AZ State WCR Newsletter Sept 2007.pub
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AZ State WCR Newsletter Sept 2007.pub
Mission Statement: We are a network of successful REALTORS® empowering women to exercise their potential as entrepreneurs and industry leaders. ARIZONA STATE WCR NEWSLETTER Coming Events July/August/September 2007 Vol. 19, No.3 From The President Oct 10th ~ 11th, 2007 AZ Association of REALTORS® Leadership Conference Black Canyon Conf. Center Phoenix, Arizona Nov 12th~16th, 2007 National WCR Annual Conf Up, Up, and Away! Las Vegas, NV Nov 28th ~ 29th, 2007 AZ WCR Installation/Orient Chapparral Suites Scottsdale, Arizona Mar 13th ~ 14th, 2008 AZ Association of REALTORS® Prescott, Arizona April 4th ~ 6th, 2008 National WCR Mega Networking Summit II St. Charles, MO May 14th ~ 18th, 2008 National WCR Mid Year Meeting Team AZ is continuing the Success Journey! Your leadership team has been busy! We just completed a Great Summer State Meeting in Flagstaff. Thanks to the Flagstaff Chapter for a great job as our host Chapter. The night out was fun and great networking! The feedback from the meeting was very positive! We had high quality business speakers and timely topics. We listened to your past feedback and brought your topics to help your business! Thanks for your participation and feedback. Bringing our membership more Value is our goal! A special thank you to Joeann Fossland, Education Chair and Sandy Mager, Events Chair. The Elections were held at the Summer meeting…Congratulations to your 2008 officers-elect: President: Jimmee McNeely Secretary: Kris Nelson President-Elect: Wilma Purcell, Treasurer: Yvonne Coelet Washington, DC Governors: Bob Nachman and Sindy Ready The 2008 team is well on their way, planning to continue the journey! Let Jimmee know if you want to serve on a committee next year! The time is now! We are really building momentum! Newsletter Schedules Fourth Quarter 2007: Photos, Ads and Copy Deadline: December 1, 2007 Publish Date: December 15, 2007 Mark your calendars for the Fall State and National Events and join the fun! The National NAR/WCR Meeting in Las Vegas, November 12-16, 2007 and the State Meeting in Scottsdale at Chaparral Suites, November 28-29, 2007. Go to www.ArizonaWCR.com for the details. Don’t miss the networking, education , and fun! BIG NEWS!!! The Arizona State Chapter is offering each Local Chapter 3 member awards, totaling $400, to be given to active members for attending these events. For details go to the State website or talk to your Chapter From The President Continued Leaders! We want more members to experience the benefits of these exciting events! The year is zooming by! I want to thank you all for the opportunity to serve as your TEAM AZ leader this year. Don’t miss what the Fall has to offer…we will be finishing the year with a bang! Team AZ Rocks and the Journey Continues! Sindy M. Ready, ABR, CRS, ePRO, LTG, PMN, SRES 2007 Arizona State WCR President Callaghan Ready PC RE/MAX Excalibur Realty Scottsdale, Arizona www.AzGreatHomes.com [email protected] 602-478-4017 Casual night out left to right, Wilma Purcell, 2008 President-Elect, Sindy Ready, 2007 AZ State President, Celia Maddox, Connie Walker, Debra Stavropierrakos, SEVWCR members, Kathy Landis, 2001 AZ State President From The Governors Linda Berg Malinda Barry Hope you all have had a productive and fun summer and were able to attend the State Chapter meetings in Flagstaff. Congratulations to everyone who helped make that such a great success! I personally can’t remember when I have gotten more value from any real estate conference – so if you missed it please plan to join us for the winter meeting! Linda and I have visited (or have visits scheduled) all of our local chapters. There is some wonderful work being done at the local level as evidenced by our membership numbers – 14 new members have been added since last month for a total of 904 members statewide. As our local chapters continue to demonstrate the value of Women’s Council of REALTORS® we will continue to grow in strength and numbers. The State Chapter leadership team is dedicated to providing the support and guidance to the local chapters, the foundation of our organization. That means individual members as well – no matter how small the problem or how insignificant you may think the question, please do not hesitate to contact any of us. We also welcome any suggestions on how we can be of more effective assistance. Warm Regards, Linda Berg, ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI, LTG, PMN, ePRO Malinda Barry, CRS, GRI, LTG, PMN Associate Broker/Branch Manager Designated Broker 2007 WCR Governor 2007 WCR Governor From The President-Elect Hi Team AZ, We had a group of 15 from the great state