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February sure is going to be a HOT month for GEPAR! Check out the GEPAR calendar of events, meetings and educations sessions.

We are gearing up for the TREPAC

VALENTINE HOTTIE CONTEST on Febru-

ary 9, 2012 at the Hilton Garden Inn Airport. This will

be a red hot event! Please give Carolyne Camfield (549-

7432), 2012 TREPAC Chairman, a call for a ticket or

to sign up as a Hottie and/or Advertiser. Your TREPAC

investment is vital, so come have a fun time all the while

investing in your business and the protection of private

property rights.

Just a reminder, February 15, 2012 your 2nd quarter

billing notice will be posted with a due date of February

28, 2012. So mark your business calendar to keep your

business running smoothly. It’s better to take care of the

bills right away so that you can focus on taking care of

your clients.

Have you made plans to go to the Texas REALTORS®

Winter Meeting February 24 – 26, 2012 in Austin at the

Hyatt Regency? If not, it’s time to make your reserva-

tions. You can find the full convention schedule and

registration form in the TEXAS REALTOR® magazine

or online at TexasREALTORS.com I really do hope that

we can show a big attendance from El Paso. You will

be more that glad you took the time to attend. You will

have the opportunity to hear from great speakers like

Mark Dotzour, Chief Economist from the Texas

A&M Real Estate Research Center and Joe Stewart, TAR

Chairman of the Board. There are also several educa-

tional sessions to better your business and committee

meetings/forums to make a difference in the real estate

industry. So get ready to head out to Austin to partici-

pate!

See ya’ in Austin!

Jennifer Stroh

2012 President

Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS®

Welcome to 2012!

+ Presidents Remarks J E N N I F E R S T R O H

G R E AT E R E L PA S O

A S S O C I AT I O N O F R E A LT O R S

P R E S I D E N T

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2012 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President, Jennifer StrohCentury 21 The Edge

President-Elect, Kenny GrossERA Priority One

Secretary/Treasurer, Andrew HaggertyCentury 21 Haggerty

Immediate Past President, Linda BastrawRealty World – C. Starr Realty

Chief Executive Officer, Sharron K. Ramirez DIRECTORS 2012 Mickey Molina Century 21 The Pass Patti Olivas Dan Olivas & Assoc. Jim Howard RE/MAX Real Estate Group Timothy Cantrell One Realty El Paso Socorro Cochran Santa Fe Realty DIRECTORS 2012-2013 Susan Craig Craig Realty & E-Z Apt. Finders Caroline Camfield Golden Real Estate Rick Snow First Choice Realty Angel Ochoa Success Realty Steve Carvalho RE/MAX Real Estate Group NAR DIRECTOR Michael Bray EXIT West Realty TAR REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT R. Scott Kesner Century 21 The Edge

TAR DIRECTORS Doug Hamilton Hamilton Associates Linda Bastraw Realty World– C. Starr Realty

TAR NOMINATING COMMITTEE Patti Olivas Dan Olivas Association

TAR TREPAC TRUSTEEElizabeth Leal Keller Williams TAR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEEAl Jurado Any Casa Realty

2012 COMMITTEES

Budget and Finance Andrew HaggertyEducation Danii SedilloEqual Opportunity Cathy Few Governmental Affairs Elizabeth LealREALTOR®/Builder Cynthia MorrisTREPAC Caroline Camfield

6400 GATEWAY EAST BLVDEL PASO, TX, 79905

(915) 779-3521

GEPAR QUARTERLY BILLING SCHEDULE

1st QUARTER BILLING

11/15/2011 - Invoices posted – email to agents invoices ready to view & pay online 11/30/2011 - 1st quarter payments due01/03/2012 - Suspension and $50.00 reconnect fee02/01/2012 - Suspension of office if members are past due w/active license.03/01/2012 - Termination of office if members are past due w/active license.

