Will the NBFAA change its name?
Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:43Some breaking news from the show floor: Just spoke with Jon Sargent, past president of the California Alarm Association, and he said there’s a movement afoot to change the NBFAA’s name to the ESA - the Electronic Security Association.
This would come into line with ESX itself - the Electronic Security Expo - and would encompass more of what the industry actually does, Sargent noted.
This comes a couple years after another considered name change, when the organization almost went to ELSSA - the Electronic Life Safety & Systems Association. You’ll see from the linked story that people weren’t too keen on that.
However, that was before ESX, and that was a much worse name. Apparently, the state associations will be considering the name change pretty seriously later today.
We’ll keep you posted.
John Kochensparger says:
June 25th, 2009 at 10:14 am
ESA, I liked the presentation…such potential…So, in Virginia, we would become VESA…everywhere you want to be.
Sam Pfeifle says:
June 25th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
And all the M states could be MESA - which might be a problem for the Spanish speakers out there, who’ll think you all make tables.
Cameraman says:
June 26th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I vote for National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association, Not to Mention CCTV, Access Control, Home Automation, A/V, Telephone, Networking, and Intercom Association, or NBFAA/NMCCTVACHAAVTNIA. More specific that way.