Message from the President
Sharon Telles, 2003 California State Chapter President

What a year we are off to—2003 is a year of change and growth both in our State Chapter and at the National level, as well as in our local Chapters.  How exciting….

In November 2002, we started off with the new branding for WCR--Women’s Council of REALTORS Where it all comes together.  We have redesigned our logo, and focusing on our branding.  The Pinnacle Awards for 2002 saw the end of that award and 2003 the advent of the New WCR Awards Program called the Chapter Excellence Award 2003; A—Gold, B—Silver.

2003 has also brought change to our State Chapter as we have brought on line our newly designed Website at WCRCA.org. It has been challenging and is still a “work in progress”, but well worth the challenges that we’ve had. We are trying to make sure that this site has the most current and valuable information on it and is one that you will go to often for both the State Chapter and your local chapter calendars on it as well as upcoming events including LTG Courses, our bulletin board for you to post messages, etc. as well as our WCR State Newsletter. Be sure to check it out…

We’ve also started our Governor/District Vice President Structure. It seems to be working well with our District Vice Presidents each working with 3 Chapters. The Governors are working with the District Vice Presidents and Chapters with their main focus on starting new Chapters. You can help the Governors.  If you have friends, or better yet former WCR members or friends, who have moved to another area let our Governors know.  We are looking at developing strong quality Chapters in new areas.

Our State Meetings and Installation in San Francisco were memorable with our National WCR President, Sue Flaig, as our guest for the two days participating in our meeting and installation.  It was really great to get to know Sue up close. 

You missed a great event if you didn’t attend the receptions generous hosted by Arti and Krisham Miglani at Zingari Ristorante in the Donatello Hotel and the gourmet Chinese dinner with the ceremonial lions at the Empress of China presented by the San Francisco Chapter and carefully planned by Betty and John Wong.  What an absolutely incredible evening!!

The Installation was an fabulous event with our Installation and Cabaret Show produced and directed by Carol Luckenbach and our incredibly talented WCR Show girls—Judie Brooks, Nellie Keates, Janice Spencer, and of course, Carol.  This show definitely showed the “can do” attitude of Carol Luckenbach as she not only did the show, but also got all of the sponsors to pay for the show.  The room was beautifully decorated by Bobbie Nelson, and we topped it off with a Champagne Toast sponsored by the San Francisco Chapter. 

April is our Midyear meeting in Chicago and will be a great experience.  It is always nice when we go to WCR’s home in Chicago.  This meeting features the Awards Dinner, as well as many workshops to help with Chapter Development.  Our new WCR pins and Officer’s Pins will be available as well as the final New WCR Awards Program.

June brings our second State Meeting in Sacramento on June 2nd and 3rd.  The Nominating Committee will meet on Sunday, June 1, 2003 in the President’s Suite.  At this time the Nominating Committee will be interviewing candidates for State President Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer, as well as District Vice Presidents (9).  Check the qualifications for these offices and consider serving at the State Level.

On Monday morning, the State Officers will meet with the Governors and District Vice Presidents; and then with the Committee Chairs. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.and meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. This way you can come in early Monday morning if you wish. The meeting will start at 10:30 a.m and end at 5:00 p.m. so we can go on the Riverboat Casino Cruise that Sacramento and Placer Chapters are putting on. Encouraged your First Time Attendees to attend the Orientation from 10-10:30 a.m. prior to our meeting starting. This will give them more of an idea of what will be going on during the two days of our Meetings.

On Tuesday, Registration will start at 8:30 a.m. and we’ll have a Continental Breakfast.  Our Governing Board and General Membership Meeting will be from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (see meeting schedule) with a Reception following from 5:30-7:00 p.m.

We are will be focusing on Round Tables again at this meeting, and I would like to make sure that we are focusing on topics of value to you and our Chapters.  If you have topics for Round Tables, please feel free to e-mail me at homes@sharon-telles.com.  I’ll need to get them as soon as possible so we can finalize our meeting schedule.

