Instructions for updating your membership directory
with the ASIS International Houston Chapter.
Please note that updating the local chapter directory does not update the ASIS International database. Please use the following link to get instructions on updating your profile with the national office.

Instructions for updating your membership profile with ASIS International.

Join ASIS International Houston Chapter

ASIS International Houston Chapter Membership Dues are $25 Annually. Payment is for the year 2006. You are required to be a member of the ASIS International organization before you can become a Houston ASIS International Chapter Member.

This page is for joining the local Houston Chapter only. To join ASIS International click here.

Instructions for payment by check:

Print and fill out the membership invoice . Mail with check to the address listed on the invoice.

Instructions for payment by credit card:

Print and fill out the membership invoice . Since you are paying by credit card, you may choose to fax the completed invoice to 281-966-1534. If you prefer to mail it, send it to the address listed on the invoice.

If you  have any questions please e-mail the Membership Chairperson at asis@asishouston.org.

ASIS International Houston Initiates
Chapter Membership Program
By
Michael Crocker, CPP ASIS Int. Houston 2002 Vice-Chairperson
and Robert Cascino, CPP ASIS Int. Houston 2002 Treasurer

Over the course of the past couple of years, the Executive Committee has worked to contain chapter costs while improving services delivered to the membership.  Like all organizations, costs do continue to increase, in spite of containment efforts.  Accordingly, we have considered ways to offset costs and have concluded, on two separate occasions, the need to adopt an ASIS Houston Chapter Membership Program.  Since all the proceeds of the ASIS International membership dues are retained at the International level, local ASIS International Chapters must finance their activities without support from the International office.  In Houston, Chapter activities have historically been funded by the retention of seminar fees from the annual Security and Law Enforcement Management Training Conference, corporate sponsorships and other donations by businesses and individuals interested in the Chapter’s activities.

The Chapter has historically underwritten a number of activities, as they do not generate sufficient revenue to cover all the incurred costs.  The Monthly Chapter Luncheon, which includes Chapter guests, honored guests and invited speakers whom receive lunch free of charge, has run a deficit averaging 5% of the total cost for several years.  The Chapter CPP Review requires updated texts and study materials which are underwritten by the Chapter as a service to those members interested in professional development.  Regular donations to law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty or assistance to their families has also been funded by Houston Chapter funds.

As costs have risen, the Houston Chapter has resisted the temptation to raise activity fees on the 4 Hour Mini Seminars, the Monthly Chapter Luncheons or the annual Security and Law Enforcement Management Training Conference because a Chapter priority has always been to provide the maximum value possible for the minimum cost to active Houston Chapter members.  In that spirit and with the goal of providing for basic Chapter activities without diminishing funds available to improving training opportunities, the Chapter Executive Committee twice concluded an annual Chapter membership dues of $25.00 was indicated.  The decision reached in April/May 2002 was reevaluated in October 2002 to insure that the decision taken was the best possible course of action for the Chapter as a whole.

Annual Chapter membership dues will not prevent any ASIS International member from attending any Houston Chapter sponsored activity or event.  Each activity or event will offer a Chapter member or nonmember price thus active members will receive the lowest possible cost and recover their membership dues relatively quickly.  Chapter nonmembers will only pay for those activities they agree to support.  Of the 567 members coded by ASIS International to the Houston Chapter, only 7%-15% attend any given activity or event at one time.