Welcome to Dallas, Texas, and AI Connect 2015! Check your email each morning while you’re at the Appraisal Institute Annual Meeting for highlights of the day’s activities and a recap of the previous day’s happenings.
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Video: Why Attend the Appraisal Institute Annual Meeting?
In the Appraisal Institute’s latest video, four AI professionals share why they attended the Annual Meeting.
The four individuals featured in the video are:
- Terry Bernhardt, SRA, AI-RRS, who said the Annual Meeting is a get-together with “several hundred of [his] closest friends.”
- Sladjana Popovic, Candidate for Designation, who traveled from Serbia to attend the Annual Meeting, said it gives her a “feel” for the expanding valuation industry.
- John Meyer, SRA, said the Annual Meeting educated him about what’s going on in the profession.
- Rob Elliott, MAI, SRA, said the continuing education is “very beneficial.”
Appraisal Institute Presents Six National Awards
Two members received the Lifetime Achievement Award and four others received the President’s Award during the Appraisal Institute Annual Meeting Aug. 3 in Coronado, Calif.
Jay M. Massey, MAI, SRA, of Dallas and F. Gregory Opelka, MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, of Glenview, Ill., received the Lifetime Achievement Award. President’s Award recipients were Jim Amorin, MAI, SRA, of Austin, Texas; Leslie P. Sellers, MAI, SRA, of Clinton, Tenn.; John P. Wintrol, Esq. of Washington, D.C., and the Appraisal Institute staff.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an Appraisal Institute member who demonstrates high ethical standards; has volunteered several years of service and has contributed to the Appraisal Institute on the international, national, regional and/or chapter level; has served his or her community; and has contributed to the appraisal profession for at least 20 years. [Read more…]