The International Councilor

July 2015

In this Issue

President’s Message 1

2015 AGM 1

From the Editor 2

More AGM News 3, 4 & 5

Secretary’s Column 6

European Meeting Recap 8

Regional Meeting Photos 9

Membership News 11, 12 & 13

New Regions for CII 14

Featured Article

Two Tools for Twitter

Lauren Colley 15—16

Incredible India 17

The International

Councilor

Lois Colley Editor

Ruth Hoffmann Sales

Ryan Colley Associate Editors

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President’s Message

Sheila Ponnosamy, CII

In my last message, I was getting

inspired by the words of wisdom

from the Dalai Lama. As luck (or

maybe providence or fate – what-

ever you call it) would have, he

visited Perth, Western Australia –

my adopted home town and I had

the privilege of attending his talk

and listening to his views and per-

ceptions on life! As you can imag-

ine, it was a very exciting weekend

for me.

I think he would have been very

proud of us at the CII if he knew us.

(No - I did not get his autograph –

there were like 20 000 people

attending his talk, and by the time I

heard about it, I got a ticket right

at the back of the stadium) The

main theme of his talk is we have

to use our “marvelous brains”, as

he calls it and we need to “think,

think, think” and analyse. As inves-

tigators, we are already doing this

in our daily work!

Continued on page 7

THINK

FEEL

ACT

AND GROW TOGETHER

2015 AGM Draws Closer

October 20—24

New Delhi India

Click here to register.

Big plans for a big event are rapid-

ly coming together for the Council

of International Investigators 61st,

Annual General Meeting. Co-

hosts, Sachit Kumar and Pawan

Ahluwalia are planning a Bolly-

wood spectacular, unlike any re-

cent CII annual conference. This

year’s meeting is being held at a 5

star venue, the Grand Delhi Hotel

at the unheard of nightly rate of

about $135 USD. That includes

breakfast each day. The confer-

ence will include outstanding net-

working tours, scintillating semi-

nars, luncheons and dinners, all in

exotic India. So, what are you

waiting for ?

Click here to register.

More details on

Page 3, 4, & 5 of this issue

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Editor’s Corner - Thoughts from Lois Colley

Any hot-button issue relating to technology and privacy is automatically a hot-button issue for us as investigators. Gone are the days when consumers raised alarms about simple GPS and EX-IF data privacy issues. Although United States citizens are lagging behind, the acute awareness of privacy issues in Europe is spreading "across the pond," and across the world. These days, an issue trending is Facial Recognition technology.

As video analytics and general recognition software systems become increasingly advanced, new tools become available. The security implications for high-risk areas, like airports, are incredi-ble. For instance, recognition systems can monitor the duration of time an individual is present in a specific area, or how long an unattended bag has been left. The onus is no longer on a bored air-port employee charged with monitoring an endless video stream. Intelligent video analytics soft-ware can recognize behaviors, such as a person shifting between vehicles in a parking lot in an usual way. Such a behavioral observation is evidence of machine learning. These interesting fea-tures can obviously promote public safety, but have raised privacy concerns.

The potential implications for surveillance investigation could be huge. Much like relieving a bored airport employee of watching endless hours of footage, in the years to come, PI's will likely be equipped with the means to track movements and behaviors without the hours of drudgery.

In a more specific application, facial recognition systems compare images of individuals against specific databases and send alerts when a positive match is located. In it's most simple form, a Facebook user is frequently provided with tags for the individuals in their uploaded photos. You place a picture of yourself and John Doe out to dinner, and within a couple of seconds, Face-book scans your entire friend list, immediately recognizes him and "suggests" for you to tag him. And the craziest part is: Facebook is nearly always correct about the identity.

Beyond social media, the applications for Facial Recognition Technology vary: for instance, ca-sinos might use it to manage VIP lists- to make staffers aware of the presence of big spenders. The technology can be used to reinforce Blacklists- to identify known offenders or suspects.

Banks will increasingly rely on the technology for verification purposes, and other industries will ben-efit from access control verification. And of course, the technologies are routinely used as evidence in court.

The technology isn't new- that's not why it's cre-ating a stir. The technology is continually better as software and computing improve. The machine learning is increasing in scope. And whether we like it or not, we are like Hansel and Gretel drop-ping breadcrumbs behind us everywhere we go. Our breadcrumbs, however, are data. Data from our smartphones. Our laptops. Our social media.

