Providing Networking opportunities and advancing the development of Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Knowledge.

 


Membership

Note: DRIE Central Chapter Membership now runs from January 1 to December 31 of each year.

Returning 2011/2012 DRIE Central Members...
RETURNING MEMBERS, renew for your 2013 membership

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NEW MEMBERS Register For Your 2013 Membership

There are many benefits in becoming a member of DRIE Central.  Our members are professionals and associates with an interest in successful Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning strategies, all taking advantages of what DRIE Central has to offer.

$75 Membership Fee

What do members get for their $75 Membership fee?
The fee provides admission to 3 professional development lunch and learn sessions and the annual conference.
Additional special events may have other fees that apply.
Membership in DRIE is an "individual membership" although many organizations choose to pay the membership fee on behalf of their employees.
The annual membership fee is $75.00, Associate fee is $25. Individual memberships are transferable by communicating with DRIE Membership.

Membership Benefits summary

There are many other great reasons for becoming a member of DRIE Central, including:
  • 10% Discount for DRI Canada  courses.
  • Free entrance to annual conference, usually in the October/November timeframe.
    • The annual confernece is packed with excellent presentations from world class presneters.
  • Free attendance to 3 Profesional development lunch and  learn sessions.
  • Regular topical E-mailings whose volume is controlled by you.
  • Discounts to DRIE sponsored conferences including the World Conference on Disaster Management (held in Toronto), and the Corporate Contingency Planning Seminar and Exhibition (held in the US).
  • CDRP and CISSP Education Credits for each DRIE meeting attended.
  • A chance to network with other professionals at each DRIE meeting.
  • Voting privileges at DRIE Central's Annual General Meeting for ful lmembers, (Associate may attend, but cannot vote).
  • DRI CEU for working on DRIE initiatives or being a speaker.
For more details see the membership section in the DRIE Central bylaws

DRIE Meetings/Professional Development sessions

Some of the Areas/Topics covered during previous meetings have included the following:
  • Workplace Violence/Active shooter response planning.
  • BCP Employee Awareness
  • Pandemic-Influenza planning
  • more topics...
For more information email:

DRIE Central info@driecentral.org