Congratulations to our Simi Valley Chapter, which had their Charter Installation in March.  I am so proud of all of our Chapters and our leadership teams.  You are doing so well.  I look forward to visiting with each of you this year.

Be sure to go to the wcrca.org website for all the latest information including the updated Meeting Agenda and Meeting Registration Form.  It’s the place to visit.

With You in the Women’s Council of REALTORS - Where It All Comes Together.

President Elect
Mary Jane Cambria, GRI, LTG

Greetings,

I am honored to be serving as your President-Elect this year. I am looking forward to a wonderful year as our chapter continues to evolve and grow.

This is my third year as a line officer and nine years as an officer of Women’s Council of Realtor’s. My continued goals over the years has been to help raise the bar of professionalism by setting systems and structure in place. I look ahead to another progressive year as we continue to search for ways to improve and develop.

Some exciting news to report: we are now the second largest state chapter!  As of January 2003 we have a membership total of 1743, we finally forged ahead of Texas! We have 1502 Realtor members and 241 Affiliate members. For a point of reference, Texas has 1544 Realtor members and 185 Affiliate members. We now have 28 chapters, Simi-Moorpark is our newest, spearheaded by Rana Linka and Lorraine Abrams, congratulations to them, good job!

One of my charges this year is to oversee membership, Governors and the new District Vice presidents. Our three Governors and nine DVP’s are hard at work, we are expecting tremendous growth this year. Our governors will be scouting for new chapters and if anyone has an idea where one may be needed, please let us know. Our District Vice Presidents are going to be a great help to our local chapters; they will be the eyes and ears for our President. If any chapter needs help we are going to know about it and be able to assist.

One of our goals this year will be to have seven new chapters and 300 new members by December 31, 2003. When we succeed we will get our fourth Governor in the year 2005.

At our state meeting in January I had the chance to facilitate the first, first-time attendees orientation and 18 members attended.  In my next article I will share with you some of the highlights. I plan on having one again at the June and October meetings, be sure to encourage members to attend.

If ever you have questions or anything I can help you with please call me at 714-749-7777 or e-mail me at maryjane@pacbell.net.

Warm regards,

More importantly, many officers have inquired about “Tax-exempt” status for their chapters.  The chapter must apply for it using IRS Form 1024 (go online at the site listed above). It is not difficult to achieve tax exempt status. It is generally needed when annual chapter income exceeds $25,000.  The common term “501-C-6” refers to the section of the Tax Code that covers real estate and other trade associations. You may refer to the Policy and Procedures Manual on Pages 154-158, Chapter Business, Insurance & Legal Issues for more detailed information. Being incorporated as a not-for-profit association is not the same as being tax exempt. Please refer to the Policy and Procedures Manual on Page 159. This is usually useful and beneficial when the activities, financial obligations, and undertakings of the Chapter are substantial. However, even with incorporation, a chapter must apply for tax exempt status as well.

The Policy and Procedures Manual has a wealth of information. I advise all Chapters to provide their officers with  a copy and maybe at each Governing Board meeting you “ investigate” it a section at a time. Please feel free to contact any of the State Officers if you have any questions.

The following summarizes our Financial Status at the end of the first quarter of 2003:

Checking Account - $63,478.12
Savings Account    -   20,642.13

Total                         $84,120.25

National Governors

I have the pleasure to be working with Edie NewMyer, Judy Myers, and Mike Reily on my team. The Chapters are all in very good hands and I think it is wonderful to see how dedicated these three people are to helping their chapters. Pat, Sabrina and myself are readying ourselves to get into the new Chapter building arena. We are working on Ventura, Bakersfield, Fresno and San Luis Obispo so far and hope to bring news on these to the June meeting.
Hope that all of you are planning to attend Chicago in April.