This is the data that helps investigators in the digital age to build a picture of a subject beyond their basic identity. We learn of friendships, habits, personal preferences. And once facial recogni-tion comes into play, we truly get the "full picture."

Continued on page 10

TECHNOLOGY VERSUS PRIVACY: FACIAL RECOGNITION

TECHNOLOGY AND THE RIGHT TO BE ANONYMOUS

Hansel and Gretel; Darstellung von Alexander Zick (1845-1907). Wikipedia Commons (Public Domain)

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2015 AGM - Schedule of Events

Tuesday, October 20 - Board meeting and Opening Reception & Dinner

7:30 AM—10:00 AM Breakfast

11:00 AM—5:00 PM Registration

9:30 AM—1:00 PM Board of Directors’ Meeting

1:00 PM—3:30 PM Board Lunch

4:00 PM – 6:00 Committee meetings

1:30 PM—6:00 PM Golf Outing (Optional)

7:00 PM—9:00 PM Opening Cocktail/Dinner Reception

9:00 PM—11:00 PM Hospitality Suite

Wednesday October 21 - Seminar & Networking day

7:30 AM—9:30 AM Breakfast

9:30 AM—10:30 AM Opening Ceremony

10:30 AM—1:30 PM Spouse / Guest Tour

10:30 AM —1:30 PM Seminars India Focus

1:30 PM—2:30 PM Lunch

5:00 PM—11:00 PM Networking Tour Kingdom of Dreams with dinner

11:00 PM—Hospitality Suite

Thursday, October 22 AGM & Networking day

7:30 AM—10:00 AM Breakfast

10:00 AM—1:00 PM Annual General Meeting

9:30 AM—1:00 PM Spouse / Guest Tour

1:00 PM—3:00 PM Awards Luncheon

3:30 PM—10:00 PM Networking Akshardham Tour

with dinner

10:00 PM - Hospitality Suite

Friday, October 23 Seminars & Meetings day

7:30 AM—10:00 AM Breakfast

10:00 AM—1:00PM Seminars

1:00 PM—2:30 PM Lunch

3.00 PM – 4:30PM New Board Meeting

7:00 PM—11:00 PM Gala Banquet

11:00 PM - Hospitality Suite

Saturday, October 24 Grand tour day – Taj Mahal

7:00 AM—8:00 AM Breakfast

8:00 AM—9:00 PM Tour Taj Mahal in Agra (Optional)

9:00 PM— Hospitality Suite

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Most CII Members Can Secure a Visa Online as a “Casual Business Visit”

E-Tourist Visa Facility is available for holders of pass-port of following countries: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bar-bados, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Is-land,Chile, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxem-bourg, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Myanmar, Nauru, New Zea-land,Nicaragua, Niue Island, Norway, Oman, Palau, Pal-estine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Re-public of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Russia, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Is-lands,Sri Lanka,Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, UAE, Ukraine, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican City-Holy See, Vietnam.

Eligibility

International Travelers whose sole objective of vis-iting India is recreation , sight seeing , casual visit to meet friends or relatives, short duration medical treatment or casual business visit.

Passport should have at least six months validity from the date of arrival in India. The passport should have at least two blank pages for stamping by the Immigration Officer.

International travelers should have return ticket or onward journey ticket, with sufficient money to spend during his/her stay in India.

International travelers having Pakistani Passport or Pakistani origin may please apply for regular visa at Indian Mission.

Not available to Diplomatic/Official Passport Hold-ers.

Not available to individuals endorsed on Parent’s/Spouse’s Passport i.e. each individual should have a separate passport.

Not available to International Travel Document Holders.

For more information and to apply

https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html

Top Ten Reasons to Attend the

2015 AGM In Incredible India

10. Amazing rates at a 5 star hotel

9. Taj Mahal Tour

8. Golfing in India

7. Opening Night Cocktail Reception

6. Spouse Tours

5. Topical business seminars

4. Kingdom of Dreams Gala Event with dinner

3. CII Annual Banquet

2. Evening Hospitality Suites

And the number one reason to travel to India

1. Chance to see Brian King ride an elephant!

Tentative Seminar Topics

The Indian Economy

It’s Impact and Business Opportunities

How to Increase Your Business

Exposure & Credibility

Ethical Issues in Investigations & Security

Due Diligence, Pre-employment & Intellectu-

al Property Concerns as Drivers to Business

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From the Desk of Anne Styren, CII

