IRWA CHAPTER 37

MEETING MINUTES

 

DATE: September 12, 2008

 

 

Meeting Location:     Pujols Five, Westport Plaza

Meeting Date:            September 12, 2008                      

 

 

The Chapter meeting was called to order at 12:03 p.m. by Gerald Johnson; Gerald welcomed guest and members in attendance.

 

The total number of members in attendance: (28)

                       

The total number of guests in attendance: (6)

Joe Przada with Przada Appraisals

Janice Collier with AmernUE

Peter Dawson with Sho-me Power Electric Cooperative

Marcus Baker with Sho-me Power Electric Cooperative

Angela Wilson with AmerenUE

Rosita Brown with AmerenUE

 

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. Harvey Allen seconded the motion and the minutes were approved by majority vote of the members in attendance.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

 

Ed Dirck, treasurer, was not present so Clay Frankenreiter, secretary, gave the report. Copies of the minutes were on the table for the attendees of the May 9, 2008 meeting.  According to the submitted treasurer’s report the Chapter’s balance as of September 12, 2008 is $8,215.02. This is up just a little bit from the $8,145.72 from the previous treasure’s report dated May 9, 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 anyone interested in becoming a course coordinator they can take it on-line. The on-line coordinator class only takes 1 hour and furthermore classes are FREE.

 

Angela also reported the Chapter’s upcoming courses.

They are as follows:

IRWA Course 200 – Principles of Real Estate Negotiations 9/29 to 9/30.

IRWA Course 600 – Environmental Awareness being offered 11/7/08.

If interested in these classes please sign up.

 

Angela Hagins indicated we are in need of a new Education Chair. Angela Hagins motioned we nominate Michael Codd with OR Colan to be the Chapter’s 2009 Education Chair. The motion was seconded by Harvey Allen and approved by majority vote of the members in attendance.

 

 

Membership Chair Report:

 

Gerald Johnson, President , reported that we are in need a new Membership Chair. As we get new members we need a Membership Chair to get them established and set up with IRWA at the national level.

 

 

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.

 

 

Old Business

 

Chapter 37 Website: Gerald Johnson reported that we have a new webmaster for our Chapter website. The website has links in it to see our officers, President’s reports etc… And if anything is missing to please contact our Chapter secretary Clay Frankenreiter.

 

 

Chapter 37 Bylaws Review: Gerald Johnson indicated we are still looking at our Chapter’s bylaws. The bylaws that are in place now were approved back in 1946. Gerald said the IRWA has a template and we will use that to help update our bylaws.

 

 

New Business

 

Region 3 Fall Forum: Our Region Fall Forum will take place in Bloomington, Indiana on October 9th and 10th of 2008. The Presidents will meet at the Fall Forum to see what each Chapter is doing. This will help to see how regions work. In addition, an Eminent Domain Course is being offered there and if a member takes the class, they will get 4 hours of recertification credit.

 

Region 3 Professional of the Year nominees: Gerald Johnson indicated we need to nominate one person in our Chapter as “Professional of the Year.” Gerald suggested we look on the IRWA website. Cynthia Gan said this would be a good opportunity to get involved at the regional level. By getting involved this will help you see how things work and operate at the regional level not to mention a great opportunity to meet wonderful people hard at work for our organization.

 

IRWA Regional Realignment: Gerald Johnson reported the number of Chapters are growing therefore IRWA is wanting to re-align the regions. Currently, this in the preliminary stages but the thinking is possibly the state of California could have their own regions. With that in mind, Gerald wants input from members as part of this process. To do this, please send your comments to Gerald an e-mail and then he will send them collectively to the IRWA.

 

Region 3 Nominations and Elections: Gerald Johnson reported that we need a secretary at the regional level. This position will require being at the regional meetings. This is a good way to get involved at the regional level.

 

Chapter 37 Education and Membership Chairs: Chapter 37 Nominations will be coming up at our next meeting. If anyone is interested in these positions please between now and our next meeting give it some thought. This is a good way to become involved in the Chapter.

 


MOTION TO ADJOURN

 

A motion to adjourn was made by Harvey Allen, and seconded by Jill Knobbe at 1:29 p.m.

 

 

Respectfully submitted by

Clay Frankenreiter, Secretary, Chapter 37