See you then,


by Sabrina Shewfelt LTG, CRS, GRI

Governor: Sabrina Shewfelt- Santa Cruz WCR Chapter
DVP's covering 3 chapters each are:
Carol Luckenbach- Santa Clara, Monterey, Delta
Cynthia Chiasson- Tri-Cities, Solano, East Bay
Janice Spencer- Contra Costa, Wine Country, San Mateo
 
Wow... We are so fortunate to have such a well prepared and organized team of leaders at all the levels this year. All the DVP's were already meeting with their incoming chapter presidents at the end of last year to help them prepare early. It is so great to see them attending installations and retreats with their chapters to get them off and running in the right direction. Each DVP has already attended general meeting, board meetings and are immensely involved with each one of their chapters. Hat's off to the Local Chapter presidents also,  who have made WCR ALL IT SAY'S IT IS. " Personal and Professional growth" is what they offer to all its members. When I saw the LCP's Binders that they had prepared for their leadership team filled with speakers, fundraisers, committees and goals for their chapters all organized, I was so impressed with their vision. We have such a leadership team working at the grass roots level that attending meetings have made me so proud to be a part of this group. I see first time attendees "chomping at the bit" , to sign-up and join our organization. Our membership is growing in leap & bounds, and proudly meeting our State presidents goals will be no problem. We will soon have 4 National Governors to represent California at National. Thank you to all the members that I have had the pleasure to work with this year!
    As for 2002 Pinnacle awards. Lu Jay & I have put together the first submission on behalf of the state.
We put together the Beach Retreat event in a beautiful binder complete with photos and her winning style of contents and pizzazz. Our category is " Personal & Professional growth". Wish us good Luck at the Nationals.
    I look forward to working with other WCR leaders in staring new chapters in Northern California this spring. We will be giving you an update at the June meetings. Wishing you all good health and Good spirits, Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your leadership team, Sabrina Shewfelt
  
Have a great Day today...


District Vice Presidents

District Vice President’s Report
By Linda Amodeo,  LTG
2003 WCR California  State DVP

April 2003
What an honor to serve as one of the nine State’s DVP  and very excited in working with my three assigned chapters.  Each in their own way are headed on to  the right direction, with realistic goals and plans for membership growth and greater general meetings. I encourage the membership to visit another Local Chapter and share your ideas and give them your support, and better yet become a secondary member.

Mary Hall, LTG President 2003 is doing a great job in taking the Conejo Valley Chapter up to the next level. Her officers and leadership team are setting a fundraiser and other special events this year. With membership of 42 National Realtors which meeting for Breakfast on the last Tuesday of the month.

On January 16th I was given the honor to conduct the Verdugo Hills Chapter’s installation where the incoming president, Gisele Karsa and the officers were given a warm welcome and congratulations for taking on the challenge for 2003.  For some of you that don’t know, this chapter is one of the oldest local chapters in Southern California, and meets right in the heart of Glendale.

Southwest Los Angeles Chapter ….. Where Pauline Knight takes office for the second term and her officers.  At their installation our very own 2003 President Elect Mary Jane Cambria officiates. At this luncheon  I was so impressed with Pauline where she presented each member and officer with a beautiful personalized certificate of appreciation.  Now for 2003 plans are to build the membership and have a fundraiser event.


by CYNTHIA CHIASSON, CRS, LTG, e-PRO

WOW!  I am so pleasantly surprised at the imagination and creativity coming out of our local chapters.  As a DVP for East Bay, Solano and Tri-Cities chapters, I have been attending and observing some of our local chapters at work.

I’m especially excited and impressed at the methods used for “adding value” to their members and “adding members” to their chapters. The three chapters that I have oversight for address this in very different, yet unique ways and I know their success is based on their membership’s interests and needs.

One of the most unique methods of adding membership numbers to a chapter came from the East Bay Chapter (Oakland).  They have dynamic speakers and/or programs at each luncheon, BUT the unique part of their speakers is that they are required to be a member of their chapter in order to be a speaker…AND they pay the chapter $250 for the privilege of speaking!  IF they are not a member, they are given an application and are required to join at the appropriate membership fee. They have speakers lining up to have the privilege of speaking at their luncheons…WOW, and we thought we had to pay for a good speaker!

