IREM InSite Newsletter Editorial Calendar

Got something to share with your fellow IREM members? Use the IREM InSite newsletter. The quarterly online newsletter is edited by Ron Hamson, CPM. Email submissions as Word documents to lisagolden@irem-georgia.org

Here's our editorial calendar:
Summer edition
June 1 Deadline for submissions
June 12 Send date

Autumn edition
Sept. 1 Deadline for submissions
Sept. 12 Send date

Winter edition
Dec. 1 Deadline for submissions
Dec. 12 Send date

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Chapter Activities in May

The Chapter is sponsoring two great events this month that are open to the public and all members. Join us.

May 17th Luncheon at the Ansley Golf Club (directions)
"The Meth Epidemic: A Property Manager's Guide"
Details and registration info

May 25th Lunch & Learn Seminar: Energy as Commodity
Offers 3 hours of continuing education credit approved by the Georgia Real Estate Commission
To be held at the Cobb Association of REALTORS in Marietta (get directions) beginning at noon.
Details and registration info

IREM Legislative & Leadership Summit

Recently, members from the Chapter traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Institute's Legislative and Leadership Summit and Capitol Hill Visits. On April 26th, a delegation of four Chapter members and the Executive Director visited the offices of all the Georgia Congressional members to discuss the following issues:

Banks in real estate management
Tax legislation
Small business health plans
Private property rights
Natural disaster insurance

This was a great opportunity for our members to learn more about the policy positions taken by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), of which we are an affiliate, and the Institute. See Hill visit highlights here.

The Meth Epidemic: A Property Manager's Guide

You’ve heard about the growing methamphetamine problem in Georgia, but what do you really know about it?

Learn how to separate myth from reality at our next luncheon.

Our featured speakers Chip Abernathy, LPC, CAC of the Ridgeview Institute and Stacey Ciaramella of Lane Company will tell you what you need to know about the meth epidemic and how it’s affecting property managers.

Chip will tell us:
How the meth problem is affecting society
Signs that someone is using meth
Indicators that there may be drug activity or a meth lab on the property
Different approaches to take when dealing with a meth issue

Stacey, a property manager with Lane Company, will recount her experience of discovering a meth lab on one of her properties and the aftermath of that discovery. Learn from someone who’s gone through it. You’ll be surprised at what you don’t know about how this affects property.

Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Time: Networking begins at 11:30 am
Lunch begins at noon
Location: Ansely Golf Club (Directions below)
Cost: Members; $40 (if you register before the 17th), $45 at the door
Non-members: $45 (if you register before the 17th), $50 at the door

Don’t miss this riveting and relevant event. Register online now. For more information, please call 770-590-9995

Lunch and Learn Seminar: Energy As Commodity

As part of our continuing professional development education series, we will present a moderated panel discussion by industry experts on the complex and interconnected infrastructure of the energy business. In particular, the unique relationships and interdependencies of the generation, transmission and sales industries will be detailed, with the desired objective that seminar attendees will both gain an understanding of how the business works and receive an object lesson in the distinctions between regulated and freer market environments in the wider economic context. We've assembled an incredible panel of experts including:

Howard Smith, V.P., Southern Company
Bill Reinke, Executive Director, Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (SERC)
Mary O’Driscoll, Washington correspondent, Energy & Environment Daily (E&E)

Date: Thursday, May 25, 2006
Time: Noon – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Cobb Association of Realtors, 444 Manget Street, Marietta, GA 30060 (driving directions below)
Seminar & Box Lunch $75 with member discount; $90 for nonmembers
This seminar is approved by the Georgia Real Estate Commission for 3 credit hours

Register Now

Directions to the Cobb Association of Realtors Building—From Downtown Atlanta take I-75 North; take exit #263 (120 Loop/South Marietta); Follow the ramp that says Marietta/Southern Polytechnic. Continue out South Marietta. Major streets that you will cross are Cobb Parkway (Hwy 41), and Fairground St. The next street after Fairground St. will be Manget St. You will see a Huddle House on your left, turn left onto Manget St. The Cobb Association of Realtors’ building is a red-brick building located behind the Huddle House.

Free Parking is available.

For more information, please call 770-590-9995.