of Arizona attend the Leadership Academy in Chicago, Illinois on August 3-5. We had the President Elects from EVERY chapter in our state attend. This was the tenth anniversary of Leadership Academy with the largest number of members attending. There were 292 Local Chapter President Elects and 21 State Chapter President Elects. We also had two state chapter president elects at the meeting who were part of the faculty. Here are a few of the items discussed at the academy: The most important learning tool a chapter can have is the LPPM (Leadership Policy & Procedure Manual). Every member of your governing board should read this manual completely and repeatedly. Most of your questions will be answered "in the book". If you can send all of your line officers to State and National meetings they should all attend different meetings and then bring back and "share" what they learned. If you are funded to attend a meeting "You Must Attend these Meetings" then report back to you chapter. Communicate often with your members. Share ideas, give clear directions, don't micro manage, get members involved in the planning of your chapter's year, listen to your members, give all the credit...take all the blame, read the LPPM. A new web site is in the works....watch for more information from National. Businesswoman of the Year Award - Recognizes members of power and influence. Local chapter award in 2007 will be recognized at May 2008 awards banquet. 2008 National WCR Dates to Remember: April 4-6 Mega-Networking Summit II St. Charles, MO (St. Louis area). May 14-18 Midyear Meeting, Washington, D.C. July 11-13 Influential Women Summit, Boston August 1-3 Leadership Academy, Chicago November 5-9 Annual Conference, Orlando I could go on and on but due to limited space in the newsletter I'll stop now. 2007 has been a great year for Team AZ with a strong leader leading the way. With the support and guidance from our 2007 AZ Team 2008 promises to be an interesting, eventful, educating, fun year as well. Come along for the ride with Team AZ, you'll be glad you did! Regards to you all, Jimmee McNeely, ABR, CRS, ePRO, GRI, LTG, 2007 Arizona State WCR President Elect [email protected] PMN, SRES From The Regional Vice-President As I approach my 10 year anniversary as a member of the Women’s Council of REALTORS®, I beg your indulgence as I reflect back for a few moments on my WCR “career”. When I joined the organization back in 1997, I really had no idea what the council was, except a (primarily) women’s organization, in Scottsdale, that met once a month to have a meeting, and put on an educational program. I went to a few meetings, and despite being one of only a few men, I felt very comfortable, and very welcome. I got involved with a fund-raising event, which I wound up cochairing, and helped contribute to a very successful event. Next thing I knew, I was nominated, and elected, as President-Elect. Quite frankly, I really had no idea what the organization was all about, or that it was, in fact, part of a very large state and national organization. The Leadership Academy I attended, in summer of 1999, was my first exposure to the National “perspective”. I met close to 200 President-Elects from across the country, and began to realize the scope of how significant a force Women’s Council was. Flash forward.... After serving on the local level, I have been honored to serve on the state, regional and national levels, on various committees, and in many leadership positions. What I have come to realize... after ten years... is how blessed I have been to be part of such a great group of professional, educated, progressive, caring people. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever expected to get such tremendous satisfaction from my involvement, but I have. If YOU are a member who has not yet joined a committee, or gotten involved, I implore you to do so! If you want to derive the benefits from Women’s Council, you have to GIVE... before you can GET. Although I have already gotten so much from WCR, I never stop trying to give. My personal mission is to contribute my energies, experience and my male perspective, to make this the BEST women’s organization in the country. As State Governor for 2008, along with Sindy Ready, we will be traveling to all of the chapters to help however we can. We, along with the entire state team... TEAM AZ... are committed to helping all of the local chapters thrive. As much as I have enjoyed the last ten years with Women’s Council of REALTORS®, I look forward to my next ten, and hope many of you will be involved over that period as well, to make this an even greater organization, and to help you grow professionally and personally! Bob Nachman, ABR, CRS, ePRO, GRI, LTG, PMN, SRES, MBA 2007 