I know Sharon, our president, has asked us to come to the state meetings in Sacramento prepared to share some of the dynamic programs our individual chapters have been implementing and I look forward to sharing more of them at that time. 

Thank you for giving me the opportunity and privilege to serve as one of your California District Vice-Presidents!


Committee Reports
by Rose Huggins
2003 Educational Awards Chairman

EDUCATIONAL AWARDS
I would like to thank Linda Amedeo for the help she has given to me.  I hope to carry on her good work in 2003.  Thanks Again Linda.

State members who would like to submit an application for an Educational Award this year must have their completed application submitted by September 1, 2003 for review approval at State meeting in September.  The approved applicants will receive their awards at our State meeting in January 2004.

State Educational Awards are limited to $100.00 per member per year and will be awarded to 15 applicants at first State meeting the following year.

Joanne McEchren Memorial Awards are limited to $125.00 per member per year and awarded to 4 applicants at the State meeting the following year.

STATE AWARDS QUALIFICATIONS
1. Submit completed application by  September 1, 2004
2. Description of course
3. Cost of course taken
4. Proof of completion attached

STATE JOANNE McECHREN MEMORIAL AWARD
1. Submit completed application by September 1, 2003
2. Completed course information and designation
3. Applicant must be receiving their LTG  designation during the applying current year
4. Proof of completion of course and of designation  MUST be attached
5. Attach a written essay on “HOW YOU SEE THE BENEFITS OF WCR”
6. APPLICATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM OUR WEB SITE


2003 Member of the Year Submissions
by Emily Link, ABR, CRS, GRI, LTG, SRES

I am so proud to have been named the 2002 California State Chapter Member of the Year!  Having worked with so many of you throughout the years on WCR committees and projects, I know that many of you are deserving of this award so I truly thank you for the honor.

I will be the chairman of the committee this year and I need your help.  Please spend some time thinking about members that you know who should be considered for the award.  We will start working on the committee at the WCR meetings in Sacramento in June and I will have the criteria and applications available there.

My WCR best to you and I hope to see you soon!  “Be in good health and good spirit!”


New Look For The California Women's Council of REALTORS  Web Site!
by Larry J. Miller, Chair of the California WCR Web Site Committee
www.wcrca.org

Have you taken a look at our web site lately?  If not, you are in for a treat!  The web site has been completely redesigned from head to foot.  From the front page to all the many pages that make up the web site, you will be amazingly surprised, pleased, and proud!

Sabrina Shewfelt started our long journey when she became the Chair of the Web Site Committee in January of 2002 and I became the Co-Chair.  Sabrina spent many hours gathering information about the current web site, what we liked about the National web site, what the state WCR officers wanted in a web site, what the members wanted in a web site, and where could we go with our web site.  With Sabrina's initial vision, she and I started working on filtering all the information, requests, wishes, wants, and desires into a cohesive list of what the members and we were looking for.  We then started contacting numerous web site design companies.  Some stated that what we wanted was out of their scope of abilities.  Some wanted to box us into template pages (YUK!).  Some were willing to work with us and give us quotes.  After careful consideration of costs and end product, the web site committee and the state officers, selected Richard Uzelec of Realty Tech, Inc. as our web site designer.

As the results will verify, as a team, we made a fantastic decision. Within a short period of time of being selected, Richard and his team were able to put in place the beginnings of our new web site.  In January at the National convention in San Francisco, the new web site was unveiled to the members.  In was received with great enthusiasm!  Since then, it has been going through the fine tuning and tweaking phase, and even adding on new benefits.
Not only do we have all the vast information regarding Women's Council of REALTORS , but every local chapter in the state has their own web page which they themselves can change and tailor to their individual chapter.  There is a state calendar, there are local chapter calendars, there is a list of events with information and registration forms about the events, just about every page has the ability for someone to request information, the newsletter you are reading this in, and the list goes on and on!  AND there is more coming every day.

