ASIS UK Newsletter - Spring 2013

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INTERNATIONAL

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Newsletter SPRING 2013

UNITED KINGDOM CHAPTER 208

ASIS INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR 2012! Those of you who know me realise that I am not above a bit of shameless selfpromotion, so here goes! The Chapter 208 Newsletter has recently been awarded the ASIS International Newsletter of the Year Award for 2012. This is divided into groups and we won in Group 6, which contains the largest chapters. As you will see above we have won awards in 5 of the last 10 years. I started working on the Newsletter with Charlie Thompson as editor before taking on the editorship in August 2006. I am assisted, as was Charlie, by Helene Carlsson and also by our dashing Vice Chairman-abouttown Graham Bassett Regular Media Committee meetings at Helene’s house where she would prepare us a lunch of moose salami (she’s Swedish!) helped us restyle and revamp the Newsletter, which was already an award-

winning one. Graham particularly enjoyed the trips to cosmopolitan West London before making the trek back to Whitechapel. We try to include a mix of articles — some recognising the achievements of members, particularly those achieving their CPP, PSP and PCI certifications, others of more general interest to the security professional.

We attempt to publicise ASIS events and conferences globally and welcome case studies and thought leadership pieces from members and non members alike. The Newsletter is not cheap to produce, or to post, but we feel that it is a key communication

tool which allows us to communicate with the Chapter 208 membership which, in this our 20th anniversary year, has almost reached 800. Hopefully this will increase in 2013. We have a busy year ahead with three more UK conferences, our birthday party and participation in many industry events, and whilst we would like to see all the members at some time during the year we will report back for those who we don’t. So to finish, many thanks to Helene and Graham; to Matt Jarvis at ProActiv for making it look nice; to our regular and occasional contributors; our sponsors and advertisers (we could always do with a couple more); our members and the Awards Committee for the recognition. Thanks.

Mike Hurst, Editor and Chapter Vice Chairman


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