Region IV Vice President [email protected] 1-800-575-1868 Get your PNM Designation For More Information Visit www.ArizonaWCR.com Local Chapter News & Views Central Arizona Mountain Chapter Bullhead City Chapter Alysia Dewar, Chapter President It's been a very interesting year so far. We are starting to get it all together just in time for our 2008 Nomination of officers! We will be voting on new slate of officers at our September Business Resource Meeting. We did find a Ways and Means Chairperson, Cindy Edger, to pull our Holiday Boutique together in December. The holiday Boutique will be Saturday 1st with at least 15 tables of local arts & crafts. This is an all day event. We had 4 new members installed at our August Business Resource Meeting and have 3 more to install at out September meeting!!! I only see one way to go here with our membership and it's up, up, up!!!! We've had great speakers...our new CEO of our local MLS, Jack Best, spoke to us in July and the Mayor of Bullhead City, Jack Hakim, spoke at our August meeting. We had a great showing...34 members and guests! Plus a very successful education class seminar, 'Technology-Tablets, Smart Phones & Virtual Tours' with Joeann Fossland was held on August 13th!! It was a joint effort put together with the Lake Havasu Chapter. We hope to do many more classes together in the up coming year! Jan Armbruster, 2007 ( & 2005) Chapter President Hello everyone! We've had very interesting and timely speakers so far this year and I believe that this is part of our growing membership and attendance at the business resource meetings, currently held at Main Street Grill, 202 West Main Street, Payson. Each month, in cooperation with Marci Sanders, Glenda Scott has emailed the information about our speaker for the upcoming Business Resource Meeting, held the third Tuesday of each month. Business Resource Programs Sharon Balentine and Carol Pfister, Lenders for Life, "Credit You Can Count On" Tina Bruess, Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce, "Who's Moving In? What's Going On?" Will Dietz, RE/MAX Paradise Pines "MidYear in Washington DC - NAR for AAR" Danell Loy, RE/MAX Paradise Pines "Time Management with Your TREO" I believe we have a great incoming slate of officers for 2008! I'm very excited what this Chapter will be doing and I will definitely be a part of it!! "Appraiser/Inspector Panel Discussion" "Septic Systems & Alternative Systems" We are getting ready for the REALTORS® Conference & Expo in November and looking forward to the 2008 WCR Inaugural Banquet!! Broker Panel Payson Mayor Bob Edwards I hope to see you all there :-) Realtor Safety Panel "How to Stay Out of Jail" "What's Going on in Town" Payson Police Department Bow, Kiss or Shake Hands. And more to come! Our fundraiser, held on June 22nd at Donna Baade's home in Payson, was a huge success. It was a wine tasting with food, music, silent auction, drawings and giveaways. Builders in the Payson, Pine, and Strawberry community were invited to attend and network. We're planning our NEXT event, which will be even bigger and better. I LOVE BEING PRESIDENT OF OUR CENTRAL ARIZONA MOUNTAIN CHAPTER!!! Flagstaff Area Chapter Sylvie Johnson, Chapter President Manufactured Homes...The New Affordable Housing". It was a terrific class that is offered for free to current members and to anyone who joins WCR that day, and only $10 for nonmembers. October 3, our Chapter gets the unique opportunity to have Sam Wercinski, the Commissioner, come to speak to us! All are welcome to attend! The talk is entitled, “The Commish Hits the Road” and will include all of his agendas and plans for State ADRE. Should be very informative! Cost for lunch and speaker is $15 with an RSVP, $20 at the door. We are continuing to grow as a new organization and are working on getting more Realtors and Affiliates to join. Looking forward to a strong quarter! Green Valley Chapter Lonnie Borgmann, Chapter President The Flagstaff WCR Chapter was elated to host the Night Out for the WCR State Meeting August 14-15. What a great event! We had a Ho-down at the Kilted Kat with great music and food. There was a silent auction to benefit the State as well as one to benefit the Flagstaff Chapter. Our chapter made money on that as well as a raffle for $200 cash! Thank you to all that were able to attend! We had a wonderful turnout--somewhere between 95 and 100 people. Lots of great breakouts and networking. And thank you for choosing Flagstaff as the first time location for the Summer Meeting, we would love to have the opportunity to host again in the future! It took a great team effort and I’d like to thank everyone who helped with not only the event itself, but with the raffle, registration and planning, thank you!! I got the