In each case, the committees present
their decisions to the Board of Directors for approval. We would like to
thank the members of the Regional Council who sit on these committees: Gaétan Bordeleau (Consultant), Denis Primeau (Sécurité Alarma), François Sorel (Tri-Ed), Martin Valence (Infynia), Robert Leduc (Lanvac), Daniel Leblanc (ADT), Maxime Lafrenière (CDVI), Jean Rho (Techniques technilogiques), André Laplante (Alarme Bromont), Alexandre Masson (Titan Products), Éric Mantion (Counterforce), Aurélie Simard (Alarme S.L.), Philippe Bouchard (ADI), Chantal Bélanger (ADVIC) and Dominique Bougie (Hanwha Techwin).
On behalf of CANASA members and staff, thank you to ALL of these
volunteers and organizations for their assistance in spreading the word
about our great association!