Your Membership Refresh Checklist

| PERG News: January 2023 |

New Year’s resolutions: cut down screen addictions, read more books, and get the most out of my PERG/ESTA membership! 

To make that last resolution easy to keep, here’s a quick checklist: 

• Logos. Using the “PERG Member” and “RENTAL GUARD” logos on your website elevates your company status and, like a Neighborhood Watch sign, signals that you are part of a network that prevents crime through community cohesiveness and collaboration. 
• Event Invitations. Are there other members of your staff we should invite to PERG events? Shoot us their contact info. PERG events are an exceptional opportunity to see colleagues, customers, and share association news. 
• Newsletters. Who should be on our newsletter mailing list? SIGN UP. This is how we keep members informed of our initiatives, events, and meetings. There are six to eight issues annually. 
• RENTAL GUARD. Are you registered for RENTAL GUARD? Should more people on your staff have access? Remember, RENTAL GUARD includes the Watch List (names of people associated with fraud), Questionable Customer Alert (alerts for possible fraudsters), New Customer Inquiry (verifies new customers via other members).
• Share your ideas and concerns. Give us your suggestions for survey topics, presentations by subject matter experts, townhalls, or standards and practices documents. A PERG survey can help members see how others are handling a business question, equipment question, HR question, etc. Do you have feedback that could help PERG improve what we do? Please bring it to the PERG Manager or a Council Member. PERG is here to take on issues on behalf of the rental industry.
• State Tax Incentives Task Groups. PERG task groups coordinate with the Motion Picture Association to lobby protective action for state incentives? To join a task group, please contact the PERG Manager. (See MPA Teams with PERG on State Tax Incentive Strategy).
• Are you aware of these benefits?
  PERG Member Calendar for industry events. Do you have an event you’d like to add?
  Slack channels (request and invitation)
  Equitable Workforce Initiative (EWI)
  AICP/PERG Sample Terms and Conditions
  Practices documents on topics like Data Security
  Digest of Fraud and Theft Prevention Measures (for rental companies). Contact PERG Manager
  Handout to educate your customers about theft.
  Protocol – PERG has a regular column and occasional feature articles in the journal of entertainment technology