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NAA Update By: Hannes Combest, CAE

As I write this I am in Jacksonville, bring all of the personal property
Florida where we are conducting a inside and hold your auction or you’ll
Board orientation and annual strategic reschedule it if necessary.
planning session for the NAA
Leadership. Today is the day of the Rescheduling an auction may be
Eclipse. I was kind of bummed when the problem of the day for you, but
I realized I was going to be gone from what happens if your entire business
Lawrence, KS (which is REALLY close is threatened? What happens if a
to the path of totality) and instead tornado, fire or hurricane destroys
would be in Jacksonville, which ONLY your building? What happens if
has 90% of the eclipse (ONLY!). there is a death in your staff or what What papers do you need to make
happens if you pass away? What sure you don’t lose? Do you have a
Here’s the deal – it ended up being happens if you have a cyber attack? copy of your auctioneer’s license or
pretty cloudy in Lawrence, KS These things are more than event of your incorporation papers?
today (no one saw anything) and it is based – they could threaten your
raining here in Jacksonville. I guess entire business, your livelihood or NAA has developed a Business
what I am trying to say is that Robert that of your family’s. Continuity Plan and we update it
Burns was right “the best laid plans every two years. I keep a hard copy
of mice and man often go awry.” I would encourage you to begin of it at my house; the Board has
today to build a Business Continuity access to it at all times and my
I’m sure you can appreciate my Plan. Include in it everything you staff has access to it through “the
distress – how many times have might need in the event of an cloud.” We want to make sure that if
you planned your auction for every emergency. Start small – collect something happens to our building
contingency and then BAM, in one document all of your bank in Overland Park, Kansas or if
something happens. Your live personal accounts and the name and something happens to me, that
property auction is scheduled and a telephone number of important NAA will still be there for our 3900
storm pops up and your tents may professionals in the life of your members.
not be enough shelter, your online business – your attorney, your CPA,
auction is disrupted by a power your tax advisor. Have you written I’ll be glad to send you a copy of our
outage (that happened to me as a down who handles your technology Table of Contents (just email me at
customer on my first online auction issues so that someone can find it if hcombest@auctioneers.org). You can
…that’s a story for another day). you are not available? List it in your use it as you wish – or just start
business continuity plan. List the writing things down.
So what do you do? business names and numbers for
your insurance company and the util- Start developing your own Business
You go to your handy, dandy back- ity companies (seems like a strange Continuity Plan today and if you
up plan – because as a professional, request, but you will be surprised missed the eclipse today – start
you will have a back-up plan. You’ll how easy this will make things). planning for the next one in 2024!

TAA MEMBERS: SUPPORT A FELLOW MEMBER: Buddy Walk on October 29

Hello from Chris & Slone Taliaferro, the proud parents of Along with these events you can also make donations
Ty Wylie, who has Down Syndrome. Ty has a Buddy Walk directly to his team. There are 3 ways to make a donation.
team called the “Ty Wyl-E Coyotes” that participates in
an annual buddy walk, happening on October 29, 2017 1. Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas, Tax 10: 75-1508091
at Victory Park, Dallas. The buddy walk is geared to 1702 North Collins Blvd., Suite 170, Richardson, Tx.
promote awareness and inclusion along with raising 75080. Please indicate on your check “Memo’I is Ty
funds to support the Dallas Down Syndrome Guild. Wyl-E’s Coyotes team.
2. Website: www.downsyndromedalJas.org - click on Events,
As the budy walk approaches, we would like to ask you then Buddy Walk, then under Teams, find Ty Wyl-E’s Coyotes.
for your love and support with our annual Buddy Walk
benefit dinner and live/silent auction. 3. Ty Wyl-E’s Coyotes, P.O. Box 9, Rosser, Tx. 75157

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