NAID news - November 4, 2017

Did You Know?

A few facts about NAID that make us proud to be
part of this trade association.

• Fact: NAID is a member-owned, non-profit association. Members, through their elected board, are in complete control of the association’s funds, and every dollar is spent by the board to advance the interests of members and to promote secure destruction.

• Fact: No one company contributes more than 2% of the NAID’s total revenue, meaning we are free of undue influence.

• Fact: All NAID member-representatives are eligible and encouraged to serve on the Board of Directors. Directors are restricted from serving two consecutive terms, making sure there is healthy turnover so that it never becomes a “good ole boys club” and the general membership is well represented.

• Fact: The overwhelming majority of those serving on the Board of Directors are owners or managers of small, independent businesses, which means they are ideal to best represent the general membership.

• Fact: NAID is exclusively focused on increasing customer awareness to the importance of secure information destruction and is completely neutral when it comes to a customer’s preference for mobile vs. plant-based destruction. The NAID Board of Directors is replete with mobile-only service providers, plant-based service providers and service provider that offer both services.

• Fact: NAID as a trade-association (meaning our membership is made up of companies vs. a professional association wherein the membership is made up of individuals) believes in being cost sensitive to our members. NAID active member dues are currently $640, which is several thousand dollars less than other similar trade associations.

• Fact: NAID international initiatives and events are fully funded by dues from the regions they serve. This means that NAID as a global entity has a healthy a proportionate focus on regions to membership.

• Fact: NAID conferences held in the USA currently cost less than $600 for early member registrations. Other trade association conferences charge $900-$1200 to receive the same full access that our event provides. NAID is proud to keep costs low for our annual conference.