wonderful chance to attend the Leadership Academy in Chicago at the beginning of August. It was a tremendous event and lots of networking was accomplished!! The Flagstaff Chapter had a continuing education class on September 5th on "Financing No Report Lake Havasu Chapter NATIONAL WCR CHAPTER OF THE YEAR Julia McDonnell, Chapter President What a sizzling summer we’ve had! Our meetings have been filled with excitement and high energy, great programs and numerous guests who are joining the fun of WCR and helping our chapter grow. Our summer started with a ‘wildly’ successful ‘Wild Orchid Nights’ Fashion Show chaired by Kim Rothacher. We were honored to have state dignitaries, President Sindy Ready and Governors Melinda Barry and Linda Berg join us for the evening. Our 2nd Anniversary of being chartered was celebrated during our July meeting with Anniversary Cheese Cake complete with candles and song! We have added two new prize drawings to the excitement and fun of our meetings --one just for guests and another one just for members who bring guests. And so far, the ‘Queen’ has managed to elude the draw, increasing the ‘pot’ as well as the anticipation (and sales of tickets)! Programs have included ‘Alphabet Soup’ from State president Sindy Ready, ‘The Changing Mortgage Market – Have Courage!’ by Gary Ardesson of Mohave State Bank, and ‘Your Future Told in 30 minutes or Less’ presented by Gary Kellogg of Partners for Economic Development. Bullhead City Area Chapter joined us in successfully co-sponsoring Joeann Fossland’s Technologies class and ePro Introduction. We are looking forward to joining the Bullhead group for other events. Members who attended the Wealth Building Summit in Newport Beach returned with great wealth building tips and ideas for programs, seminars, and networking topics as well as discovering that wealth-building includes friendships. Charter member and Education/Program Committee chair, Judi Harris, graciously opened her Flagstaff home for chapter use during the State meeting, providing a lovely ‘retreat’ and comfortable accommodations as well as another great opportunity to build stronger bonds within the chapter. And now we head into the final stretch with elections, fun fall events and more great programs. Our nominating committee has been very successful in filling the ballot with a slate of eager and well qualified candidates. Our first fall event is an International Wine and Beer Tasting Festival scheduled for September 12 at Windsor Square. Looking forward to holidays, we are excited about our Santa’s Helpers Shopping Spree on December 6 which will be open in the afternoon for ladies only and in the evening for gentlemen only. Children will have a special area for their own shopping and visiting Santa. Then it will be the installation of another great leadership team and moving right on into 2008!! Norwest Valley Chapter Vicki Cleman, Chapter President Greetings from the Northwest Valley, The Northwest Valley Chapter is doing GREAT! We have had a busy and exciting summer in the Northwest Valley with a good calendar of events that should last us to the end of the year. September will be a busy month for us. Our chapter is teaming up with the West Maricopa Association of REALTORS for a ZipForms class which will be taught by our very own Patricia Fox. We will also be having our Annual Golf Tournament at Arrowhead Country Club and a terrific speaker from the Glendale Police Department on REALTOR Safety at our Business Opportunity Meeting. We are thrilled to be working with the Phoenix chapter for an exciting new class in October on “Taking Your Business to the Next Level” Look for more information in the next month. October also brings our Annual Member Appreciation Picnic, which is always a fun time to get together with our chapter members and friends. Patricia Fox has been getting ready to take on the job of President in 2008. And all I can say is that she is “Ready” and will be an excellent one! Phoenix Chapter Lody Cooper, Chapter President WOW. We are having a great year! The summer conference in Flagstaff was wonderful. The class on ethics is one of the best I have ever taken. The Flagstaff chapter did an outstanding job with their entertainment. Kudos to the State. Sierra Vista/Cochise Chapter Our chapter is off and running with producing our 20th Annual Fashion Show being held at the J. W. Marriott on Oct. 4, 2007. Our event coordinator Doris Goetz is doing a great job getting all of the under lining work done. Tausha Fournier, our Fashion Show Chair is doing a phenomenal job leading the way and making sure all of the details are looked after. Trisha LeHane is handling our Silent Auction and is coordinating with Doris on that. Joan Stemspki is looking after our