News from the CII Board of Directors

Dear CII members,

Summer in Scandinavia is a lovely time of year. Here in Stockholm we do not have midnight sun

(sunlight 24/7) as they do further north as the sun sets about 10PM and rises 3.30AM. But as

the sun doesn’t go down far below the horizon, it isn’t really dark but an amazing twilight/

semidarkness. Below is a picture I took at midnight last week in the city of Sundsvall, a bit fur-

ther north from Stockholm but still far below midnight sun regions – no flash just normal light:

Apart from enjoying the sum-

mer light I am also quite active in my role as Sec-

retary of the CII. One issue that is on the agenda

this time of year are the nominations to the

Board of Directors. I recall when I was a new

member and didn’t know anyone. It was impossi-

ble to nominate and also difficult to know whom

to vote for. But as I have attended CII meetings

and also worked with fellow members, I now

know persons that I’d like to help making the CII

even better. I hope you know someone you’d like to nominate and/or to vote on. If you do not, join the next CII

AGM in India and you can get to know more fellow members there!

Nomination forms were posted on the list serve June 4th and can also be obtained from the CII Office. Remem-

ber, the nominee must be a Certified or Emeritus member. Nominations are due August 20. After that date we

will present the nominees and the election will take place. Ballots can then be cast both on line or in person at

the AGM.

Another project on my agenda is the Strategic Planning Committee. President Ponnosamy has appointed me

chair of this committee and I am honoured and grateful for the trust placed in me. I have gathered a team of

experienced members into the committee and our objective is to re-view the Strategic plan from 2011 and cre-

ate a new one for the next 5+ years. Strategic planning involves “looking at the organisation as a complete entity

and is concerned with its long term development. This involves looking at where the organisation is now, deter-

mining where you want to get to, and mapping how to get there” to cite a public guideline. Therefore the CII

Strategy Planning Committee will, among other things, review how the CII can improve member interaction and

thereby promote business opportunities. We have barely started our work but if you have ideas and suggestions

please do not hesitate to send them to me (secretary@cii2.org) and I will bring them into our thinking process.

I hope to see you in New Delhi in October, and if you haven’t yet registered, there is no time as the present.

Anne Styren CII Secretary 2014-2015

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More importantly, the Dalai Lama mentioned that

we should have also use our heart – where we feel

love and compassion. I am not sure how many pro-

fessional associations have a dedicated social person

to show care and concern for our members, but the

PR Committee has our lovely former President Joan

Beach, who always stays in touch with our mem-

bers. She sends out cards and flowers on happy oc-

casions, and also to keep the spirits up for those

among us who are ill or have loved ones who are

ill. Most of Joan’s information comes from those

who stay in touch with her in North America, but we

are looking for more news and support on the social

news from our members in other parts of the

world. If you feel you can contribute in this regard,

please send me an email to office@cii2.org

On the subject of compassion, perhaps it is about

time that as an association, we take on some socially

responsible projects. This may be an idea that we can

develop in the near future – to give back to our com-

munity as we grow our businesses.

Our Board meeting was just over the weekend

and the Board approved of two new com-

mittees. One will focus on Strategic Planning and

Vision to enhance the value that you get from the CII

for our own business development and improve-

ment, and professional development. This will be in

addition to the existing Education Committee that is

working on a Continuing Education Programme. Our

Alliance with other Organisations is also exploring

alliances with other relevant organisations that we as

members can benefit from.

Another new Committee came out from the re-

cent Asian Regional Meeting which was held in con-

junction with Interpol World. We now have an open

dialogue with Interpol, and a dedicated committee to

manage Public and Private sector alliance is being set

up.

As you can tell, there is a lot going on at our

CII. We are always looking for volunteers to provide

additional support so please do let me know if you

like to contribute in some way. If everyone of us

take on a little bit of task, and we work towards the

same goals, we will be able to get much more accom-

plished!

This brings to me to the last message from the

Dalai Lama. That change must take place within us

as individuals in order to achieve the bigger picture

of change – within an organization, community and

country. If we want to embrace change, it must

come from actions at an individual level. It requires

a proactive step from us.

If we want to benefit from our CII Association, we

have to take the steps to make the association reflect

who we are and where we want to be.

I do hope that all of us will make the effort to

attend the CII AGM in New Delhi, India. Other than

India being an incredibly amazing country and a tour-

ist hotspot, India today, with a billion people, is a

land of growing opportunities. India’s remains a ma-

jor economic player in the Asian region. Themed

“Growing Together – Building Strategic Alliances in

Today’s Technological Era”, the CII AGM will be

platform for us to learn, network and grow together

in our businesses.

