UPCOMING EVENTS

Every year, REIC Members, Chapters and like-minded organizations shape the real estate industry landscape with initiatives that advance the profession and the Institute as a whole. The REIC Pursuit of Excellence Awards program recognizes these outstanding individuals, teams and organizations for their commitment to excellence. 
 
You contribute to this effort by submitting nominations - highlighting outstanding individuals and organizations in professional real estate. 
 
The 2017 Pursuit of Excellence Award nominees and recipients will be recognized at the Awards Dinner on June 15, as part of the 2017 Annual Conference and AGM in Halifax. 

For more information visit:  http://www.reic.ca/EVENTS/Pursuit-of-Excellence-Awards

IREM REME AWARDS

Good management translates into value, and well‐managed properties improve the quality of life for people who live, work and shop in them. Professional ethics is critical. Knowledge is powerful, and sharing it is important. The IREM REME Awards support these core values by recognizing and celebrating real estate management excellence through:

• Highlighting real estate management companies and individual practitioners for innovative, leading-edge, business practices and initiatives.
• Sharing successful initiatives and fostering further innovation within the real estate management industry, locally and globally.

Be among the best.  Submit for a 2017 REME Award and...

Be Recognized. Gain exposure through media outlets, to other companies, and to the public.

Earn An Exclusive Honor. Show your owners, clients, employees, tenants, and residents that your company's reputation is top-notch and that you care.

Be a Champion of Industry Professionalism. Raise the bar and show the world that innovation and professionalism make a difference.
The finalists will be recognized and the winners announced at the Inaugural Gala and REME Awards during the IREM Global Summit in Chicago on October 13, 2017.

For more information please visit:  http://irem.org/reme
 

Since the fall of last year, the Calgary Chapter of REIC has seen a small slide in renewals and correspondingly our membership/candidate base now stands at 173 members in good standing. However, going into the end of the first quarter of 2017 we do have a lower than normal number of members in arrears. As of February 28, 2017, we had collected more than 80% of the dues owed. In 2016 we lost 14 members and 4 candidates for a variety of reasons and to date this year a further eight members/candidates did not renew. Your Chapter Board is proactive and support National Office in their pursuit of dues collection. As such, we will be contacting all the members/candidates who are in arrears, to ensure that they are aware of the benefits of membership. Recently we did lose a member (Diane Boutilier) and we extend our sympathies to her family and co-workers.

There are currently 26 candidates who are enrolled for 6 different designations, the clear majority (19) being for the CPM or ARM. The CRP designation also has 3 candidates enrolled, with two new graduates in 2016. Nationally the FRI group represent about 30% of total designations and we did have a single candidate become a member last year. In conjunction with Gareth Jones and his marketing efforts from National, we hope to see enrollment grow in this are as we begin delivering the N.A.R. courses in the latter part of 2017.

As a Board we are always on the lookout to add members to our base, while still retaining the existing members/candidates. We will be seeking your input as to how we can improve on these efforts by the end of the second quarter. We continue to seek opportunities to raise the awareness of who REIC is and what the benefits of being a member can be, to all participants and future members of the real estate industry.