The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International has moved its headquarters to 1625 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; phone: 703-519-6200; fax: 703-519-6299. The organization has also released its Executive Referral Service (ERS) program on the Internet. designed to serve the employment needs of professional security practitioners. The ERS is accessible 24 hours a day through ASIS Online (www.asisonline.org) to ASIS members seeking new employment opportunities and companies seeking to expand their current professional security staff.
* In its efforts to upgrade all parts of the CEBus Home Automation Standard into American National Standards, the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA), a sector of the Electronic Industries Association (EIA), published the first 12 standards in the ANSI/EIA-600 series.
* The following persons were elected to the 1997-98 executive committee of the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDA): Mitchell Klein, president; Steve Hayes, vice president; Sean Fields, treasurer; Tom Wells, secretary and Keith Rich, past president.
* Officers elected to the Home Automation Association are: William Maronet, chairman; Ken Kerr, president; Mike Cogbill, vice president and Richard Scholl, secretary/treasurer. Members elected to the board of directors include: Thomas Callahan, David Hanchelte, John Mack, Patricia Parks, Tim Shriver and Rick Thompson.
* Kim Doyle is director of membership development and communications for the National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA).
* ICIA has named Rick Harris vice president of marketing and membership services and presented Scott Sharer of Communications Design Group, Savannah, GA, its Educator of the Year award.
* The Educational Communications Foundation (ECF) has appointed Richard Dressner executive director.
Media Peavey, president of Peavey Electronics, Meridian, MS, died Saturday, March 7, 1998, of a cardiac arrest caused by a diabetic coma. She was laid to rest on Monday, March 9, in her native town of Meridian. Melia and her husband, Hartley, have two sons, Joe and Marc.
Melia began her career at Peavey in 1972. She is known for her work with abused children, her dedication to literacy in the workplace and her involvement in various educational programs. As an internationally known speaker, Melia has addressed such distinguished groups as the Southern Governor's Association and the National Small Business Administration.
Melia's leadership in her community was truly legendary. She was a member of 19 different boards and advisory councils in Mississippi, and received numerous awards and distinctions, among them the Republican Senatorial Medal of Freedom in 1994, which is the highest honor a member of the U.S. Senate can bestow.
Family and friends are asked to make donations to Peavey House, the home
Melia founded for abused and neglected children, in lieu of flowers.
Contributions may be mailed to Peavey House, P.O. Box 2898, Meridian, MS
39302.
Owen Barclay has been named director of sales and marketing at Marlee Electronics, Philadelphia.
* John Mosebar is government business manager and Hazel Johnston is government business assistant at Aiphone Intercom Systems, Bellevue, WA.
* Rocco Ferraro joins Sennheiser Electronic, Old Lyme, CT, as manager of finance and administration.
* Among the recent appointments made at Quantegy, Peachtree City, GA, are: Alex Sorokin, president and CEO; Tony D. Wilson, vice president of sales and customer service for the United States and Canada and product support engineers Roberto Fernandez and David Williamson.
* Eric Oppenheimer has been appointed to the position of product support for the audio division at Group One Ltd., Farmingdale, NY.
* Don Patrican is vice president of marketing and sales, Robert Carr is Northeast district sales manager, Don H. Van Norman is mid-Atlantic district sales manager and K. John Hall is Midwest district sales manager at the Maxell Corporation of America, Fair Lawn, NJ.
* Jason Frenchman has joined Griffin Public Relations & Marketing, New York, as an account executive.
* Adrian Charlton is sales manager for ENCO Systems, Farmington Hills, MI.
* Gregg Perry has been appointed director of advertising and public relations at Mackie Designs, Woodinville, WA.
* Ole Bek is president of Bang & Olufsen America.
* Rob Crane is national sales manager and head of the expanded CCTV division management team at Tamron Industries, Farmingdale, NY.
* Buzz Goodwin is vice president of sales and Bruce Forbes is vice president of product and market development at CTI Audio.
* Dennis Rice is associate principal, Katerina Bergeron Verdier and Matthew B. Jones are senior consultants and Timothy Schmidt is consultant at Paoletti Associates, San Francisco.
* John Gregory joins Audio Visual Innovations, Tampa, FL, as senior systems sales engineer.
* Peter B. Tarlton has been named systems product manager at Wheelock, Long Branch, NJ.
* Pablo Espinosa is customer service manager and Stewart Bennett is Midwest regional sales representative for Meyer Sound, Berkeley, CA.
* Oscar A. Ciornei is chief operating officer at Russound, Newmarket, NH.
* John Cosenza has been promoted to western regional sales manager at Sierra Video Systems, Grass Valley, CA.
* Steve Alexander is vice president of sales and marketing at PHAST, Salt Lake City.
* Joel R. Rollins joins Riverview Systems Group, San Jose, CA, as general manager.
* Ian Chambers is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Fiber Options, Bohemia, NY.
* John Seda heads the artist relations program at Audix, Wilsonville, OR.
* Robert E. Heaton has been named to the board of directors at Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Old Bridge, NJ.
* Allan R. Lamberti has been elected to the board of directors and named general manager at ELMO Manufacturing, New Hyde Park, NY.
* Paul Franklin is systems engineer with Glantre Engineering, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
* William Craft joins THAT Corporation, Marlborough, MA, as vice president of marketing and sales.
* John Garbutt is western regional sales manager at Community Professional Loudspeakers, Chester, PA.
Image Communications, a distributor of commercial and presidential A- V products, has added Radian, Selenium Loudspeakers and University Sound to its line. Image is based in Bedford Park, IL.
* Meyer Marketing, Royal Palm Beach, FL, is the 1997 representative of the year for JBL Professional, Northridge, CA.
* Community Professional Loudspeakers, Chester, PA, has opened a sales office in Shenzen, China, to assist in the design of large-scale audio systems for stadiums, arenas and theme parks.
* ADI, a wholesale distributor of security, low-voltage and structured cabling products, has opened its 100th branch location at 4731 S. Memorial, Tulsa, OK 74145; phone: 918-663-2822; fax: 918-663-2803. ADI is based in Syosset, NY.
* Four Corners Marketing, Boulder, CO, was named sales representative firm of the year by D.A.S. Audio, Old Lyme, CT.
* SCV London is the exclusive UK audio software distributor for Sonic Foundry, Madison, WI.
* Daisytek International, Plano, TX, and Brooke Distribution, Miami, will carry CD-R and CD-RW disc media by Ricoh Electronics, Tustin, CA.
* Vishay Intertechnology, Malverin, PA, will market the current and future portfolio of Bel Fuse products. Vishay will purchase Bel's fuse products and market them with the Vishay label through its own distribution network.
* Audio Biz, Wauconda, IL, is the 1997 U.S. representative of the year for Shure Brothers, Evanston, Il.
* J.B. Stanton Communications, Norfolk, CT, is the public relations agency for TARA Labs.
* Crescendo Associates, Hollywood, FL, will represent Auralex, Fishers, IN. in FL, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
* SMARTHOUSE, a Releigh, NC-based distributor of home automation products, has added ETC of West Palm Beach, FL, to its dealer network.
