..........of the Year

It is time for our chapter to recognize members in the following categories: 

Member of the Year – The Member of the Year will be a member of the Fort Bend Chapter and a Local Association of Realtors (HAR) member, will have been a REALTOR ® or a National Affiliate for a minimum of four consecutive years, and will be an individual selected for recognition by the Local Chapter (current Local Chapter President is excluded).

Entrepreneur of the Year – The Entrepreneur of the Year will be a REALTOR ® or a REALTOR Associate for one year, and a member of the National Women’s Council of REALTORS for a minimum of one year.

Affiliate of the Year – The Affiliate of the Year will be a member of the Fort Bend Chapter and a Local Association of Realtors member, will have been a REALTOR ® , or a National Affiliate for a minimum of four consecutive years, and will be an individual selected for recognition by the Local Chapter (current Local Chapter President is excluded).

Please remit your nominations to Mary Titel for Member of the Year, to Andi St. Jean for Entrepreneur of the Year, and to Becky Hall for Affiliate of the Year.  Recipients will be honored at our November 1, Business Resource Meeting.

Ways and Means, Benches and Barstools

Ways and Means

Our fundraisers are under way!  The Benches and Barstools have been collected and dispersed into the community.  Mark your calendars for October 6^th.  We will display all of the items at Town Center from 5:30-7:30 for a final push.  Please share our Facebook page 2012 Benches & Barstools with all of your Facebook friends.  We have some really beautiful items for bidding.  Five items have been selected to be auctioned live at our October 11^th meeting.  Bidders can bid online until midnight on the 10^th.  Those high bids will be the starting point for those items on the 11^th.  If no one goes any higher, the internet bids will win.  Proxy bids will be taken.  

Jo Ann Stevens has been busy putting together our Sweepstakes!  The tickets cost $10 each or 10 for $100.  Prizes include travel, a wine tasting, golf rounds, dining, office supplies, spa and beauty treatments, a Kindle Fire, a $100 gift certificate to Nordstroms, an iPad 3, and some special items that will be auctioned live at the December meeting.  Please ask Jo Ann for tickets to sell. 

WCR Fort Bend September Meeting

September

September always means WCR/TAR meetings in San Antonio or Austin.  This year we went to San Antonio.  Saba Sharif joined Barbara, Kim and Theresa to get better acquainted with WCR from the State level.  We began our trip with a PMN class on Negotiations sponsored by the San Antonio chapter and held at Champions School of Real Estate.  The class was taught by Becky Hill, former State of Texas and National WCR President.  The meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency on the River Walk.  Jo Ann Stevens and Joan Berger were also in attendance.   We attended sessions on Friday, and attended a fundraiser on that evening where our group won the costume contest. The Governing Board meeting on Saturday morning covered Elections of State Chapter officers. The meeting ended with the installation luncheon for incoming State President, Sylvia Seabolt.  Our own Cathy Simeone did a beautiful job with the luncheon decorations.

Our September 13, meeting featured our annual chapter elections. Our nominating committee, headed up by Lane Pearson, recommended Theresa Fehr, President-Elect, Evelyn Gordon, Vice-President of Membership, Dawn Spiccia, Secretary, and Andi St. Jean, Treasurer.   In recognition of 9/11/01, we had special visitors from Impact a Hero, a local organization established to help veterans who have been seriously injured cope with returning to civilian life.  Jim Hoelker, who established the group, shared a very touching film.  In addition, he brought Army Specialists Dillon Cannon, who led the Pledge of Allegiance, and share with us what the program has meant for him. 

Jim Hoelker and Army Specialist Dillon Cannon (Impact a Hero)

Phil Van Overbeke withVan Overbeke Home Inspections and  Martha Schauer with Champions School of Real Estate

Becky Hill, Lane Pearson, Thomasine Johnson

 The program was abbreviated and our own Local Chapter President, Barbara Marlin, spoke about Negotiations and Leveraging your WCR relationships to wow your clients.  Our Strategic Partners were Cross Creek Ranch, Sienna Plantation, and Trendmaker Homes.

Jaime Virkus with Johnson Development/Sienna Plantation and Tammy McCall with Cross Creek Ranch

Torri Torres with Trendmaker Homes

WCR Fort Bend August Meeting

August 16, 2012

In August we met with our Fort Bend HAR Networking group at Sweetwater Country Club.  WCR served as meeting hosts. Vaughan Pedersen and Chis Lesak represented us during the Inspiration and Pledge of Allegiance.  The August meeting featured the four school districts that serve Fort Bend County.  As Realtors, we all know the importance that schools play in determining home values.  We heard representatives from Fort Bend ISD, Katy ISD, Lamar ISD and Stafford Municipal School District.  Theresa Fehr, Vice-President of Membership added three new members during this meeting.  We also brought some of our benches and barstools to display.

Our banner sign.

Member Jackie Murray

Member Julia Hardy

Members Vaughan Pederson and Evelyn Gordon

Vice President of Membership Theresa Fehr assists President Barbara Marlin with a door prize drawing.

Judy Kay, Ft. Bend HAR Networking Group Chair is in the background.

July WCR Fort Bend Meeting

July 12, 2012

 For our July meeting, we took a field trip and met at Constellation Field, the home of The Sugar Land Skeeters!  The weather did not cooperate, but a good time was had by all who attended.  Our Texas State WCR President, Valois Hounsel made her annual visit.  Valois spoke to us about the importance of member recognition.  Monthly sponsors included Perry Homes, Telfair by Newland Communities and Trendmaker Homes.  Our chapter collected back packs and school supplies for the Fort Bend Women’s Center.  Anne Budill and Vita Goodell from the Women’s Center were in attendance.  We ate in the Legends Club and took a tour of the facility including the home team locker room.  The ball park has been a very successful addition to our community. 

We are Skeeter’s proud!

Local Chapter President, Barbara Marlin with Texas State Chapter President Valois Housel

Evelyn Gordon is the recipient of a door prize from one of our sponsors.

School supplies for the Fort Bend Women’s Center

Chris  Lesak assists with door prizes from Sponsors.  Tori Torres with Trendmakes Homes, Donna Aldrich with Perry Homes, also sponsoring was Telfair, represented by Lani Foster.