Osceola ReVIEW - August 2008 - (Page 3) A MESSAGE FROM YOUR RPAC CHAIR & VICE-CHAIR President’s Perspective By Hope Andrews Dear Members, In July our Budget & Finance Committee met along with our CEO and we implemented some cost saving measures in the budget to ensure we are as frugal as possible during these economic times where we have seen a drop in our membership. We worked very hard to rework the Association’s budget without cutting services to the members. I am really excited about the fine job our staff has done to make these cuts. Our Leadership Academy’s first class was in July and it was so nice to see members wanting to get more involved in our Association! For those of you still interested in this training and you want to make a difference in your Association, please call Jeri Peyton (407-846-0117, ext. 227) to register for the make-up class on August 26 from 10 am to 2:00 pm. Lunch will be provided. It is also time to sign up for our Leadership Cruise in October and help plan our Association objectives for 2009. You will also learn what it is like to be in leadership and bond with fellow REALTORS®. We would love to have our past leaders join us and share your input and ideas on where you would like to see your Association in the future. Please give Jeri Peyton a call and she will give you all the details. We had our second Texas Hold-‘Em tournament for RPAC and it was a lot of fun, and we raised money for our REALTOR® PAC. Please join us at the next one on August 9, 2008, and if you make it to the final table, which will be played at our RPAC Auction on September 6, 2008, the winner will win a trip to Las Vegas! Great news! We had more transactions in Osceola County in the month of June 2008 than we had in the month of June 2007! When Gwen called me and told me that this months’ magazine was going to be dedicated to RPAC, I was so excited to hear about it, because RPAC is near and dear to my heart. When I was a new member in our Association, I really didn’t know what RPAC was, what were we raising money for? A dear friend and colleague, Linda Goodwin, told me I needed to know because it was the number one investment I needed to make in my real estate career. Since then I have seen these funds enable REALTORS® to stay in business, I have seen first-hand in Tallahassee and Washington D.C. what a powerful voice REALTORS® have in the decision-making of our elected officials. For new members and seasoned members that don’t have the information, please continue to read on! What is a PAC? PACs have been around since 1944, when the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) formed the first one to raise money for the re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A Political Action Committee (PAC) is a popular term for a political committee organized by like-minded people for the purpose of raising and spending money to elect and defeat candidates. The PAC's money must come from voluntary contributions from members rather than the member's dues treasury. PACs represent business, labor or Continued on Page 4. By Carolee Goodwin-Blackmore & Christina Gentry Get your checkbooks ready and activate those new credit cards It’s RPAC time! As always, we are in great need of Member support. We need Auction items for the Silent & Live Auction, as well as Volunteers for setup, making calls, picking up Auction items, etc. If you want to give a vacation to the Bahamas - Great! If you only have a $25 Gift Card to donate, we’ll take it! Even better, give us your money and we’ll purchase items for you and you’ll get all the kudos! That said, we have several donation drop-off sites around Osceola County this year; Goodwin Realty & Associates, RE/MAX Premiers Properties, Deese Management & Real Estate, RE/MAX Pros and, of course, you can always bring your auction items by the Osceola County Association of REALTORS®. If you are not able to make it by one of these locations, PLEASE call and we will be happy to make arrangements to pick the items up. Tickets are on sale now for the event, where you can purchase individual tickets or by the table. The entire Committee has been working very hard to coordinate not only the Auction but also the RPAC Poker Tournament. This has proven to be a great success, especially with the great help of Affiliate Member extraordinaire, Debbie Henderson and Past President, Jack Frey. Over the past couple of months Tournaments have been taking place at OSCAR and what a great turnout we are experiencing, with consistent RPAC contributions being made. The Final Tournament will take place the night of the RPAC Auction. If you play, I want you ALL IN! If you don’t, you will certainly enjoy the show! Both the Auction & Poker Tournament will be held Saturday, September 6, 2008, starting at 5:30 p.m. Hope to see you there! ■ August 2008 Osceola ReVIEW 3
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