ticket sales. Please call these ladies if you have a silent auction item or would like to attend our Fashion Show. Barbara Pursell, Chapter President We held an ASP course, taught by the founder, Barbara Schwartz herself. It was so successful that it was over sold. We had people come as far away as Hawaii and Florida. Prescott Chapter Diane Eddy, Chapter President No Report Scottsdale Area Chapter Andy Kolton, Chapter President The Scottsdale Fashion Show is the September 19, 2007. Reservations form is available at the end of this newsletter. Please Make Your Reservation Today….You’ll be Glad You Did! No Report Southeast Valley Chapter Carolyn Cronin, Chapter President Heading into the last quarter of the 2007 and looking back at everything our Chapter has accomplished throughout the year has been incredible! To name a few events that were fun and exciting was our Annual Realtor Expo in March, our April Fashion Show with Terri Bowersock, Terri’s Consignment Furniture as our Emcee, Quarterly Wine Tasting Mixers, Wealth Creation Education Workshops, Sunshine Acres Ice Cream Social in July; and last but certainly not least, our Monthly Resource Meetings. We were honored and privileged to have some awesome speakers and every year we have a “Top Producer Panel” for a meeting as well as “Meet the SEVRAR (our Southeast Realtor Assn) Candidates” running for office for next year. On a professional as well as a personal note I need to say the best time spent as a Chapter President this year was traveling to the WCR Conferences & Meetings. Starting out with the Mega-Networking Conference in Florida, Mid-Year Meeting, in Washington, D.C., Women’s Wealth Building Summit in Newport Beach, our State Meeting in Flagstaff last month, and to top it off our Annual Conference in Las Vegas. I feel like I have been living in and out of a suitcase, however; I love to travel and what I have learned in leadership skills and a tremendous amount of networking, it was well worth the efforts. Mark your calendars and I would like to see a great turnout for a PMN Class scheduled in Casa Grande, Arizona on October 12th! The Tucson Chapter and our Chapter are jointly Sponsoring this Class. Feel free to visit our website at http://www.sevwcr.org for more details on this class as well as other remaining events for 2007! We are sponsoring a CRB Class for Brokers in January, 2008 if interested! I look forward to seeing most of you in November and until then “Connect with Me, I Care” if you have any questions or you would like to just say hello! Also, I love Referrals for the Southeast Valley so please remember me! Superstition Chapter Pam Race, Chapter President June was our 3rd Annual Casino night held at SEVRAR's meeting room instead of a monthly meeting. We had special singing appearance by ELVIS which was a BIG hit. Our silent auction had good results and everyone had a good time! Our attendance was down, so we have decided our next casino night will go back to having it in the fall and will be October 2008...see you there along with Elvis! July was awesome with a handbag auction, with our special guest, "Bag Lady"Kathy Landis to assist after we had an informative meeting with Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce, Rayna Paul, who informed us with up do date information about the city that most of us had no idea of and learned a lot from her. July our President attend the Wealth Summit and shared the information with membership with handouts and information she got there...it was a worthy trip for sure! August took our President-Elect to Leadership in Chicago and got her ready for the fall and next year.4 our of 5 board members made it to Flagstaff for the summer state meeting, which was fun because it's not that often that we all get to go to these meetings and we NOW want to make sure ALL officers go to ALL state meetings! Tucson Area Chapter Mona Lee DeValminck, Chapter President News from the Tucson Chapter First let me say thank you to the Flagstaff chapter for their hospitality this summer. We really enjoyed the instructors and speakers at the state meetings. Congratulations to Sindy Ready and her team for a well planned event. We look forward to hosting the 2008 Regional meeting in Tucson and promise to deliver a first class event. The date will be announced soon. The Tucson Association of REALTORS® will be hosting the 2008 EXPO and the theme is Game Shows. The visitors at the WCR booth will be playing real estate Jeopardy. If you are in Tucson on September 19th, this event is not to be missed. Our biggest fundraiser is our dessert auction and that takes place on Wednesday September 26, 2007 at Skyline Country Club. We have sold 100 tickets already! We also have a raffle, dinner for four and a one night stay