President's Corner

ISSA-COS Fellow Members,

Welcome to November! The cooler temperatures continue get cooler and warmth of family, friends, and thanksgivings continue to get warmer. As we draw closer to the holidays, our chapter is hard at work already planning for 2021 and taking time to be thankful for all we have gained and enjoyed in 2020, even in the midst of a global pandemic. In this month’s article, I largely restate most of the information published last month but, with some particularly important updates. ISSA-COS Online Series – With the onset of COVID-19 back in March 2020, all in-person events were immediately halted. Many chapters throughout ISSA International were forced to suspend operations and even to this day, have not yet resumed activities. Fortunately, our chapter was able to quickly shift gears as we instituted virtual events; the first ever in the history of our chapter. This allowed us to keep presenting applicable content, sustain knowledge sharing, and continue to make the ability to earn CPE/CEU credits available to our members. Over the last seven months, nearly 800 participants have registered to attend our chapter’s online presentations. We have featured nearly 40 guest speakers and have issued over 1000 CPE/CEU credits. Numerous industry businesses and organizations soon took notice of our chapter’s events. As a result, sponsorships and strategic partnerships increased. The ability to become flexible during adverse times has enabled our chapter to not only remain open but, to thrive! As or the virtual presentations, what was initially designed to be a convenient alternative to meeting in-person has quickly become a core necessity. In addition to eventually resuming in-person events, our board of directors recently agreed to retain virtual events as a part of our permanent programming. Hooray!!.  ......MORE