CALSAGA is pleased to announce that the nominations period is now open for members who are interested in serving on the 2019-2020 CALSAGA Board of Directors. Elected Board Members will serve a 2-calendar year term on the Board of Directors, commencing January 1, 2019. The deadline for nomination submissions is the close of business, Friday, September 28, 2018.

The 11 Directors on the Board are responsible for the governing, operations, planning, and general business matters of CALSAGA. We are a non-profit corporation and are governed by our bylaws, articles of incorporation, and state law. The Board meets every other month and Directors must make a commitment to attend these meetings. It is largely due to the commitment of our Board members, and all other volunteers, that CALSAGA has been successful over the past 22 years in representing the security industry’s interests in California.

The nomination process and the election/appointment process are as follows:

Election and Appointment Phases:
The election and appointments are done in 3 Phases:

• Phase I – Executive Committee: Will be voted upon by the membership, either electronically by email, or in the morning session on the first day of the Annual Conference on October 17, 2018 (see timetable below). Results will be announced on October 17, 2018.• Phase II – Northern/Southern California Directors: Will be voted upon by those members in attendance in the afternoon session on the first day of the Annual Conference on October 17, 2018 (see timetable below). Results will be announced on October 17, 2018

  • Phase III – Directors-At-Large: Will be appointed by the new Board of Directors after they take office in January 2019.

Available Positions
[Note: Candidates can submit nominations for both the Executive Committee and for the Northern/Southern California Director Positions. If a candidate is first elected to the Executive Committee, their name will be withdrawn prior to the Phase II vote for those Northern/Southern California Positions.]

Executive Committee Directors [Without regard to geographical location in California]:
President
Vice President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Directors
Northern California Director
Northern California Director
Southern California Director
Southern California Director

Non-Elected Appointed Positions
[Note: There is no election. These positions will be appointed by the new Board of Directors after January 1, 2019 at the first Board of Directors Meeting in January 2019. Submissions of Interest will be accepted prior to the January 2019 Board of Directors Meeting.]
Director-At-Large
Director-At-Large

Eligibility
Nominees must be a primary or secondary contact of a Private Patrol Operator, Proprietary Security Employer or Private Security Training Facility member-company of CALSAGA whose membership and dues was current as of September 1, 2018.

Executive Committee Nominees must also have served in some other prior leadership capacity, either in another Board position (Regional Director or Director-at-Large) or chaired a CALSAGA Committee. The Board may waive these requirements if petitioned.

Please contact the CALSAGA office for a copy of the by-laws setting forth the specific requirements if you have additional questions.

Nomination Process
Self-Nominations are accepted, as are nominations for another CALSAGA member. To issue a formal nomination, please email the following information to the CALSAGA team:
Your Name
Name of Nominee and Company
Nominated Position

Nominations can be sent to our Association Manager, Kris Smidt at kris@calsaga.org and must be received no later than the close of business on Friday, September 28, 2018.

Once verified for eligibility, nominees will be contacted by the CALSAGA Nominations Committee, and each nominee will have the opportunity to submit a 200-word statement for distribution to membership on Monday, October 8, 2018 (Candidate Statement Submissions must be received at kris@calsaga.org by 5:00pm Friday, October 5, 2018).

Voting
Each company that is eligible will have one vote. Company members are responsible for determining who will cast their vote.

Paper ballots will be distributed to all voting members in attendance at the 2018 CALSAGA Annual Conference and Exhibits on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. Alternatively, electronic ballots will be issued on Monday October 8, 2018 along with the statements prepared by those seeking election. Members not attending the CALSAGA Annual Conference may vote by email. Electronic votes must be received no later than close of business on Monday, October 15, 2018.

Ballots will be collected and tallied (along with all electronic ballots that were received by the October 15th deadline), at the Annual Conference. (See timeline below.)

Announcements will be made for the 2019-2020 Board of Directors on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 during the Annual Conference and Exhibits.

ELECTIONS TIMELINE
The schedule of the voting process is as follows:

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
Nominations Committee Chair and CALSAGA Legal Advisor
Barry Bradley
bbradley@bglawyers.com
818-243-5200
CALSAGA Association Manager
Kris Smidt
kris@calsaga.org
714-824-7015

Do you know someone who deserves recognition? Don’t let the opportunity pass you by!
The deadline to submit nominations for our annual awards is fast approaching!

Each year CALSAGA honors deserving security professionals at our Annual Conference. Awards to be presented include the Valor Award, the Lifesaving Award, the Security Officer of the Year Award and the Al Howenstein Lifetime Achievement Award. The winner of each award will be invited to attend the Annual Conference for the awards ceremony.