So if you haven't checked out our new web site at www.wcrca.org yet, click on the link and take it for a spin today and visit often to see the changes and updates!  The web site committee would like to hear any feedback.  When you are on the web site, put your feedback into one of the request for more information forms and we will get it.  THANKS ahead of time!

Sunday, June 1, 2003
12:00-5:00 p.m.  Nominating Committee
5:00-7:00 p.m.   State Officers Meeting

Monday, June 2, 2003   Membership Meeting
7:30-8:50a.m.       State Officers meet w/Governors and DVP's
9:00-9:50 a.m.      State Officers meet w/Committee Chairs
9:30-10:30 a.m.    Meeting Registration
10:00-10:30 a.m.  First Time Attendee Orientation
10:30a.m.-5:00 p.m.   Meeting
10:30 a.m.       Call to order
                       Pledge of Allegiance
                       Inspiration
                       President’s Welcome & Introductions
                       Roll Call of Governing Board
11:15-12:00 p.m.  Committee Meetings
12:00-1:15 p.m.    Lunch        Guest Speaker  45 minutes
1:30-2:30 p.m      Governors & District Vice Presidents Meet w/Chapters
2:30-2:45 p.m.     Chapter Spotlights   5 Chapters
2:45-3:00 p.m.     Break
3:00-4:30 p.m.     Chapter Round Tables: 3:00-3:35 p.m.  Round Table Session I
                                                             3:45-4:20  p.m.  Round Table Session II
                                                             4:20-4:30 p.m. Wrap up
4:30-4:50 p.m.    Chapter Spotlights: 5 Chapters
4:50-5:00 p.m.    Announcements
5:00 p.m.  Adjournment
6:00-10:00 p.m.  Riverboat Casino Cruise presented by Placer & Sacramento Chapters
       $65.00 (Separated ticketed Event

Tuesday, June 3, 2003 Governing Board Meeting
7:00-8:00 a.m.  State Officers Meet w/Committee Chairs
8:00-8:30 a.m.  Meeting Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30a.m.-5:00 p.m.  Governing Board Meeting
8:30 a.m.   Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Inspiration
President’s Welcome & Introductions
Roll Call of Governing Board
Approval of Minutes – 1/20/03 & 1/21/03
Treasurer’s Report
President Elect’s Report
Rules of the Day
9:30 a.m.     Sponsor Presentation   -   American Home Shield
9:40 a.m.     Governor’s Reports
10:00 a.m.   Break
10:15 a.m.   Alex Creel or Gov Hutchinson  (45 Minutes)
11:00 a.m.   Committee Reports
12:00-1:15 pm   Lunch  (Guest Speaker or Panel Discussion)
1:15 p.m.     Sponsor Presentation – NHD
1:25 p.m.     WCR Website:  How to enter information into your Chapter’s Pages  -  Larry
                                                                 Miller
1:50 p.m.-2:05 p.m.   Break
2:05 pm       Gov Hutchinson or Alex Creel (45 Minutes)
2:50 p.m.     Committee Reports (continued)
3:30 p.m.     Chapter Spotlights 5 Chapters
4:00 p.m.     Unfinished Business
4:15 p.m.     New Business
4:30 p.m.     Raffle & Drawing
4:50 p.m.     Announcements
5:00 p.m.     Adjournment

5:30-7:00 p.m.   Reception

2002 Member of the Year - Emily Link

Congratulations to Emily Link, our 1998 State President and the 2002 Regional Vice President for Region VIII, who was honored at the 2002 Member of the Year for our California State Chapter.  Emily has been a member of WCR for 20 years and has been very active at the local, state and national levels.  Currently, she is a member of 8 local Chapters, as well as a member of the Moorpark Kiwanis Club. Emily enjoys speaking to local WCR Chapters about the benefits of leadership and how to grow your business through WCR Referrals.

Emily has been licensed at a real estate agent 23 years and as a Broker in 1986. Believing in education and the value of designations, Emily has her ABR, CRS, GRI, LTG, and SRES designations as well as the RRC Referral and Relocation from WCR.