for two couples at La Paloma. We hope to raise an additional $ 10,000.00. Our community has been greatly impacted by the closure of a major mortgage company and our hearts go out to the families affected by this unfortunate situation. I am happy to report that many companies in town have provided employment opportunities for these displaced workers. My theme this year is “A Ticket to Ride” and what a ride I am having. I need to say thank you to the members of the Tucson Chapter who jumped on board with me. We have had wonderful programs, superb attendance and a rise in membership. Thank you to the members who attend our classes and events, my board for their dedication and all the friends we have in the chapters around the state. We are grateful to our state leaders for providing us additional funds to send three members to a state or national meeting. What a great idea! If you want to know what is happening in the Tucson chapter, visit our website at www.TucsonWCR.org. You can also link to the other chapters in Southern Arizona, their associations and our National organizations. Happy browsing! Our newest member, Frances Thorsen did a quick blog after we left the Flagstaff meetings. Here is an example of a blog! Check it out! http://realtownreport.realtownblogs.com/realestate/wcrtucson/ Vicki Cox Golder is being installed as the 2008 First Vice President of the National Association of REALTORS® Vicki’s impressive resume includes being a Past President of the Tucson Chapter and our local Association. Tickets are available for the inaugural event on Monday November 12, 2007 at www.realtor.org. Join us as we celebrate with Vicki http://www.vicki2010.com White Mountains Chapter Yvonne Coelet, Chapter President A Cool White Mountain Hello! Our chapter recently had a meeting where we had our Association Executive give us some statistics concerning our local REALTOR® Association. Our White Mountain area has 970 members which is almost double our membership from December 2005. We have over 4,770 listings which is a 68% increase over last year. We also learned that of the 239 offices that do business up here half call the White Mountains home and the other half are from out of the area. Wow! These numbers really make you take a hard look at your business. With all the media declaring the fall of many mortgage companies and how it is affecting the real estate market, it’s a wonder anyone wants to be buying anything at all. Add to that the fact that you are competing with 969 other REALTORS® for those few buyers and it makes you wonder, “Why am I doing this?” We do this because we are more knowledgeable and professional because of our involvement with the Women’s Council of Realtors®. We offer our membership education and resources that help us to raise the bar on service and standards. We are able to attend meetings like our State Conference in Flagstaff that offered information and resources to help us stand out and be recognized. 2007 Arizona State Holidays Silent Auction Arizona State WCR Installation/Orientation Conference November 28th ~ 29th, 2007 Chaparral Suites * Scottsdale, AZ Please Contact: Kris Nelson, GRI SRES With Your Donations at [email protected] You can bring your items to Scottsdale, but we need an item count for table availability. Thank you! 2007 Arizona State Diamond Chapter Sponsors 2007 Arizona State WCR Corporate Sponsors 2007 Arizona State WCR Chapter Sponsors 2007 Arizona PLATINUM State WCR SPONSORS Platinum Sponsors Kent Summer 623-979-4885 Please Remember all Arizona State Sponsors in ALL your transactions, what a Great way to thank them for their support of the Arizona State WCR IS YOUR BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER 2007 Arizona State WCR Platinum Sponsors 2007 Arizona State WCR Platinum Sponsors 2006 MOY Anna Bowers When reviewing the 2008 Arizona State WCR travel budget a LPC requested a clarification of the line of travel to Washington, DC for the AZ State President/ President-Elect/Secretary/Treasurer/Governors & MOY…..What is MOY? MOY = Member of the Year and guess what that is ME. How lucky can one person be???? It has been both an honor and a privilege to be the 2006 Member of the Year and what makes winning this award so very is fact that I am an affiliate. Thank you to Karen Kay and her wonderful committee. It hardly seems possible, but 2007 will be over in three and half months and my committee and I will have to pick the 2007 MOY. The new MOY will be announced at the AZ State WCR Installation Dinner in November. My committee and I need your help selecting the 2007 MOY. My committee consists of past MOY winners, Karen Kay, Joeann Fossland, and Kathy Landis. Review the MOY qualifications below and if you have a name to submit for this prestigious award, please complete the nomination form on the state chapter website and fax to 480383-6123. Eligible Nominees: 1. Must be a current member of National WCR 2. Should be REALTOR®, REALTOR®-Associate or National affiliate for a minimum of five consecutive years. 