The CALSAGA Valor Award is reserved for those who demonstrate extraordinary judgment and performance of his/her duties during an emergency. Click here for the nomination form.
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The CALSAGA Life Saving Award is reserved for those who saved the life of another person. Click here for the nomination form.
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The CALSAGA Security Officer of the Year Award is given to an officer who, during the year, has either performed a heroic act involving circumstances where the officer risked his or her life to save another person, or the officer performed a routine task in an exemplary manner. Click here for award criteria and the nomination form.
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The Al Howenstein Lifetime Achievement Award (AHLAA) was originally presented at our Annual Conference in 2008 to Al Howenstein, a founding member of CALSAGA and tireless industry ambassador. Mr. Howenstein, who is now the Award namesake, has dedicated his career to advocating on behalf of the private security industry and has played a key role in forging relationships between CALSAGA and other key influencers in the private security industry, the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services and members of the California Legislature. Click here for award criteria and the nomination form.

Nominations must be received by August 31st. If you have questions, please contact Kris Smidt kris@calsaga.org or Kate Wallace kwallace@calsaga.org.

THERE IS NO WORK LIFE BALANCE ON YOUR JOURNEY TO SUCCESS!

Anne L. Laguzza, M.A., The Works Consulting

Work-life balance is a concept that has been around forever.  However, I believe it’s time to shift from this myth of balance and begin your quest for work-life fulfillment. In the highly connected world we live in today, work and life have become more symbiotic rather than segregated.  So how do you embrace this new approach?

It starts by letting go of the scarcity that comes with the struggle and grind to maintain balance. Then, you need to understand how approaching work and life from abundance allows you to focus on your priorities.  This may sound overwhelming, flying in the face of conventional wisdom, so there is one simple word substitution that will immediately support you on your path to fulfillment. We’ll get into that a little later.

First, struggle comes from scarcity.  The pressure that comes with striving for balance in work and life is counter-productive. This pressure often leads to disempowering questions as you compare yourself to those around you: “How does so and so do it” or “that person really has it all together.” You’re assuming that person has what you don’t and that they attained it in a nice, clean, problem-free way. With this approach, you are robbing yourself of your joy as you obsess over what you don’t have. You’re creating undue stress and anxiety because your life does not match-up with how you perceive someone else’s life to be.

Spoiler alert: success IS messy. Worrying about not having it all together (or being perceived as such by other people) is one of the easiest ways to be held back from realizing your full potential.

Next, allowing comes from abundance. Those who are the most fulfilled in work, health, and relationships are all-in, all the time, regardless of what others are doing or how messy things get. They allow for possibility and abundance by declaring “I can have it all and you can too”.  They seek challenges that will stretch them beyond their current capacity with laser focus on their goals and priorities. This approach enhances their effectiveness, ignites their passion, and allows them to experience the joy that comes when pursuing what matters most to them.

Here is a simple trick you can use to substitute abundance in place of scarcity:

Instead of “I HAVE to choose either work OR life,” Say “I GET to choose work AND life.”

Remember: work and life are not on opposite ends of a scale being weighed against each other. You don’t have to take some from here to add there and vice versa. Instead, imagine that work and life are building blocks where work and life reinforce one another to build a life you’ve designed – not one you’ve simply balanced.

Trust me, having gone through this myself I can tell you first hand the difference it makes. The more I commit to work when at work, the more I commit to my health when exercising and buying groceries, the more I commit to my relationships when with friends and family, and the more fulfilling each of the other areas becomes.

I want you to have this same experience. To seek fulfillment, to have it all, and to allow life to be a little messy on the way.

Anne Laguzza is the President of The Works Consulting. As a seasoned business executive with human resources management, leadership development, and performance coaching experience, Anne works with clients from a variety of industries to develop better systems, maximize employee productivity, and enable management to focus on business growth.

Prior to founding The Works Consulting in 2001, Anne served as the Regional Human Resources Director for a Fortune 500 distribution company where she led a merger transition team and was responsible for strategic planning, implementing new policies and procedures, workforce restructuring, compensation structures, and integrating the work cultures for over 600 employees.

In addition, Anne was formerly the Human Resources and Training Director for a start-up entertainment company where she organized and implemented a company-wide change management program that involved new company direction and strategic planning. Prior to her work in the entertainment industry, Anne served as the Regional Training Manager for a nationwide retailer where she developed and launched a multi-state training program for human resources managers as part of a corporate expansion project.

Anne earned her Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management from Antioch University, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside. She is an active member of the Society of Human Resources Management, and is a board member for Harbor Interfaith Services and an advisory board member for Arthritis National Research Foundation. Anne has taught human resources and management courses at Long Beach City College and California State University, Dominguez Hills, and volunteers at non-profit organizations teaching interviewing skills to adults seeking re-entry into the workforce.