The New England SIOR board of directors met at the offices of Cushman & Wakefield to plan the fall of 2009. The following board members were present: Greg Klemmer, Tom Farrelly, Mark Stevens, Jim Boudrot, Rob Nahigian, Peter Hayes and Tony McDonald. Here is the summary of this meeting.
Treasurer's Report
The Chapter is still very solid financially and has been able to attract sponsors for its events. The sponsors have benefited with access to the top office and industrial brokers in the Boston market and the Chapter members have benefited with timely news on upcoming real estate development.
National Recruitment Funds
Klemmer announced that SIOR National has a new program that allows once a year funding of $1,000 for a Chapter recruitment luncheon. The Atlantic Beer recruitment event was a good example of such an event. Considering the success in attracting potential candidates, the Chapter plans to hold more.
Admissions
The Chapter has three new brokers that are applying for Candidate status and have been accepted. Congratulations to Mike Zieja, John Dolan and Bill Lynch all of Meredith & Grew for being accepted into the Candidate Program. Klemmer congratulated each one of them in a separate email as well and plans to make a formal announcement at the Scholarship night on October 21.
Recruitment Programs
The board discussed holding a recruitment event at Christmas time or after the first of January. A Bull N' Bear event on November 19 was discussed as well for a recruitment event and to also have some of the new Candidates involved on committees.