3. Shall be those individuals selected for recognition by the Local Chapter or State Chapter. To avoid any possibility of this award automatically to a current Local or State Officer, these individuals shall be ineligible to receive the award during or within one year after the term of office. This does preclude past presidents or other officers from receiving the award. Again, it has been my pleasure to represent Arizona as the 2006 Member of the Year. All I can say….Get involved and you to could be the MOY one year!! CALLING ALL OFFICERS…IT’S TIME TO PLAN FOR SUCCESS! It’s time to plan for next year!!! The reason Team AZ is so successful is because you ALL are doing a great job planning at the Chapter Level! You all are doing an excellent job! Chapter Presidents and President-Elects and Chapter officers…a friendly word of advise: Remember, it is important, to the success of your Chapter and your transition from 2007 to 2008 leadership teams, to work together for the rest of the year as one TEAM. As a team, you should celebrate this year’s successes and plan together for the future. Presidents: Remember, that your President-Elects have just gotten back from Leadership Academy and are excited to plan for next year. Now is the time to support them with this process and help them plan! It is exciting to see what the future will bring! President-Elects: Remember to respect your Presidents, we know you are excited about planning your year…just don’t forget to include your 2007 President in your planning and decision making process! Officer Teams: Work together to plan for next year and into the future! Plan out 1…2…-3…5 years! Having a Chapter 3 to 5 year plan is a great team goal! This is a true team effort! At the State level, we are following our own advise to make our 2007-2008 transition as smooth as possible! We believe that it is not the end or beginning of anyone’s year…just a continuation of the Journey! Your success is our State TEAM AZ Success! Let us know how we can help you! The Journey Continues! Sindy Ready and Jimmee McNeely GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS Carneigie First Lending Services Arizona State Summer Meeting BRONZE SPONSORS WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS ARIZONA STATE CHAPTER GOVERNING BOARD MEETING RADISSON WOODLANDS HOTEL FLAGSTAFF, AZ AUGUST 14, 2007 CALL TO ORDER - By State President, Sindy Ready. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & INSPIRATION - Pam Race, Superstition Mountain Chapter President INTRODUCTIONS & RULES OF THE DAY- Sindy Ready welcomed everyone, introduced Officers, Governors, Parliamentarian Karen Kay, Member of the Year, Anna Bowers, and Past Presidents. ROLL CALL OF VOTING MEMBERS - State Secretary, Wilma Purcell, conducted roll call and verified that a quorum was present. APPROVAL OF AGENDA – Motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Minutes from the previous meeting was approved as posted on the website. ANNOUNCEMENT – Sindy Ready announced that Alfred Maldonado had resigned as Treasurer and Wilma Purcell was appointed to fulfill the duties of Secretary/Treasurer for the remainder of the year. 2007 TREASURER’S REPORT – President-Elect, Jimmee McNeely completed an audit on the books after the resignation and presented the Treasurer’s report which was filed for year-end audit. OFFICERS’ REPORTS: State President-Elect’s Report: Jimmee McNeely – thanked everyone, especially Anna Bowers and Bob Nachman for helping with the newsletter. STATE GOVERNORS’ REPORTS: Governor Linda Berg and Governor Malinda Barry acknowledged the new members that were attending the meeting for the 1st time and gave a report on State status. As of the end of July, there were 893 National members which is a gain of 6 members over last year’s total of 887. The recruiting contest winners will be awarded at the installation meeting in November. Lake Havasu Chapter was recognized as the Chapter of the Year with an award presented at the midyear meeting in Washington, DC. COMMITTEE REPORTS: By-Laws: Karen Kay, Chair, presented the revised State Chapter’s Standing Rules and a motion was made from the Committee that the Standing Rules be changed to the ones posted on the website. No second was required. The Standing Rules were last revised in November, 2003. Ways and Means: Kris Nelson announced the State Chapter and Flagstaff Chapter will be having a silent auction at the night out with proceeds going to the Karen Franz fund. Nominating: