January 8, 2014

Volume 6, Issue I

Summer Education Week

Oct 27 - Nov 1, 2014

This newsletter in its entirety on the website 

Scheduled education, courses & seminars 

It's that time of year again! Production is underway for the 2014 ASFMRA Membership Directory which is one of the Society's most valued benefits of membership. As we all know, the directory's value is only as good as the accuracy of the information in it.

Verify and/or Update Your Information
Is your information correct and up to date? Here's how to make sure. 

ASFMRA has so much going for it. We are experiencing a growth in younger members, an increase in interest in the designations, and strong support for our annual meeting and summer education week programs.  
 
What we need now is more input from you to further help us refine what we offer. Please complete the annual membership survey to give your input for the future of ASFMRA!  The ASFMRA Executive Council will be meeting in February to review the direction of the organization. In order to make the best decisions possible for ASFMRA, we need your feedback and input.
Read more about the survey and incentives to complete the survey.   

The survey can be found at  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014_Membership

The 2013 Annual Meeting was no doubt one of our best in many years. Attendance was over 500 and sponsorship was terrific. And, for the second year ZimmCom is helping to get us media play on the web. (Check out the videos here.) The Council thanks members and chapters for all you did to make this year's meeting a success. The meeting was a chart topper with 94% of attendees rating the meeting excellent or above average. On price 84% rated the meeting acceptable, a good value or best price with only 2.6% saying it was too expensive. Perhaps the best answer of all was that 94% said they would recommend the meeting to others. 

Paul Bierschwale, ARA, ASFMRA Past President and Past President of the Appraisal Foundation, and now Chairman of the Board of Regents for the Alliances for Valuation Education (AVE), continues to do a great job of keeping the ASFMRA up to date on the activities of the AVE. We recently learned from Paul that Mark Grace, a former ASFMRA employee, is the AVE Education Committee Chair, heading up the efforts for the first educational offering from AVE. The Education Committee has two subcommittees: the Development Subcommittee and the Policies Subcommittee.  Read more. 

By Brian Stockman, EVP

The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) just became a part of the International Property Measurement Standards group (IPMS). This international body continues to grow. The NSPS provides a platform for their members, so they can share their thoughts and opinions about common interests through business meetings /committees, regional groups, and student chapters. It also provides a forum for input from other groups such as the National Association of County Surveyors, members of state boards of registration, and the Forum for State Surveying Society Executives.Read more about the NSPS & IPMS.  

Details
Ad Order Deadline: January 24, 2014
Publication Date: February 2014
Ad Size Rate
Quarter Page $250
Half Page $450
Full Page $799
Premium Full Color Page $2,500
Get complete information on advertising in the directory.

It's time to start thinking about who you can send to ASFMRA's Career Day at Summer Education Week in Des Moines on July 13-14.

As you know, Career Day has been very successful and it wouldn't have been so successful without your help. Chapters have been instrumental in identifying students and in many cases they have helped the students with their travel expenses. Get more information about sponsoring a student at Summer Ed Week.

 As you are finalizing your agendas for your upcoming chapter meeting, we hope that you would consider sponsoring a member or two for the upcoming 2014 Leadership Institute, scheduled for September 8-12 in Washington, DC.

Leadership Institute is an opportunity for members to learn and interact with those who influence policy and make laws in our nation's capitol. Many chapters view sponsoring members for Leadership Institute as an investment in the leadership of their chapter. Tuition is just $795 and includes a shared sleeping room, materials, several meals and an ASFMRA logo shirt.

Get more information on Leadership Institute.  Download a flyer for Leadership Institute.

Colorado Chapter Meeting
Date:  January 8-9, 2014
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Course Offered: 7 Hour National USPAP Course (A114)

Wyoming
January 8-9, 2014
Location:  Casper, WY 
Course Offered: Construction CE | 7 Hour National USPAP Update

South Dakota
Chapter Meeting January 16-17, 2014, Chamberlain, SD / Education: USPAP Update on Thursday the 16th and Farmland Drainage & Drainage Tile on Friday the 17th.

Oregon Chapter Meeting
January 27-30, 2014, Salem, OR
7 Hour National USPAP Course, January 27
Appraisal Review Under USPAP (A370), January 28
 Download a flyer for complete information. 

Texas Chapter Spring Meeting & Education

Date:  January 29-30, 2014
Location:  Granbury, TX
Course Offered: January 29:   ASFMRA Best in  Business Ethics (4hour) | Rural Land Values Workshop (4 Hour)
January 30:   7 Hours USPAP Update
Contact: Carmen Bierschwale at ckbierschwale@gmail.com

CalASFMRA 2014 Education Week

A great lineup of classes will be offered by CalASFMRA February 3 - 7, 2014 in Visalia, California. The 7-Hour USPAP Update; Agricultural Chattels Valuation; Highest and Best Use; Human Relations in Agriculture; and Marketing Your Business and Selling the Value of Professional Farm Management and Agricultural Consulting will be available. Online registration and an informational brochure is available at http://www.calasfmra.com/meetings.php. For more information, please call the chapter office at (209) 368-3672 or email info@calasfmra.com.  Download a brochure for complete information.

Illinois Chapter: Wind Farm Valuation
February 12, 2014
Decatur, IL
Download a brochure for complete info. 

In Phoenix, the average daily high for February 20th is 72 degrees.
That's when the Arizona Chapter will sponsor the 7-hour USPAP Update. The cost is $225 and includes the printed 2014-2015 USPAP, notebook and catered lunch. Then on February 21st we will present the 2014 Ag Forum. Topics to be covered include the national and regional economic settings, the outlook for CAP water delivery, State Land Department operations, and land value and commodity price trends. The cost is $125 and includes a catered lunch. For more information call Tom Van Hofwegen at (602) 431-4161 or visit the Chapter's website: http://www.asfmraaz.com/forum.html 

South Dakota Chapter December 2013 Newsletter
Check out this Chapter's scholarship opportunities:
-$500 scholarship for Leadership Institute attendance
-Pay member registration fee for first time national meeting attendance
-Pay up to two $500 scholarships annually to attend the National Meeting for members who have attended the National Meeting in the past.
Get complete details on page 6.