IRWA CHAPTER 37
MEETING MINUTES
DATE: May 9, 2008
Meeting
Location: Pujols Five,
Meeting Date: May 9, 2008
The Chapter meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. by Gerald Johnson; Gerald welcomed guest and members in attendance.
The
total number of members in attendance: (20)
The total number of guest in attendance: (0)
The lunch invocation was give by Gerald Johnson
Guest Speaker(s): There were no guest speaker(s) at this quarter Chapter Meeting.
CHAPTER BUSINESS
REPORTS:
Secretary’s
Report:
Copies of the minutes were on the table for the attendees of the May 9, 2008 meeting. Clay Frankenreiter asked if all attendees had the copies of minutes. Jill Knobbe motioned that the Secretary’s minutes be approved. Ed Dirck seconded the motion and the minutes were approved by majority vote of the members in attendance.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Ed
Dirck, treasurer, provided copies of the treasurer’s report to the members in
attendance. Ed had indicated the Chapter did not take in a lot of money and he
suggested that if the we offered more classes that would generate more money
for our Chapter. According to the submitted treasurer’s report the Chapter’s
balance as of May 9, 2008 is $8,145.00. This is lower than the $12,363.94 from
the previous treasure’s report dated March 14, 2008. Harvey Allen motioned that
the treasurer’s report be approved as submitted. The motion was seconded by Ashleigh
Robinson and approved by majority vote of the members in attendance.
Educational
Chair Report:
The
Educational Chair, Angela Hagins reported that:
IRWA
Course 701- Property/Asset Management: Leasing and
IRWA
Course 703 Real Property/Asset Management were offered last month at Ameren and
that 15 students had signed up.
Angela
had also reported that the Chapter has some upcoming courses.
They
are as follows:
IRWA
Course 303 – Managing the Consultant Process 9/29 to 9/30.
IRWA
Course 600 – Environmental Awareness being offered 11/7/08.
If
interested in these classes please sign up.
Angela
also discussed that anyone interested in becoming a course coordinator that
they can take it on-line. The on-line coordinator class only takes 1 hour and
furthermore classes are FREE. Currently we have four course coordinators. They
are: Sharon Wolf, Cynthia Gan, Jill Knobbe, and Angela Hagins.
Next
year the local Chapter will offer approximately 6 courses. One of which, is an
“Appraisal “course. Course fees are increasing next year as well. The increase
are as follows: $10.00 for one day, $15.00 for two days, and $20.00 for a three
day course.
Membership
Chair Report:
Membership Chair, Gloria Nickerson, wanted to
recognize the new members with plaques. The new members are: Norman Heneberg.
Professional
Development Chair Report:
Currently,
we do not have any new SR/WA candidates. So please sign up for classes to start
earning your SR/WA designation.
Chapter
Website: Gerald Johnson reported that our website is still a mess. Gerald has been
trying to make contact with our webmaster to see if she was still interested
however, he has not heard from her. With that in mind, Gerald Johnson made
an offer to the attendees that if they know of anyone who knows about being a
webmaster please call or e-mail Gerald Johnson. This is something that Gerald wanted
to get on right away.
By
Law Review:
Gerald Johnson would look over our Chapter’s by laws and he wants to recruit a
volunteer to help look at our by laws. If interested please notify Gerald. National
will look at by their by laws as well.
New Business
Cardinals
Baseball Game: Chris Hilson reported that the Chapter has 35 tickets to
the August 7th, 1:15 baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The cost per ticket is $40.00 which includes admission to the club, a buffet,
and beverages. The food menu includes chicken, hot dogs, etc…So far 12 tickets
has been reserved and the tickets are for members only.
MOTION TO ADJOURN
A
motion to adjourn was made by Jill Knobbe, and seconded by Harvey Allen at 1:10
p.m.
Respectfully submitted by
Clay Frankenreiter,
Secretary, Chapter 37