Married to Jim Link, Executive Vice President of the Southland Association of REALTORSÒ, they have five children and three grandchildren with #5 due in April.
Emily’s youngest daughter, Jessica, a graduate of Pepperdine University in December is in the process of getting her real estate license and coming to work with her.  Jessica has attended WCR meetings including Washington, D.C. several times.  Emily is looking forward to her immediate involvement in WCR at all of the levels.

Emily enjoys playing golf and gardening and tending her indoor plants.  Her immediate family includes 45 people—all in California except for three.  Her perfect day is when her family is all together.

The Committee Meeting and workshops were very interesting.  Much progress was made in the Work Groups and the Committee Meetings to move us forward and to help us at the local Chapter level.  Watch the WCR.org Website for the information coming forward. 

The educational sessions “When in Doubt:Disclose” and “Online Marketing for Today’s Professional” were very informative.  Terry Watson had some tremendous ideas to share on “Feely” Websites and free links to use to keep people coming to your Website.

The Awards Dinner made me so very proud of our California Chapters with our Southwest Riverside Chapter getting a Retention Award; Solano, a Recruitment Award, Delta Chapter, a Pinnacle Award for Fundraising; and the State Chapter, a Pinnacle for Chapter Personal & Professional Development Program plus our own Emily Link being honored as the California State Member of the Year.  What an exciting night.

Candidates for National Offices brought forth by the Nominating Committee were Betty Kincaid, President Elect; Gail Hartnett, Recording Secretary; and Judy Moses, Financial Secretary.  The Elections will be held at our November Meeting in San Francisco.

One of the highlights at the Governing Board Meeting was the proposal to move the Leadership Training (LTG) designation into the next generation and to have a WCR Designation in Performance Management.  We will hearing more about this at the November Meeting.

There are also three Bylaw changes that will be voted on in November.  The most significant for the local chapters is that the chapters must have 20 members for more after 2004 or they may be disbanded.  New chapters forming must have 15 or more REALTORÒ members to Charter prior to December 31, 2003 and 20 members after December 31, 2003.  The rationale behind this Bylaw change is those chapter that have less than 20 members have a much harder time growing.  After all, if you have only 10 members, how can you have committees and new leadership coming up after the second year… No is the perfect time to increase your membership efforts.

State Chapters may be disbanded after due notice for not maintaining at least 50 Active members and two chapters.  The rationale for this motion is to ensure that member value is being created and maintained in return for the annual dues.  Also, that a growing state will benefit best from first having a Governor, who can assist with membership, and give the perspective of the state on the national scene, without the burden imposed by a state chapter structure.

The third Bylaws change is to change the Model State Chapter Bylaws to read: Standing Committees shall be Bylaws, Education and Program, Finance and Budget, National Focus, and Nominating.  This would take the Membership Committee out of the Standing Committees.  The rationale behind this change is to have a National Focus Committee explore ways to keep the state in the limelight nationally through networking and participation, and keep members informed of national issues and opportunities.  This would include identifying and assisting members desiring to run for National Office.

We also received a paper “Articulating The WCR Brand Where It All Comes Together”.  This information will help you explain WCR, what we stand for, who should join, and what are the benefits.  Look for it on theWebsite.

It was a great meeting.  Plan on joining us in November in San Francisco.

Congratulations to our California Members and Chapters, who were recognized at the Awards Dinner in Chicago.

Emily Link - 2002 California State Chapter Member of the Year

Retention, 2nd Place – Southwest Riverside County Chapter w/90% retention

Recruiting, 3rd Place – Solano County Chapter

Pinnacle Award:  Fundraising – Delta Chapter – 3rd award in 3 years

Chapter Personal & Professional Development Programs – California State Chapter – Santa Cruz Beach Retreat prepared By Lu Jayo and Sabrina Shewfelt.

The winning name of the New WCR Awards Program was Chapter Excellence Award 2003.  Our San Francisco Chapter and Southern Alameda Chapters submitted names for the award.

