Corporate Partner Council

Corporate Partner Council Established to Represent Vendor Interests

PRISM International is fortunate to have an extremely supportive family of vendor members, (called Corporate Partners), who provide goods and services to commercial records centers, data protection companies, imaging conversion companies and confidential destruction companies. The Corporate Partner members are event sponsors, exhibit at conferences, assist in membership recruitment, and are an important source of industry education and knowledge.

In May, 2008, the PRISM International membership approved changes to the PRISM International Bylaws that created a Corporate Partner Council. In May, 2009 the PRISM International membership made one additional series of amendments to place a Corporate Partner representative on the PRISM International Board of Directors. Based upon these changes, all Corporate Partner members are now automatically members of the Corporate Partner Council and elected their first representative to the PRISM International Board in November, 2009.

The Corporate Partner Council holds regular conference calls, on the first Wednesday of each month, to discuss PRISM International policies that affect how they access marketing channels, determine the types of sponsorships that are offered, and agree on operating rules designed to promote competition among Corporate Partner members as well as promote the general health of the organization and the industry. These actions, opinions, inquiries and requests are carried directly to the PRISM International Board of Directors for further action.

Members of the Corporate Partner Council also receive the e-publication "Corporate Partner Update" twice each month. This publication outlines opportunities, reminds of deadlines, identifies new members who have joined PRISM International and reviews actions taken by the Corporate Partner Council.