I think it is important to note something here. For all you guys out there that are running their business, or any business for that matter, an event like this could easily shut down your business.
Think about the situation at hand. You own a business and a good part of it revolves around you. You have all those little important things in your head like passwords, names of contacts for tower sites, phone numbers in a little book someplace, some notes that have the combination to the fence to get into the property that has your AP on the roof after hours, the sketch for the new customers you just put on line is on a napkin in the center console of your truck, or even something as simple as the alarm code and password for the office. Something happens to you and what happens to your business? How about your family that depends on you and the business to stay liquid? An event could easily push many of us into bankruptcy. In most instances I am sure that someone weather it be from WISPA or otherwise could get to your family to help with the business but could they actually do what is needed without the information we take for granted every day? Now is a good time to write it down. You don't need to tell everyone what the information is you just need to let your spouse or member of your family know where to find it. What do you write down? Well pretend that you are going away on vacation and a stranger is coming in to run your business. Start with a daily routine. Unlock the front door. The keys are on my keychain for my truck. The alarm panel is behind the door. The code is 1 2 3 4 OFF in that order. If the alarm should go off just enter the code again. The alarm company should call. The codename is "WISPA". If you have problems with the alarm call Mike at Alarm Co. Inc. 800-888-8888 is the number. Turn off the answering machine. Play messages back from the machine and return calls. Employees come in at 9 am. Their personal files are in my desk. The keys to my office are on my truck keyring. All the payroll and billing information for the company is in Quickbooks on my laptop. The password is "happywisp". The employees names are ........... Their contact numbers are ........ etc, etc Make sure to mark down who you feel you can trust to be honest and helpful within your company in a time of crisis and who may use this time as a leverage point. If you have any special arrangements with employees write them down. Same goes for contact names and numbers of vendors and customers. If there is someone you feel comfortable running your business then make a note of that person with contact info. During a crisis one of the biggest issues is billing, banking and payroll. If it looks like the event will be short term it may be wise to have your accountant do the payroll for your company if someone else doesn't do it. This will ensure privacy and keep the "boat" steady during the rough seas. This is not the time to have a "He makes how much???" between employees. Billing procedures are extremely important especially when to bill, how to bill, how much to bill as well as collection procedures. Deposits can usually be done by a family member. Consider having the office mail held at the post office and picked up there. Don't need anything getting "lost" during this period. Make sure it is read promptly every day in case any urgent issues should occur. I could go on and on but I am sure you get the idea. This info could easily go into a spiral bound notebook and updated every now and then. Maybe consider making a copy of any important keys or computer files (book keeping, config files, spreadsheets, Visio's, network maps, etc). All this material should be kept at your home in a "just in case" file or box. We never expect to have anything happen to us. I have been to several WISPCON's and other events and we are not all walking health freaks by nature. Think of your family and get this done. Don't sit in front of the TV tomorrow night eating potato chips and drinking beer watching the Simpsons. Do that Wednesday night. Get started on that emergency recovery book now. If you don't need it...great. But if you do someone will be very grateful. Be safe and healthy. And all my best goes out to Mac and his family. Bob John Scrivner wrote: > Mac is stable. He still has tests to be done. I talked to his wife, Sharon, > a little while ago. Keep Mac and his family in your prayers please. Sharon > says their network is running fine. I told her to let me know if they need > help and we would work to get someone there to help if they need anything. I > am sure we can pull together and help Mac if he needs it. > Scriv > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:13 PM, CHUCK PROFITO <cprof...@cv-access.com>wrote: > > >> PINGING, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE LIST SINCE MY POST AT >> 9:46AM. >> >> ANY WORD ON MAC? >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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