Spring 2024 FCIAAO Newsletter

Last year, the chapter embarked on a revamp of the chapter website. Second Vice President, Wynta Loughrey, headed the project with collaboration from several other Board members. The goal of the project was to update the look and feel of the site, as well as, organize the content so members can find what they need more quickly. Refresh: www.fciaao.org Chapter Website updated with new format and easier navigation

Continuing to learn E DUCAT I ON : As part of our Chapter’s mission, we are committed to offering education and professional development opportunities in ad valorem appraisal, administration, and tax policy to all mass appraisal professionals. One of the tenets of our strategic plan is Education, with one of the objectives to

offer niche courses which would enrich our membership’s knowledge and development in mass appraisal and related coursers. Prior to the Annual Conference in Orlando, two pre-conference workshops were held, “Excel Beginner’s Workshop” and “Mass Appraisal Benchmarks”. Due to the success of offering the Excel workshops at the past two Tangible Personal Property conferences, we decided to make it available during the Annual Conference week.

The Mass Appraisal Benchmarks one-day workshop covered topics designed to help refresh the mass appraisal techniques used in the valuation process and also to help establish some processes and procedures for unusual or more challenging events. Subject discussed included USPAP, Scope of Work, Mass Appraisal, Market Value, Highest and Best Use Analysis, Neighborhood Analysis, Benchmarks, Sales Validation, Sales Ratio Analysis, and Sales Chasing and Trending. Kevin Hayes, MAI, CAE, RES lead the workshop. The course was lead by Christopher Duncan from CDA Graphic Design from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. This two-day workshop covered Excel basics such as entering data, formatting cells, basic formulas and functions, sorting and filtering, conditional formatting, data validation and managing worksheets and workbooks. These workshops were a great success and we will continue to offer relevant education and professional development opportunities to our members in the future.

New landing page for the Chapter website

The user experience was important to us and we wanted to make sure our site was optimized for mobile devices, navigation was improved, and that loading times were quick. We wanted the website to be more graphically pleasing and contain more up-to-date information. We hope everyone likes the new design and are open to any suggestions. “Initially, the prospect of redesigning the FCIAAO website felt daunting. However, after some research, I became confident that it was a task we could undertake successfully. And with time and teamwork, we proved that to be true”, stated Wynta. When asked what was learned from the process, “I've come to believe that the key lies in embracing the challenge without fear and diving in wholeheartedly. “

The Mass Appraisal Benchmarks workshop

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