I look forward to seeing you and share exciting

times ahead as each of us make the effort to grow

together as a CII family!

With best wishes

Sheila Ponnosamy

President

President’s Message

Continued from page 1

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CII THANKS GRAHAM DOOLEY FOR AN

EXCEPTIONAL MEETING IN JERSEY

“The speaker was first class and the restaurants were outstanding”

Submitted by Ruth Hoffman-Sales, SII Assistant Editor

The meeting was held from 28 – 30 May on the Channel Island of Jersey. Graham Dooley, who has offices in France and England, was our host. Graham had given us a choice of three excellent hotels, well placed for the town centre, including the highly recommended Jer-sey markets, and had selected two very good contrasting restaurants for our dinners. There was an opportunity to tour the island and to vis-it the Jersey War Tunnels.

It is not widely known that the British Chan-nel Islands of Guernsey, Jersey and Sark were occupied by the Germans during World War II. The island of Alderney was used by the Ger-mans as a work camp for prisoners who were required to carry out hard, physical labour. Many of them died from their ill-treatment and the island was in ruins when its islanders even-tually returned. The War Tunnels were created by slave labourers. It was a most interesting and impressive experience and well worth the visit.

Graham chose an outstanding speaker for the Seminar: Alan Gay, formerly an officer with the States of Jersey Police Financial Crime Unit. He was a consultant on Money Launder-ing to the Finance Industry. After retirement Alan became a Senior Investigator with KYC

Worldwide: an organisation which carries out risk assessment. He provided us with three case histories which demonstrated the infor-mation on Intelligence, Terrorism/Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Country Risk, Reliability of Core Data found during inquiry. He also provided us with useful information about the legal system of Jersey and how working there differed from other jurisdictions.

The members attending represented, Africa, Channel Islands, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Portugal, Sweden and the United States of America. All present spoke excellent English, plus their own language and possibly other languages too: truly multi-lingual.

Regional Meetings were introduced to re-place one of the two general meetings a year previously held for all members but it was not always possible for some members to attend both or even one of them, perhaps because they could not travel a long distance or some other inconvenience. One Annual General Meeting remains, but now members also have the choice of regional meetings held in different countries around the world: different countries every year.

If you are unable to attend the Annual Gen-eral Meeting please consider attending one of our exceptional Regional Meetings. Apart from simply being enjoyable, they are a way of keeping in touch with colleagues and keeping up-to-date with what is happening in other countries.

The next European Regional Meeting will be

held in Warsaw in 2016, dates to be an-

nounced later. Edinburgh was also considered

but lost the vote, possibly to be elected in 2017

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Editor’s Column,

Thoughts from Lois Colley Continued from page 2

Is is estimated that UK law enforcement has about 18 million mugshots on file. The United States FBI has more than 14 million face images in its database, with estimates that the database will increase to more than 50 million in the coming years.

But the right to be anonymous has gained a voice and political traction in Europe, where companies must now ask an individual's permission before using facial recognition technology for commercial purposes. And two states in the U.S., Illinois and Texas, have followed suit. Residents of the United Kingdom have the right to be informed when under camera surveillance, and told who is doing the surveilling. They also have the right to request any images recorded in which they are featured.

So what do you think? In five years, will all surveillance investigators be armed with the latest facial and movement technologies? Or are these developments already becoming irrelevant to us as the voices for privacy become more powerful? Share your thoughts via email: office@cii2.org.

And remember, your newsletter is only as interesting as you make it! Send us your industry updates, sto-ries from the field, best resources, and favorite CII connections!

Best,

Lois Colley

PHONE: +49 30 433 4689

FAX: +49 30 433 533 1

EMAIL: FRITZ.CII-BERLIN@WEB.DE

CEO: JURGEN “FRITZ” HEBACH

GERMANY

MEMBER OF CII, WAD, NCISS

DCI—DETECTIV CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL GMBH

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS &

INSURANCE FRAUD SERVICE

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Pending Applicants

As of July 1, 2015

Zuraimi Abdul Basheer Glen Iris Pte Ltd.