Who We Are:
We are...
Established... as a reliable source of knowledge,
Committed... to the personal and professional success of our members,
Trusted... by professional REALTORS® for more than 60 years.

What We Stand For:
We strive to be...
Standard Bearers of professionalism & personal excellence,
Educators... providing the programs to build relevant skills,
Business Builders... generating more than $100 million in commissions annually.

Who Belongs & Who Should Join:
We have...
Productive People who are full-time real estate professionals,
Reliable Expertise... that comes with being established in the business,
Female Perspective... supportive people helping others take risks and grow.

Our Benefits:
We deliver...
Credibility because we stand for professional excellence,
Relevant Skills... needed & valuable in today’s marketplace,
Support System... increasing referral business & boosting productivity.

Dimensions of the Chapter Experience

If you attend chapter meetings...
We will help you acquire new skills to meet today’s professional challenges.

If you make it a point to sit with people you don’t know...
We will increase your referral business and, sometimes, become friends for life.

If you decide to participate, even if only in a small way...
We will help you define and reach your next level of achievement.

If you keep in touch with other members...
We will encourage you when you are down and cheer you on when you succeed.

Thank you to our 2003 State Sponsors:

  Platinum Sponsors:
  American Home Shield
  NHD Natural Hazard Disclosures, LLC.
  RE/MAX of California & Hawaii

  Gold Sponsor:
  Southwest Exchange Corporation

  Silver Sponsor:
  Placer County Association of REALTORSÒ

Please support the Platinum, Gold and Silver Sponsors, who support our California State Chapter of Women’s Council of REALTORSÒ. 

Go to the Home Page of our website at WCRCA.org and click on our Sponsor’s Logo and visit their Websites.

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to the State Meeting Events and Installation those who worked to put it all together. 

Thank you……

Sue Flaig, our National Women’s Council of  REALTORSÒ for participating in our State Meetings and Installation,

Bobbie Nelson for planning our meetings and having such a wonderful menu for us to enjoy.

Arti and Krisham Miglani for the wonderful hosted Reception at Zingari Restorante at the Donetello Hotel on Monday evening.  Stop by when you are in San Francisco.

Our San Francisco Chapter and President Cid Young for our incredible celebratory event at the Empress of China with the Lion Dance and gourmet Chinese dinner,

Betty and John Wong for planning the event at the Empress of China and John for narrating the dinner.

Yvonne Telles for designing the Installation Invitations and Program and doing all the mailings, etc.  They were so great!

Bobbie Nelson for doing the Installation Decorations and Teri Miles, Edie Newmeyer, and Mike Riley for helping Bobbie Decorate.  It is a “huge” job.

Our Master of Ceremony, Dick Gaylord, and our Installing Officers, Sue Flaig, Toby Bradley, and Maxine Jennings.

Carol Luckenbach for producing and directing our incredible and entertaining Cabaret Show, as well as securing the Cabaret Show Sponsors so we could have the show.

Our performers:  Judie Brooks, Nellie Keate, Carol Luckenbach, and Janice Spencer with music by Shota Osabe and friends.

Our Cabaret Sponsors: Fidelity National Title, JCP Hazard Disclosures, Keller Williams Realty—San Francisco Properties, Prudential California Realty—Cathedral Hill, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, and Green Couch Staging for the lighting. Please support these sponsors who are supporting us.

San Francisco Chapter for sponsoring the Champagne Toast to toast in 2003.

My husband and family for all their support and hard work.

Each and everyone of you who participated in our meetings and attended our Monday night out and the Installation.  It was the most special night in my life.

Larry Miller and Sabrina Shewfelt, our Website Chairs, who have put so much time and energy into the new Website.

Richard Uzelac at Realty Tech for his patience and ideas in putting the Website together.

Governors and District Vice Presidents for all the hard work they are putting in with the local Chapter and encouraging new ones.

Local Chapter Presidents and officers for the great jobs that you are doing with your Chapters.