C0-Chairpersons: Tiffany Galarza, ADT, and Sascha Kylau, OneTel Security

Meets: Quarterly, days and times vary

• The AICC is composed of representatives of TMA, ESA, MAMA, and SIA, as well as major alarm companies and manufacturers. The committee:
  • Provides coordination in a variety of areas between the alarm industry the FCC, other regulatory agencies, and members of Congress, when needed.
  • Monitors developments at the federal level affecting the ability of the alarm industry to use telecommunications technology in providing protection services to the public.
  • Retains an attorney in Washington, D.C. to represent the industry on issues and to file briefs with the federal courts and federal agencies on behalf of the industry.
  • Retains a lobbyist who works with members of Congress to attain legislation favorable to the alarm industry.

  *** Visit AICC’s Section ***

  Staff Liaisons: Celia T. Besore, Leigh A. McGuire

  Note: There is an additional fee to participate in this committee. Please contact Celia Besore, TMA CEO for additional information.

Meets: As-needed

The AICC-PAC aims to involve association members in the legislative process on issues of concern to the alarm industry.

• This includes identifying legislators favorable to its interests or to those who need more information.
• The AICC-PAC coordinates fundraising and distribution activities to increase support of its legislative interests.

Staff Liaisons: Celia Besore, Madeline McMahon

Co-Chairs: Mark Hillenburg, Jennifer Holloway

Meets: Quarterly, 1st Tuesday, 12:00pm ET

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.

Staff Liaison: Illeny Maaza

Co-Chairs: Daniel Oppenheim and Pam Petrow

Meets: Monthly, 4th Thursday, 11:00am ET

The ASAP Program committee represents the ASAP to PSAP program for cad-to-cad communications between the monitoring centers and the correct responding PSAPS.  It oversees the budget, communications, outreach and implementation of the program, and acts as the TMA representative for the corresponding Related Organizations for fluid evolvement and mission correctness.

Staff Liaisons: Celia Besore, Bryan Ginn

Co-Chairs: Ed Bonifas, Chet Donati

Meets: As-needed

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.

Staff Liaisons: Celia Besore, Leigh McGuire

Leaders: Kate Fisher and Tommy Whisnant

Meets: Currently on pause

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, the State Licensing Wiki, to assist in managing licensing compliance.

Staff Liaison: Illeny Maaza

Co-Chairs: John Brady, Brandon Niles

Meets: Monthly, 3rd Thursday, 4:00pm ET

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.

Staff Liaisons: Julie Webber, Celia Besore

Co-Chairs: TMA Officers

Meets: As-needed

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.

Staff Liaison: Celia Besore

Co-Chairs: Ralph Sevinor, Jeff Cohen

Meets: As-needed

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.

Staff Liaison: Tara Magness, Illeny Maaza

Chair: Richard Flores

Meets: Odd Months, 4th Thursday, 12:00pm ET, Even Months, 3rd Wednesday 3pm ET

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.

Staff Liaison: Illeny Maaza

Chair: James Marcella and Tommy Whisnant
Meets: 4th Tuesday of the Month at 1:00pm ET

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

Co-Chairs: David Morgan and Jake Voll

Meets: Monthly, 4th Thursday, 3:00pm ET

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.

Staff Liaisons: Leigh McGuire, Illeny Maaza

Co-Chairs: Shannon Woodman, Alan Gillmore IV

Meets: Monthly, 2nd Tuesday, 12pm ET

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.

Staff Liaisons: Illeny Maaza

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

Co-Chairs: Ivan Spector, Don Young

Meets: As-needed

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.

Staff Liaison: Celia Besore

Chairs: Shane Clary (fire), Joey Rao-Russell (law enforcement)

Meets: As needed

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.

Staff Liaisons: Celia Besore, Leigh McGuire

Chair: Glenn Schroeder

Meets: days and times vary

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
LEARN MORE

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.

LEARN MORE

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
LEARN MORE

ANSI/TMA CS-V-01-2022: Alarm Confirmation, Verification and Notification Procedures Standard

Initiated: 2004
Committee Chair: Glenn Schroeder, NetOne International
LEARN MORE

Staff Liaisons: Bryan Ginn, Celia Besore

Co-Chairs: Steve Walker, Wes Usie

Meets: Monthly, 3rd Wednesday, 4:00pm ET

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.

Staff Liaisons: Julie Webber, Illeny Maaza

Co-Chairs: Matt Narowski, Rob Raisch

Meets: Monthly, 2nd Thursday, 2:30pm ET

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.

Staff Liaisons: Julie Webber, Leigh McGuire