Welcome To The Pet Loss Professionals Alliance

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Welcome To ThePet Loss Professionals Alliance
Next Steps!

• Coleen Ellis
• Two Hearts Pet Loss Center

Bill Remkus Hinsdale Pet Cemetery Crematory
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Whats 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

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Standards/Accreditation/Ethics
Jon Remkus David Remkus
Antoinette Girod Bill Remkus
Kelly Clem Ellen Agee
Christine Engh Mike Fuss
David Brown Bernadette Peters
Ross DeJohn Terry Branson
Nancy Gary Piper Blake Kelley
Skye Stevens Jimmy Hughey
Elleanor Starks Robert Blosser
Barry Debbie Mulrine Jen Melius Jocelyne Monette Joey Casada
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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?

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Certified Pet Loss Professional/Education
David Martin/Dedrick Gantt
Amanda Currin
Roberta Knauf
David Remkus
Debbie Mulrine
Kate Moore
Brett VanDeWoestyne
Coleen Ellis
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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

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Marketing
Tom Parmalee
Peggy Rouzzo
Jocelyne Monette
Coleen Ellis
Cay Dalyrmple
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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

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Suppliers
Tom Bischoff
Doug Tobey
Sally Robleson
Toni Greenfield
Blake Kelley
Mike Mims
Jay Rotberg
Bob Nobles
Toni Neal
Joshua Blosser
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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.

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How will we communicate?

• Email updates
• Facebook
• MyPLPA.com

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From this we
Grow
CPLP Education
?
aCCREDitation/ Standardization
Marketing
?
Suppliers
TBD
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Together -We will be SUCCESSFUL!
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Thank You!
Good Luck! Heres to Success!

• Coleen Ellis
• Two Hearts Pet Loss Center

Bill Remkus Hinsdale Pet Cemetery Crematory