2016 Spring newsletter

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION COMMITTEE NEWS

As Chair of IAAO’s Professional Designation Subcommittee (PDS), I at- tended Leadership Days in Kansas City and am excited to report that the IAAO Executive Board has approved its sixth professional designa- tion – the Mass Appraisal Specialist (MAS) designation. It would be fan- tastic if the first MAS designee is a FCIAAO member! Additionally, the following items were discussed: •Educational equivalencies have been proposed for IAAO members and candidates holding the MAI and SRA designations from the Ap- praisal Institute, the Mass Appraisal – General and Mass Appraisal – Residential designations from the American Society of Appraisers, and

Tracy S. Drake, CAE, RES, AAS, CFE

the certificate, diploma and Bachelor’s degree programs from the University of British Co- lumbia. Since these designations require a narrative appraisal report, a waiver option for the demonstration appraisal report requirement is also being considered. •A Capstone Program option (accelerated format) for demonstration appraisal reports is being considered. •The following case study review workshops have been updated and are expected to be released in May 2016 and available online this fall: 850 (CAE), 851 (RES), 852 (AAS). 854 (CMS) is expected to be released in the fall of 2016, with online availability in early 2017. •All designation case study exams and master/comprehensive exams have been updated and are now in use. •Course 331: Mass Appraisal Practices and Procedures has been released and Course 332: Modeling Concepts is expected to be released in June 2016. Both courses will apply to the MAS designation. •Unsuccessful demonstration appraisal reports can be revised only once and must be re- submitted within one year of notification (Procedural Rule 10.6.2.2). •A candidacy may be extended for a period of one year for just cause, subject to approv- al by the PDS (Procedural Rule 10.3.1).

I will keep you apprised of any additional changes to the program. Please contact me at tdrake@ccpao.com with any questions or comments.

Congratulations 2016 Tony Hodge Award Recipients!

Keith Alexander, RES Palm Beach County

Robert Dunne, RES Pinellas County

Karah Tease, AAS Leon County

Patrick Chapman, AAS Leon County

Scott Kunkleman, RES Palm Beach County

Doug Will, CAE Leon County

New designees must provide a copy of IAAO’s letter conferring designation, or a copy of the designation certificate to tdrake@ccpao.com .

Nik Cutrell, AAS Leon County

Terry Taylor, CAE St. Lucie County

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Spring 2016 Newsletter of the FCIAAO