Singapore

Bedi Depreet Mainguard India Services

India

Dhupar Nirentar Mainguard India Services

India

Agustin Belles Sostroy Detectives Groupo 2

Spain

Alan Graham Sub Rosa International

United Kingdom

Jan Ross Pathfinder Investigations Pty Ltd

Australia

Thiromoothy Nadesan Tean Force Security

Malaysia

More information about the applicants can be found on the CII website. Anyone with

knowledge of these applicant’s qualifications can contact Galen Clements at galen.clements@comcast.net

Remember no posting about applicants

on the listserv

Most Recent New Members

So far in 2015, the Executive Board has

granted membership to 19 new members.

Here are the most recently accepted:

Barbara Burr, CII

Intelle Quest Davis (San Francisco) California USA

Kitty Hailey, CII

Kitty Hailey Investigations Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Warren Levicoff, CII

International Detective Agency Hideaway Hills (Columbus) Ohio USA

Roy Ramachandaran, CII

Knight Intelligence & Forensics Singapore

Boon Swa Tang, CII

Nemesis Investigations Pte Singapore

Yosh Wong, CII

Emmaus (Asia Pacific) Ltd. Hong Kong

Jing Shi, CII

Beijing Tianchao Business Investigations Beijing China

Frank Brennan, CII

Sterling Security Solutions Georgetown Grand Cayman

Dr. Terry Ann Sheridan, AFII Guardian Angels Holding Pty Ltd

Midland (Perth) Australia

Welcome

Welcome

Welcome

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

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Current Membership

Certified 280 Affiliate 9

Qualified 11 Honorary 6

Associate 2 Emeritus 5

Senior 17 Applicants 7

Total Membership 330

Countries Represented—58

Continents Represented—6

MORE MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Lapsed Members The following members have not renewed

for 2015 and therefore are no longer mem-

bers of the Council

Dorian Bond - USA

Shyouraj Singh Chauhan - India

Charles Dmytrus - France

Wan Zairi Afhtar Ishak - Malaysia

Andrew Makatrewicz de Roy - Poland

Paul Oostermeyer - USA

Bernard Owusu-Twumasi - Ghana

Eamonn Price - Ireland

WALTER ATWOOD HONORED

WITH EMERITUS STATUS The Executive Board was pleased to bestow Emeritus Member status on Walter At-wood at the board meeting on Saturday, June 13, 2015. Emer-itus Status is our most respected class of membership, reserved for those members who by ten-ure and service to the organiza-tion earn this honor. Only 4 oth-er CII members have been awarded this prestigious class of membership. Walter joins Frank Donohue, Bert Falbaum, Bob Wallace and Nancy Poss-Hatchl (who recommended Walter) as an Emeritus Member.

Walter is one of our most senior members, having been a member of CII for almost 30 years. He served on the Board in the mid 1990s and has regu-larly attended AGMs, including last year in San Fran-cisco. Walter, who is 94 years young, is a former Federal Government polygraph and interrogation ex-pert. He has given much to law enforcement, the private sector and to CII. CONGRATULATIONS WALTER!

Ryan Colley, CII The Executive Board is pleased to announce that Ryan

Colley has obtained full Certified Membership status,

having been promoted from Qualified status at the

June 13, 2015 meeting. Ryan has been an active volun-

teer, leading our Public Relation efforts and promoting

the Council on social media.

Congratulations Ryan –Well done!

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AFTER 20 YEARS IN FRANCE, GRAHAM DOOLEY

FINALLY HAS A CII NEIGHBOR

It’s a Small World After All

Brand new CII Member, Dr. Terry Sheridan ( PhD, FAIM ) and her companion, John Westall, originally from the UK, have lived, studied and worked all over the world finally settling in Perth, Australia, over 30 years ago.

Introduced to CII by long time friend and business associate Sheila Ponnosamy they enjoyed chatting about purchasing a holiday home in a long time favourite place of theirs, Brittany, France. It did not take much time for the jungle drums to go across the water, and on 26th May 2015, they were invited to the home of Graham Dooley and partner Helen Rose, where on a beautiful spring afternoon they had afternoon tea on the ter-race and chatted about life in general.

What they did not realise was that they has quite a lot in com-mon, Terry & Helen were both born in St Mary's Hospital in Portsmouth, UK and both left to work in other areas of the world. Helen went to Ireland as a nursing sister, and Terry into the field of fraud management. Helen also has a daughter and grand children in Brisbane, Australia. Graham and John were both ex UK Police Detectives, serving around the same period from 1973 but in different forces, as John served in London Met, and Graham served in Cheshire Constabulary.

