Transcript Where are we today!

Welcome To The
Pet Loss Professionals Alliance
Coleen Ellis
Two Hearts Pet Loss Center
Bill Remkus
Hinsdale Pet Cemetery & Crematory
What’s Next?
• Chairs of PLPA and Vice-Chairs of Committees to
schedule meeting to review objectives
– Done by May 1st
• Committees to set meetings
– Done by May 15
• Committee Chairs & Vice-Chairs to meet monthly
to review progress
• Quarterly update meetings held with entire PLPA
membership
– Next meeting July, 2010
Standards/Accreditation/Ethics
Jon Remkus
Antoinette Girod
Kelly Clem
Christine Engh
David Brown
Ross DeJohn
Nancy & Gary Piper
Skye Stevens
Elleanor Starks
Barry & Debbie Mulrine
Jen Melius
David Remkus
Bill Remkus
Ellen Agee
Mike Fuss
Bernadette Peters
Terry Branson
Blake Kelley
Jimmy Hughey
Robert Blosser
Jocelyne Monette
Joey Casada
The Mission
• To create the Standards for the PLPA
– Crematories, Funeral Homes, Cemeteries
– To keep an open mind that we cannot dictate
business practices – but standards that will be a
part of who a PLPA member is
– How will these Standards be monitored?
– Is there a rating system for the different types of
PLPA members? “Rules of Engagement” for those
that agree to be members? How to handle
complaints against members?
Certified Pet Loss Professional/Education
David Martin/Dedrick Gantt
Amanda Currin
Roberta Knauf
David Remkus
Debbie Mulrine
Kate Moore
Brett VanDeWoestyne
Coleen Ellis
The Mission
• Create a program that will give credentials to
individuals in the pet death care industry
• Course/curriculum creation
• Continuing Education requirements
• How/where the classes held – taking into account all
technology pieces available too!
• Educational components for the website and for
members
– White paper downloads
– Monthly (?) webinars on pet death care business practices
– Educational components for the consumer to turn to as they
choose a pet memorialization facility
Marketing
Tom Parmalee
Peggy Rouzzo
Jocelyne Monette
Coleen Ellis
Cay Dalyrmple
The Mission
• How do we get the educational components
out to the members/consumer?
– Working with the Education committee too
– Work with the veterinary industry to
educate/market to them as well our PLPA message
– Marketing for more members
Suppliers
Tom Bischoff
Doug Tobey
Sally Robleson
Toni Greenfield
Blake Kelley
Mike Mims
Jay Rotberg
Bob Nobles
Toni Neal
Joshua Blosser
The Mission
• To help pet death care businesses be more
profitable
• To help market the benefits of PLPA in their
day-to-day travels
• Assisting in being our “eyes and ears” in the
industry so that we can constantly be aware of
educational and marketing opportunities.
How will we communicate?
•Email updates
•Facebook
•MyPLPA.com
From this we
…Grow
?
Together We will be
SUCCESSFUL!
Thank You!
Coleen Ellis
Two Hearts Pet Loss Center
Bill Remkus
Hinsdale Pet Cemetery & Crematory