2nd QUARTER BILLING

02/15/2012 - Invoices posted – email to agents invoices ready to view & pay online02/29/2012 - 2nd quarter payments due04/02/2012 - Suspension and $50.00 reconnect fee05/01/2012 - Suspension of office if members are past due w/active license.06/01/2012 - Termination of office if members are past due w/active license.

3rd QUARTER BILLING

05/15/2012 - Invoices posted – email to agents invoices ready to view & pay online05/31/2012 - 3rd quarter payments due07/02/2012 - Suspension and $50.00 reconnect fee08/01/2012 - Suspension of office if members are past due w/active license.09/03/2012 - Termination of office if members are past due w/active license.

4TH QUARTER BILLING

8/15/2012 - Invoices posted – email to agents invoices ready to view & pay online8/31/2012 - 4th quarter payments due10/01/2012 - Suspension and $50.00 reconnect fee11/01/2012 - Suspension of office if members are past due w/active license.12/03/2012 - Termination of office if members are past due w/active license.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

E L PA S O R E A LT O R . C O M

Please watch for the online notification of the EL PASO REALTOR® each month and for a new weekly update bulletin.

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> EXPERT ADVISORS

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Recently an agent called me to relate something which had just happened. The agent was in his

office when he received a phone call from another agent about one of his listings. The agent who called asked how they might show the listing and the list-ing agent told them to follow the instructions listed in the MLS by calling the owner. The agent then responded, “Oh, I don’t have those. I am with my people in front of the house right now”. In a previous column a couple of years ago I suggested that we, as agents, revive the dying art of previewing homes so that we can have knowledge of the homes we are showing. It might not always be possible but it certainly enhances our knowledge of the inventory of homes that are available. I am of the opinion that agents who load people in their vehicles and drive around scheduling appointments from the curb, probably haven’t qualified their clients. This practice reflects very poorly on our profession.

Also reflecting poorly on our profession is speaking or writing statements regarding our real estate market that have absolutely no basis in fact. I was sent an email recently that a client had with the listing agent who had the person’s home for sale. In explaining to the seller why the home had not had any activity, the listing agent writes: “If you recall I did let you know that October through December 31st, the real estate market in El Paso closes up shop”. This reck-less statement is without any basis being that almost 1300 homes sold during this period and on average there were over 430 homes pending each month during this time frame. As professionals, we have an ethical responsibility to relate the factual details of our industry and our local real estate market in a truthful, forthright manner. To instill unwarranted

panic in the mind of a client is completely irrespon-sible. Remarks such as these do irreparable damage to those who work hard to bring professionalism to our industry.

To provide accurate, truthful information about the El Paso Real Estate Market, go to GEPAR’s home page and click the Monthly MLS Housing Statis-tics tab on left side of the home. When you click a month to view the full report, the first page contains a summary of indispensable information. In the December report, it talks about the year in review and offers insights into the market for 2012. I urge everyone to print out these reports, read them and know our market. The number of closed sales fell 9.3% in 2011 compared to 2010 but compared with most parts of the country, El Paso fared much better. The January 2012 issue of Tierra Grande magazine, published by the Real Estate Center at Texas A & M, printed an interesting article regarding the intensity and the duration of the Great Recession during the years 2008 – 2011. Of the six largest cities in Texas, El Paso suffered the least severity in terms of intensity of the recession. This is a statistic worth quoting as well. Knowledge is power, not to mention the level of credibility it conveys when reinforcing our image as experts in our market. I welcome your comments and questions to [email protected].

G E PA R N E W M E M B E R

E T H I C S I N S T R U C T O R

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Getting your business ready for the year starts with strategies and goals. Here are some specific, actionable steps you can take to prepare for 2012.

By Rich Levin

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In any line of business, it’s not the work that’s hard. It’s the self-discipline. That’s why it’s important to have a workable strategy in place and stick to that until goals are met.

