Meeting In Huntsville, AL
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Speakers: (Partial list)

• Event Sponsor #1, Syrasoft
  

  Syrasoft will have a 25-30 minute multi-media presentation.
  Syrasoft, LLC 1-800-817-7706 (USA) 1-315-708-0341 (Outside USA) Fax 1-315-708-0819

  " Syrasoft has been providing high quality managment software since 1991. Our flagship product, The Storage Management System for Windows, has been shipping since 1997 and now services over 3000 facilities in all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and Latin America. It is the most mature, stable Windows-based product available today for the management of self-storage facilities. "

  Tom Garden will speak: Maximize profits through Software Best Practices!
  Tools available to enhance collections. Keeping track of marketing expenses and ROI. Proper product pricing – do it! Trend analysis – be proactive! Lower expenses through automation. Tackling the receivables. Simplify your life! Make your software work for you!

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• Event Sponsor #2, Bob Copper - Self-Storage 101
  
  

  Bob Copper is a former Regional Manager for Metro Storage, responsible for 32 locations throughout Florida, Georgia, Indiana and Ohio. He also managed properties for Public Storage in Birmingham, Atlanta, Nashville and Memphis. He provided oversight to the district managers in such areas as personnel issues, marketing, budgeting and strategic growth. He also took the operational lead in the transitions during acquisitions and new store development. Bob was responsible for conducting the due diligence on several acquisition projects and budgeted the growth plans for several site expansions.

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• Guest speaker (Sgt. Michael Slalmonsky of Vice & Narcotics, Madison County Sheriff's Dept.) on Meth Labs and drugs in Storage Facilities.
  

  
  

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• Guest Speaker, Scott Sweeney on Capital Market update followed by a brief Q&A session.
  

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• M.D. Smith: "Body Language can build you up or shoot you down."
  

  Find out and see demonstrated how body language on your part of the part of your managers can make or break a sale, or infuriate or defuse a volatile issue.
  

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• ALSSA Officers Election is around the corner in November. Candidates will be discussed and a possible candidates will be discussed with the group.

The Holiday Inn Downtown Huntsville is located in the historic downtown area, within walking distance of Huntsville Hospital and Von Braun Center. The hotel is also minutes from Huntsville International Airport, Space & Rocket Center, Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, Parkway Place Mall, Botanical Gardens, and the Huntsville Museum of Art. Nearby businesses include Redstone Arsenal, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, CSC, Northrop Grumman and HiWAAY Internet Services.

Holiday Inn Downtown Huntsville is widely recognized as one of the premier hotels in the Tennessee Valley. Guest room amenities include complimentary wireless high-speed internet, in room movies and, each weekday morning, we are pleased to deliver a copy of USA Today. For guests preferring upgraded amenities, we offer our executive rooms as well as spacious suites. The hotel's dining room, Lofton's, offers the cuisine, ambiance and service to make a visit truly memorable. Our recreational amenities include a complete exercise room, an outdoor swimming pool, hot tub and nearby jogging/biking trails.
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