They have both been involved in Security & Investigations since leaving the force but in totally opposite ends of the globe, and both out of their original country of origin. Similar ages, they both still enjoy a run out on their mo-torcycles and are followers of Rugby Union.

Bernarda Skrabar Announces

“Day of Private Detectives & Investigators”

July 24, 2015

CII member Bernarda Skrabar, of Slo-

venia, is proud to announce that her

agency, Detective & Security Agency,

is spearheading a day to honor our

profession. The date is significant as it is the birthdate

of Eugene Francois Vidocqu-a who founded his agen-

cy in 1833.

As part of the promotion, she is launching a profes-

sional journal and is looking for submissions from CII

members. Contributions are not just limited to inves-

tigations, but can include essays relating to security,

legal, human resources, entrepreneurship, infor-

mation technology, ethics and the like. The magazine

will be directed to corporations, investigative agen-

cies, faculty and students.

Submissions are due by July 13, 2015.

Ryan Colley Establishes a New

Private Facebook Page for CII Members

Addressing the concerns of some

members over privacy issues on

the CII Facebook page, the Cha-

riman of the PR and Social Media

committees has created a private

Facebook site for CII Members. The new page is classi-

fied “Secret” meaning only members of the group can

post, see who else is a member, or see what others

have posted.

Anyone wishing to join the group can contact Ryan Col-

ley, Puneet Kumar, Kelly Riddle, or Abhijit Ahluwalia

and request to join.

The link to join is https://www.facebook.com/

groups/472879096211364/

For more information contact Ryan @colleypi.com

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CII realigns the regions After much deliberation and consideration, the Executive Board as determined that the organization will best be

served by reducing the number of regions. Anyone interested in serving your region as Regional Director, contact

Galen Clements at galen.clements@comcast.net. Regional Directors are asked to to the following: 1) Assist in

vetting applicants; 2) Welcoming New Members; 3) Recruitment of qualified members; 4) Assist / Organize a Region-

al Meeting: 5) File an annual report about events in your region.

The new proposed realignment is as follows:

Region 1: Canada - 24 members

Includes all provinces

Region 2: South & Central America / Caribbean—13 members

Bermuda, Costa Rica, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad/Tobago; Argentina; Brazil,

Columbia, Guyana, & Peru

Region 3: Africa - 6 members

Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, & South Africa

Region 4: Far East - 15 members

Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China, Korea, & Japan

Region 5: Southeast Asia / South Pacific - 23 members

Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Region 6: India / Middle East - 30 members

India, Sri Lanka, Israel, & United Arab Emirates

Region 7: Northern Europe - 22 members

Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia

Region 8: Southern Europe– 26 members

Belgium, Austria, Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain,

Romania, & Switzerland

Region 9: United Kingdom - 19 members

England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands

Region 10: United States East: - 65 members

Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,

North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

Region 11: United States Central - 35 members

Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,

Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin

Region 12: United States West—50 members

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah,

Washington, Wyoming

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Featured Article RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: TWO TOOLS FOR TWITTER

Submitted by Lauren Colley

Advanced Search

One of the most overlooked tools for Twitter is the site's own Advanced Search. You can search for specific keywords and hashtags, and tweets to/from or mentioning specific ac-counts. You can set a date range, a language preference, and even loca-tion. You can even search by senti-ment, because Twitter categorizes the positivity or negativity of each post.

There are a million reasons to use Advanced Search, but I find it most helpful when I don't have the budget to scan a user's entire account histo-ry. I might need to learn about a sub-ject's hospital stay, so I would cue up Advanced Search for the individual account with the words "hospital" or "surgery," adding a date range and maybe even a location. And voila!

Echosec

A location-based social media search platform with a variety of pos-sible uses, Echosec allows you to filter Tweets by location in a unique and advanced way. When presented with the site's map, you can simply zoom into your area of choice, or en-ter the location manually in the box on the bottom left. Then click the "Select Area" button to draw a box around the location of interest.

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Featured Article In the search below, I narrowed in on a San Francisco McDonald's and was presented with three results, which proves, if people are Tweeting about their McDonald's breakfast, they're Tweeting about everything Note: You can also search by location via Twitter's own site tools by entering coordinates or a location.

Links:

Advanced Search: https://twitter.com/search-advanced

EchoSec: https://app.echosec.net/

Do you have a resource you'd like to share? Assist your fellow investiga-tors in staying abreast of the latest professional resources, and be fea-tured in next month's column!

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