The following 16 simple steps will ensure that your 2012 busi-ness plan works for your career and your life. Most of the steps in this plan can be completed in 15 minutes or less. Spend no more than 60 minutes at a time with these steps. Complete this plan in a series of brief sessions over at least 30 days. This allows for your creativity and insight to rise and anxiety to fall.

If you finish this simple planning process before the beginning of 2012, you’ll have your best year ever (or best for a long time). If it’s not possible to complete this plan before the year’s end, then complete it over the next 30 days.

16 STEPS TO A BETTER BUSINESS PLAN1. Make a list of your dream priorities in every aspect of your life.

2. Write your answer to these questions: “What do you want your real estate career to do for your life in 2012? Why is that important to you? Who else will benefit? How will they benefit? Why is that important to you?”

3. Choose one of those dream priorities from the first question above and scribble it down. Write what you’d like to accomplish in that area by the end of each month in the next year, January through December. Do this quickly — you can improve it later.

4. Answer this question: What are your three greatest strengths that will contribute to your success in 2012?

5. Consider what shortcomings are costing you money now and how you would increase your production if you improved them.

6. Identify clear indicators of your strengthened skills that you should see by the end of 2012.

• What do you want to stop or start doing, do more of, buy, and practice?• Which actions will you take, every day or every week, to ensure that you strengthen that skill?

7. Discern the biggest weakness standing in the way of your success.

• Do you want to strengthen that weakness or successfully strat-egize around it so that you can succeed without it? How will you do that?• What will you take, every day or every week to ensure you strengthen or work around that weakness?• At the end of 2012, how will you know you’ve succeeded?

8. Quickly, and without analysis, figure out the amount of income, sales volume, and number of sales that would dem-onstrate you are well on your way to the success you envision. Translate your answer into all three: income, sales volume, and number of sales.

9. If you are an experienced practitioner, multiply the number of sales you want from the above question by 2; if you’re still new to real estate, multiply by 3. Then divide that result by 40. (For example, 20 sales x 2 = 40, and 40 divided by 40 = 1.) That is how many new clients you need each week to achieve your goal. In the example, that means one new client each week for 40 weeks. For most, it’s a shockingly small number.*

10. Write down your sales volume and number of sales goals for 2012 from #8.

• Choose one of the two (sales volume or number of sales) and break it down to monthly goals for January through December. Do not simply divide the number of sales by 12. You are likely to sell more in some months than others. Ideally, get your history of sales by month for the past couple of years so that you can dis-cover any patterns that will make these monthly goals even more relevant and motivating. Then set goals for each month.• Calculate the other number, sales volume or number of sales, for each month.

11. Divide your number of sales from 10 above by 2. • That should be your goal for listings sold during the year. The other half will be sales to buyers. (If you are a team, then that’s

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the number of sales to buyers for your buyer specialists.)

• Decide how many listings you need to take in order to achieve that number of listings sold. (If you need 10 listings sold and most of your listings sell, you’ll need about 12. But if only half of your listings sell, you’ll need 20.)

12. Review your strengths from #4 and shortcomings from #5.

• Make a list of three to five ways that you’ll generate the leads that will become the new clients, sales, and listings to reach your goal.

• Write down what specific activities are needed to achieve that objective: phone calls, blog posts, mailings, search-engine efforts, open houses, and so forth.

13. Choose which activities you’ll complete daily and schedule them day by day. Put that on your calendar and start immediately. 14. Choose which activities for #12 will be completed weekly. Choose the day of the week to spend 30 to 60 minutes on that activity. Limit this to no more than one activity per day. For example, on Mondays you follow up on all your leads. On Tuesdays, you work on your Web marketing. On Wednesdays, you invest time in your print marketing. And so on.

15. Hold a 30- to 60-minute business plan update session.

• Show up on time and work for at least 30 minutes.

• Record and review your number of new clients for the week, sales, and listings for the month. Compare these with your monthly and year-to-date goals. Ideally, you also should compare them with previous years’ results.

