Alarm Industry Communications Committee (AICC)
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Note: There is an additional fee to participate in this committee. Contact Celia Besore, TMA CEO for additional information.
AICC Political Action Committee (AICC-PAC)
The AICC-PAC aims to involve association members in the legislative process on issues of concern to the alarm industry.
Associate Member Council
This committee represents suppliers and Associate Members on the TMA Board of Directors. It advises the TMA Board of Directors of the needs and concerns of Associate Members, and it provides input to the Membership, Technology, and Education committees in areas of Associate Member services, recruitment of new Members, and Associate Member retention.
Bylaws Committee
This committee promotes member understanding of the bylaws and receives recommendations from the membership with regard to additions, deletions and/or modifications to the TMA Bylaws. It arranges the changes in the proper format, disseminating any suggested changes for comment, and conducts votes on any such changes at regularly scheduled meetings, as needed.
Compliance Community
This interest group is for members that deal with licensing, permitting, and regulations management. The intent is to provide a forum for discussion around issues related to compliance, as well as to establish a community of like-minded people that can help each other.
Leading the group are Kate Fisher, President of Compliance Management Solutions, LLC and Tommy Whisnant co-Chair of the TMA Government Relations Committee.
In addition to Compliance Community meetings, TMA has a member-only resource to assist in managing licensing compliance. These summaries are available exclusively to TMA members. To join the group, request access to the full summaries or a quick-reference licensing table, email ComplianceRequest@tma.us.
Education Committee
This committee advises the TMA Board on the strategic direction of education programs. It oversees the educational programming offered by TMA, including seminars at meetings, online courses and webinars. Further, it oversees the maintenance of the informational wikis. The committee works closely with TMA’s Legal Affairs, Technology, Surveillance and Video Verification, Five Diamond, and Membership Committees to ensure alignment with educational goals of the association.
Ethics Committee
ARTICLE XIV. ETHICS COMMITTEE. The Ethics Committee shall consist of five members (including the chair) who shall be nominated by the President and appointed by the Board of Directors. Any member of the Ethics Committee who has a material conflict of interest regarding an individual complaint shall be substituted for purposes of that complaint by appointment of the President for the duration of the resolution of the complaint. The President may nominate him/herself to be appointed to the Ethics Committee and may serve as Chair of the Ethics Committee. The Association Executive Director shall serve as the nonvoting secretary of the committee. The five members of the Ethics Committee shall not constitute a quorum of the Associations Executive Committee. Additional information HERE.
Five Diamond Committee
This committee is responsible for creating the criteria for the TMA Five Diamond Certificate programs, supervising the rules of its use, and generally overseeing the administration of the program legally, programmatically and financially. It also enforces of the use of the logo and name.
Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Council
The purpose of the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Council is to address issues unique to proprietary monitoring centers, and to participate in discussions on issues of standards and codes where it affects their unique concerns. In addition, the Council has an interest in furthering federal activities in the area of licensing and recognition of such, and working with the monitoring industry to resolve false alarm issues.
Government Relations Committee
TMA’s Government Relations Committee monitors state and local legislation of interest to the security industry and recommends actions to defend and protect TMA member businesses and their customers.
The Committee may work in partnership with the AICC on issues of significance.
Staff Liaison: Celia Besore and Leigh A. McGuire
Marketing and Communications Committee
4th Wednesday of Jan, Feb., March, May, July, September and 3rd Wednesday of November at 2:00 PM
The Marketing and Communications Committee creates, coordinates and disseminates targeted information to the industry and general public to advance TMA’s goals and strengthen its brand.
Membership Development and Retention Committee
This committee advises the TMA Board on, and actively participates in, person-to-person membership development strategies. It reaches out to lapsed members, makes recommendations on the TMA dues structure and membership categories, and oversees the approval of new member applicants.
has a mission to provide technology-focused education to TMA members that will help them improve and advance their businesses through the most current products and services.
NextGen Committee
Join this group if you are looking to gain knowledge and perspectives or grow your career, this is a great group in which to invest some of your time! Reach out to the NextGen leaders or the TMA liaison to join or for additional information.
More information HERE
Nominating Committee
This committee composed of the current President and the three most recent past presidents of the Association, and who currently represent Voting member companies, seeks, evaluates and nominates qualified candidates for TMA leadership in accord with and as specified in the bylaws.
Public Sector Liaison Committee
This committee advises the TMA Board on strategies and activities to be used in working with public sector organizations, such as the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Sheriffs’ Association, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials and others, at the direction of the TMA President and Board of Directors in order to forward the views and goals of the monitoring industry.
Standards Committee
TMA promotes and produces standards to help guide alarm companies in operating their monitoring centers within ANSI guidelines. Requests for new standards or for revisions of existing standards may come from member organizations, individuals or non-members. The committee reviews requests and acts upon them based upon time availability of committee members, and in adherence to formal and published procedures.
TMA-ATN-01 Monitoring Center Notification of Active Threat Detection
Overview: Monitoring Centers are increasingly the recipient of what may be classified as non-traditional alerts, shot detection as an example. These events require immediate notification to Public Safety. The alert, as well as situational information, may be received in the monitoring center from a human source, technology initiated, or a combination of both. Monitoring centers are increasingly monitoring shot detection, weapons detection, manual lockdown notification, as well as other innovative threat technologies. Human interaction initiated as part of the alert may indicate an active shooter situation. These detection technologies and subsequent alerts are typically from facilities with high human presence.
Initiated: 2023
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ANSI TMA-AVS-01 Alarm Verification Standard
Overview: A standardized method of creating an alarm scoring or classification metric for unauthorized human activity detected by alarm systems that will assist law enforcement with resource allocation and Call for Service prioritization.
APCO/TMA ANS 2.101.3-2021 Alarm Monitoring Company to Emergency Communications
Center (ECC) Computer – Aided Dispatch (CAD) Automated
Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP)
Initiated: 2013
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ANSI/TMA CS-V-01-2022: Alarm Confirmation, Verification and Notification Procedures Standard
Initiated: 2004
Committee Chair: Glenn Schroeder, NetOne International
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Surveillance and Video Verification Committee
This committee’s primary mission is to promote, advocate, and educate on the use of indoor and outdoor video monitoring using enhanced video verification practices in the professional monitoring industry. Its overarching goal is to reduce false alarms and false dispatches through video verification.
Technology Committee
The committee has a mission to provide technology-focused education to TMA members that will help them improve and advance their businesses through the most current products and services.
When your company joins TMA, you become part of the association that promotes and defends the interests of the monitoring industry, through its work in government relations, regulatory advocacy, and standards development.
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