Christina Maydanis, Chair, announced the slate of nominations for 2008: President-Elect Wilma Purcell Secretary Kris Nelson Treasurer Yvonne Coelet Governors Bob Nachman and Sindy Ready A motion was made and approved to accept the slate of Officers as presented. REGIONAL UPDATE - Bob Nachman stated that the governance plan was tabled at the midyear National meeting and the Regions stayed intact. He is exploring with Regional to combine a meeting with our summer State Meeting in 2008. Minutes Continued on Next Page NEW BUSINESS – A motion was made to transfer $5600 from the general fund to the Karen Franz scholarship to be used as follows: $400 per Chapter for 3 scholarships 1 - $200 to attend the National meeting in November 2007 (Realtor) 1 - $100 to attend the State meeting in November 2007 (Realtor) 1 - $100 to attend the State meeting in November 2007 (Realtor or National Affiliate). Scholarships to be presented to someone who is not currently funded, a member of WCR for at least 6 months, and active on a committee. If not used for these events, they are not transferable, and will be reimbursed after attendance. A form will be provided and e-mailed to Chapter Presidents and posted on the website. Motion was amended to use funds as awards from the general fund and not as a Karen Franz scholarship. Motion approved as amended. Sheila Espinoza would like to be on record that members should attend the summits on their own money. This topic should be discussed by the budget committee. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sindy Ready announced that a new t-shirt with Team AZ will be available for $29 for sizes x-small to x-large and women’s/men’s larger sizes available at $31.50. They can be ordered through Patricia Fox. NEXT GOVERNING BOARD MEETING – November 28-29th, 2007 at Chaparral Suites in Scottsdale. ADJOURNMENT – President Sindy Ready adjourned the meeting at 5:00 PM. Note: Parliamentarian: Karen Kay Respectfully submitted: Wilma Purcell 2007 AZ State Chapter Secretary WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS ARIZONA STATE CHAPTER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING RADISSON WOODLANDS HOTEL FLAGSTAFF, AZ AUGUST 14, 2007 CALL TO ORDER – By State President, Sindy Ready, at 5:00 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Sylvie Johnson, Flagstaff Chapter President-Elect. INSPIRATION – Julia McDonnell, Lake Havasu Chapter President. APPROVAL OF AGENDA – Motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Minutes was approved as posted on the website. SPONSORS – Anna Bowers, Sponsorship Committee Chair, read a list of sponsors for recognition and thanked all who have helped. We have reached a new level of sponsorships with our goal of $25,000 this year. ELECTIONS – Christina Maydanis, Nominating Chair, introduced her committee members and presented the slate of nominations. The following officers were elected for 2008: President Jimmee McNeely President-Elect Wilma Purcell Secretary Kris Nelson Treasurer Yvonne Coelet Governors Bob Nachman Minutes Continued on Next Page APPOINTMENTS - Sindy Ready called for volunteers for the Nominating Committee for next year. The 3 members are Katy Curtis, Carolyn Cronin, and Jan Armbruster. The 2 alternates are Kathy Landis and Miriam Bell. The Governing Board member is Alysia Dewar. The Member of the Year Committee will be Chair, Anna Bowers, and members, Karen Kay, Joeann Fossland, and Kathy Landis. The 2 alternates are Celia Maddox and Judy Grammond. The Audit Committee will be Chair, Cynthia Marin, and members Nick Watlin and Wes Waddle. ANNOUNCEMENTS – Sindy Ready announced that the reservation for the banquet at the National meeting in November is $85 and is separate from the registration. A PMN class, The Business of Your Business, will be held by Tucson Chapter and SEVAR on October 12th in Casa Grande. Joeann Fossland will be the instructor. Kris Nelson requested that notes be written on the school supplies on the tables and she will donate to students. Patricia Fox will be taking orders for t-shirts for Team AZ. NEXT GENERAL MEETING – November 28-29th at Chaparral Suites in Scottsdale. ADJOURNMENT – President, Sindy Ready, adjourned the meeting at 6:25 P.M. Note: Parliamentarian: Karen Kau Respectfully submitted: Wilma Purcell 2007 AZ State Chapter Secretary THE MISSION OF THE WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF REALTORS® We are a network of successful REALTORS® empowering women to exercise their potential as entrepreneurs and industry leaders. Our Vision Through our influence as successful business professionals, women will effect positive change in the profession and in the broader community. ARIZONA STATE CHAPTER
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