August Edition
This is a monthly report for the entire NARPM® membership
from National's Executive Director. This report will keep you up-to-date on
what is happening in and around NARPM®.
Signed Up for the Convention?
You can register online for the National Convention and
Trade Show that will be held October 19-21 in Dallas Texas. Find everything
you need to know about this event by clicking
here. NARPM® has designed a Power Point presentation that can be used
at all upcoming events: Click
here and go to the bottom right of the page for the presentation.
Support
the Past Presidents
NARPM® Past Presidents are sponsoring a golf outing at the
convention. Whether or not you golf, come out and support this event whose
proceeds will go to Vogel Alcove who assists homeless children. This event
will be held Tuesday prior to the opening of the convention. Registration
and sponsorship information can be found here
on the NARPM® convention page.
REO Asset Disposition
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is looking at how to
handle the disposition of REO properties. At their request, President Tony
Drost and Executive Director Phillips participated in a conference call
with this agency to discuss options and the impact on the single family
rental market. If you would like information of the number of properties
that are in your state please download
this excel spreadsheet. They have supplied a great deal of information
you may find interesting. For more on their Request for Information (RFI)
please download
this PDF.
Dues Billing Going Electronic
In an effort to 'Go Green' and help do your share
to save the environment, NARPM® will begin Electronic Dues billing in
October. If you would still like to have your bill mailed to you please go
to NARPM.org
(you must be logged in to members only) , log into the ecommerce platform
and update your personal information. Once there, click on preferred
billing method and choose mail.
Upcoming FREE Webinars
As part of your membership you can take advantage of the
numerous webinars scheduled through the rest of 2011 here.
Past presentations are also placed on this site. The next webinar is a
partnership of NARPM® and Propertyware and will be held September 7:
'Renter's Insurance and Risk Mitigation.' Presenter: David
Carner, President LeasingDesk, RealPage. Reserve
your seat for the September 7 Webinar now. After registering you will
receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the
webinar.
Ethics Requirement
Remember that by the end of the year all NARPM® members must
have taken the NARPM® ethics course in order to retain your membership.
These classes can be taken at any of the regional events or online.
NARPM® August Board Meeting
- Approved granting an
extension to meet chapter compliance until the December 2011 Board of
Directors meeting to one of the chapters.
- Ratified the decision of
member services committee that if the member is not managing
properties then they should not be allowed to retain NARPM® membership
or designations so no new classification is needed. Also, Professional
Development is to look at an educational requirement for a member to
retain their designations.
- Endorsed a requirement for
new Professional Members to take the Ethics class within a set time
frame (90 – 180 days) from joining NARPM®. Also approved the
recommendation to set a policy that will allow all new members who
join NARPM® to get their first ethics course online at no additional
cost and course must be taken within 90 days after joining to retain
membership. Effective January 1, 2012.
- Requested that NARPM® Legal
Counsel to red line the purchase agreement based that was presented to
the board by Epic River and continue to negotiate acceptable terms to
all parties.
- Approved amending the
NARPM® Policy and Procedures manual by deleting any current reference
to the Long Range Planning Committee and submit the a new policy for
the Strategic Planning Committee based on recommendations from a
special Ad Hoc committee formed by President Drost.
- Endorsed changing the
NARPM® Mission statement to read: 'NARPM® is the professional,
educational, and ethical leader for the residential property
management industry.'
- Endorsed amending the
NARPM® Vision statement to read: NARPM® aspires to be integral in the
advocacy and recognition of the residential property management
profession.
- Amended the NARPM®
Strategic Plan and it can be found at http://www.narpm.org/docs/about/12stratplan.docx.
- Approved establishing a
policy that all NARPM® classes must go through NARPM® National. Direct
contracting with the instructor will not be allowed as of January 1,
2012. The committee further recommends that National negotiate
directly with REALTOR® Associations and other outside organizations
who wish to hold and promote the NARPM® Classes.
- Endorsed allowing, a NARPM®
International Member, for purposes of obtaining a designation, to
substitute other requirements for attendance at the National
Convention.
- Accepted the recommendation
that effective January 1, 2012, annually 25% of the NARPM® online
class profit be given to all chapters for online classes that members
who are assigned to their chapter have taken. No promotion of course
is necessary for chapters to receive this funding.
- Approved an additional
$2,500 to move forward with creating an online system for electronic
submission of designation packets through Internet Member Services,
subject to the finance committee approval.
- Amended the policy and
procedures manual in reference to committee chairs approval of
expenses should they not respond to requests.
- Approved President Drost to
sign the Organization Management Group five (5) year management
contract as presented to the board of directors.
Chapter Compliance
I know it is not due until December 2, 2011, but start
reviewing the information now so you can have everything together to get
this turned in on time. Click
here for the information.
Do you have questions and don't
know where to get the answers?
Only available to members of NARPM® are list serves to help
you with your property management questions. There is a listserv also for business
owners and managers where they can get company questions answered. For more
information on these great services click
here. You must be a member of NARPM® to sign up so please make sure you
send your name with your request to join. Directions on how to sign up have
been added to the site.
Keep Up to Date
NARPM® has placed a calendar on the front page of www.NARPM.org.
You can go there and click View All Events to see what NARPM® has coming up
in the near future. Keep up to date with happenings around NARPM®.
Online Designation Courses
Have you taken any of the online courses NARPM® offers? Click
here to check them out. These classes can be taken at home or in your
office and are very interactive. This is an added service to make it easier
for you to get your designation.
NARPM® Affinity Partners
NARPM® has numerous affinity partners that can help save on
your bottom line. We keep adding new partners and encourage you to check
them out here.
Membership Counts
NARPM® is growing by leaps and bounds. Here are the latest
membership numbers as of the end of dues billing and effective August 31,
2011:
- Total Members: 3,447
- Professional Members: 3,056
- International Members: 4
- Honorary Member: 1
- Honorary Life Member: 1
- Life Members: 21
- Support Staff: 190
- Affiliates: 164
- Junior: 10
Check
your records to make sure everyone in your chapter is still active.
- Oahu, HI – 179 members
- Atlanta, GA –154 members
- Orlando/Central FL – 136
members
- San Antonio, TX – 133
members
- Sacramento, CA – 114
members
- Phoenix, AZ – 109 members
- Southeastern VA/Hampton
Roads –98 members
- Denver, CO – 91 members
- Greater Dallas, TX – 81
members
- Colorado Springs – 76
members
- Tampa Bay – 72 members
- King, County, WA – 71
members
- Southwest Idaho – 69
members
- Austin Area, TX – 64
members
- Northeast Florida – 57
members
- San Diego, CA – 56 members
- Santa Clara County – 53
members
- Nashville, TN – 50 members
- Florida State – 420 members
- California State – 344
members
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