2019 Spring Newsletter

FCIAAO AWARD WINNERS

Last year, the Chapter gave out the first ever Lifetime Achievement and Member of the Year Awards. We believe it is important to recognize members who have made significant contributions to the Chapter. Nomination sub- missions were due at least 60 days prior to the conference.

Member of the Year Award

With a majority vote, the award may be conferred by the FCIAAO Executive Board and presented to a FCIAAO Regular, Subscribing or Associate Member (in good standing) who has made a significant contribution to the Chapter in the previous year through active participation in its activities and who has made an outstanding contribution to the realization of the FCIAAO mission in his or her career.

This year’s recipient has been very active at both the Chapter and International levels for many years. He has served as a designation advisor (holding the CAE, RES and AAS designations), an IAAO committee member, is an IAAO instructor, and has pre- sented at this Chapter and International conferences. He is not only an advocate for professional designations, he also is an advocate for this Chapter. He currently serves on the Chapter’s designation committee and has chaired the Real Property Steering Committee for the past two years. His contributions and enthusiasm represent the definition of a volunteer. This year the award went to Terry Taylor, CAE, RES, AAS, CFE from Orange County.

Lifetime Achievement Award

With a majority vote, the award may be conferred by the FCIAAO Executive Board and presented to a Regular, Subscribing or Associate member (in good standing with at least 15 years of FCIAAO membership) who has made significant contributions to the Chapter through active participation in its activities and who has made an out- standing contribution to the realization of the FCIAAO mission in his or her career.

The first recipient of the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD is someone who has supported the Chapter since its inception and believes the Chapter is an important part of educating his staff to make them better informed to perform their duties. In addition to his local input, he has been very active on the International level, being a Past President of IAAO and a recent member of the Inaugural Fellows program. He is currently in his 10 th term as Property Appraiser and we are grateful for his lifetime of exceptional contributions. The first recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achieve- ment Award is the Honorable Ed Crapo from Alachua County.

This year’s second recipient of the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD has been an active Chapter member since 1992 and served on the Execu- tive Board, ultimately as President in 2000. He was the first person in the state to earn the Assessment Administration Specialist Designation and subsequently served as the inaugural Chair of the Chapter’s Professional Designation Group. He has attended countless conferences and seminars (sometimes presenting the legislative update), and allows numerous mem- bers of staff to attend and participate on Committees and the Executive Board. He is also a Past President of the Florida Association of Property Appraisers. The second recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, is the Honorable Roger Suggs from Clay County. FCIAAO members are encouraged to nominate fellow members to be voted upon by the FCIAAO Executive Board. Nomination forms are available on the Chapter website HERE and must be submitted 60 prior to the to the FCIAAO Annual Conference.

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Spring 2019 Newsletter of the FCIAAO