2014 Summer Newsletter

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

When I took the oath of office as your president one year ago in Sarasota, one of the major goals I had was to reenergize and empower the committees.

I am proud to report that this goal was achieved and several others were accomplished along the way as well.

The old Presentation Research Committee was dissolved in favor of the new Real Property and IT/GIS Steering Committees, which were staffed with experts in their respective fields. Tangible results of that restructuring were evident in the stellar presentations offered at the annual conference in Ft. Lauderdale last month. Additionally, a policies and procedures manual was developed and modeled after IAAO’s to ensure the committee’s success long into the future.

Neil “Nick” Nikkinen, AAS, CFE

More organizational items were identified and improved, such as securing 27 years’ worth of historic files of the chapter into a digital format and creating a Google Docs account for the executive board to easily access and share forms and correspondence between each other and future boards. Job descriptions for each director were revised to ensure your board stays abreast with technological changes. Speaking of which, the board is now cable of accepting credit cards and PayPal for dues and registration fees, a long-awaited improvement. But the largest and most noticeable accomplishment was the rebranding of the Florida Chapter IAAO and the redesign of the website. For those of you who have ever tackled a similar project in your jurisdiction, you know this was no small feat. Directors Justin Edwards and Katie Casey were presented with the 2014 President’s Award for their outstanding work with these projects.

I’ve received many good and reassuring comments from our past presidents about the logo and website, and I hope you are as pleased with the results as I am.

These accomplishments could not have been achieved without the exceptional and relentless efforts of this great Executive Board and those who preceded us. To each and every one of the fine people I’ve served with over the past 13 years, I offer a heartfelt thank you. It has been my humble pleasure and honor to serve as your 2013-2014 FCIAAO President, and I look forward to seeing what new and innovative things this board will accomplish under the leadership of President Alice Weinberg.

Neil ―Nick‖ Nikkinen, AAS, CFE FCIAAO Immediate Past President

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Summer 2014 Newsletter of the FCIAAO