MEMBER News: American Baler Company announces BaleForce as new distributor for Canada
For Immediate Release: January 9, 2020 Press Release American Baler Company – Canadian Territory Change American Baler Company announces BaleForce as new distributor for Canada (Bellevue, OH) – American Baler Company is excited to announce that BaleForce Recycling Equipment of Milton, Ontario, will sell and support American Baler Company products, including baler sales, parts, service […]
Read more »MEMBER News: Allegheny Shredders New Sales Team
For immediate release: Allegheny Shredders New Sales Team As many of you may have already heard, Evelyn Jefferson aka Shredder Mom is retiring from her position of VP sales at Allegheny Shredders after 30 wonderful years. Evelyn has been a pillar in the document destruction industry and will be missed by Allegheny and the shredding […]
Read more »i-SIGMA Board Approves 2020 Elections Campaign Guidelines
As i-SIGMA prepares for its first formal election of the Board of Directors, the acting Interim Board has approved the 2020 Campaign Guidelines which describe the various ways the association will help candidates promote themselves and their message, as well as defines appropriate steps the candidates may take themselves to do the same. “We felt […]
Read more »New Certification Requirement Linked to GDPR/CCPA Compliance
Effective January 1, 2020, NAID AAA Certification will require policies and procedures to be updated to address requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) wherein service providers are required to respond to Data Subject requests. Asked why i-SIGMA is requiring all NAID AAA Certified service providers to […]
Read more »i-SIGMA Approves Richard Steed to Fill Vacancy
The i-SIGMA Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Richard Steed of Pacific Records Management and Pacific Shredding to the Board as a Director. With a half dozen records management and secure shredding locations throughout central California, the companies have been long-standing members of PRISM International and NAID, respectively. Steed also having served in […]
Read more »Members Asked to Ratify Bylaws Amendments this January
To facilitate and simplify the forthcoming i-SIGMA board elections in March, the i-SIGMA Board of Directors will seek member ratification of three bylaws amendments by special ballot in January. “The bylaws require member ratification of board-approved amendments,” explained Christopher Jones, Co-President of the i-SIGMA Board. “Because there are more than usual, and because ratification of […]
Read more »Board Approves Bylaws Amendment Allowing Electronic Elections
The i-SIGMA Board of Directors has approved a bylaws amendment that removed language that unintentionally prevented electronic balloting for the upcoming Board election. As the i-SIGMA CEO explains, “The bylaws permitted electronic voting by members, which is common in all associations these days. Unfortunately, they also contained an obsolete provision that required the re-opening of […]
Read more »Analyzing Survey Results to Determine Membership Needs
The PRISM International Divisional Leadership Committee recently propositioned a survey that sought member feedback in determining the resource and educational needs of members. The results have been recorded and analyzed, and the committee will now take these results to help plan and implement strategies that best serve the membership. This will help in the preparation […]
Read more »Shred School is for the Hungry
Shred School 2019 wrapped up earlier this month with its final stop in Portland. While every attendee from all three destinations stated they would consider attending again, they also all had one thing in common that Kelly Martinez, Director of Marketing & Communications for i-SIGMA and Shred School Trainer claims any future attendee would probably […]
Read more »Information Disposition Textbook: Getting Clients to Take You Seriously
Though i-SIGMA continues to produce new marketing tools like the recently released Universally Compliant Service Provider Contract, members are reminded they should continue to take advantage of those that came before. Only three years ago, NAID introduced the first and only textbook on data destruction, examining it in theory and practice from a wide range […]
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