• Select the projects and activities that are most likely to help you achieve your current month’s goals, and will help you achieve your following months and annual goals.

• Make commitments for the day and the week.

• Pat yourself on the back for your accomplishments.

16. Pump yourself up: Weird but true, your physiology will

dictate the success of your planning sessions. So, when you start, and each time you move on to a new step, put yourself in a proud frame of mind. That means standing up, stretching way up, left, right, and back. Shake out your body. Then, put your shoulders back, stomach in (you’ll feel it even if it still sticks out), and chest out. Take three huge, deep breaths — far more oxygen that you normally take into your lungs. Smile. Pump your fist and say “Yes, Yes, Yes.” You put yourself in the best possible mental and emotional state for planning.

All beginnings are hard, but you should start this process today if you can. And remember: The person with the best plan does not win. The person who executes their plan wins. You don’t have to get it right. Just get it going. Then keep improving it.

* The first key to success: Focus on results instead of activities. Throughout the year, instead of focusing on number of activities (calls, mailings, blog posts, and so on), concentrate on achieving this number of new clients each week. Focusing on the activities leads to frustration and self-criticism. Targeting the desired results stimulates motivation and provides insight into what is working in your business and what needs your attention.

These steps are adapted from from Rich Levin’s Four Phases of the Most Successful Business Plan Workbook for 2012.

By Rich Levin

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+ BY THE NUMBERS O V E R V I E W R E P O R T

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Real Estate Trend IndicatorBoard: Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS® State: TexasDate of Report: 1/13/12

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HOW TO USE MONGOFAX?

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FREE T.A.R. member benefit.

MongoFAX empowers all Texas REALTORS® to instantly

fax paper-based documents (disclosure packages, signed

contracts, etc.) directly to any email addresses in the world.

All you need is an ordinary fax machine and T.A.R.’s desig-

nated MongoFAX Cover Page. (You must login to TexasReal-

tor.com to open your personal cover page)

INSTRUCTIONS:1. OPEN Cover Page2. SAVE Cover Page to Your Desktop3. TYPE Email Addresses4. PRINT Cover Page5. FAX Cover Page with Your Hardcopy Documents through the Toll Free Number Located at the bottom of the Cover Page.

That’s it! Your documents will instantly be converted and routed to your desired recipient’s email address by MongoFAX’s secure, auto-mated systems. No sign ups, registrations or passwords required.

ADVANCED FEATURES OF MONGOFAX®

Have clients sign and fax back important documents directly to your email, using MongoFAX® Are you aware that anyone who has received a MongoFAX®

from you, also has the ability to fax all of their paper-based

documents directly to your email address using this service?

It’s quick and easy way to save time, money and close deals

faster, while maintaining the quality and security of all of

your business transactions.

HERE’S HOW:When your recipient receives the MongoFAX® in their email

they must print out the attached “Fax Contents”. Page one

of those “Fax Contents” will always be the MongoFAX®

Cover Sheet you filled out and originally sent along with

your documents. In order for your recipient(s) to fax any

paper-based documents directly to your email, they simply

place that SAME COVER PAGE that printed out with their

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Then fax it, along with their paper work, to the “Fax Only To”

number located on the bottom of your MongoFAX® Cover

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Important:Your MongoFAX® Toll Free number get’s removed from the Cover Page upon transmission, so you MUST remember to inform your recipient of what number to fax to in order for them to successfully return documents. We recommend re-iterating your dedicated MongoFAX® number in the Notes Box. It’s that simple.

All documents received via MongoFAX® are fully searchable. Use your favorite desktop search tool to locate

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Omit the MongoFAX® Cover Page from the scanned “Fax Contents” you receive. To omit the Cover Page within your

Fax Contents simply enter the email address: NOECP@

MONGONET.NET in the CC: field of your MongoFAX® cover

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archiving, or any time the Cover Page is not needed. See

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Send one MongoFAX® transmission to unlimited recipients. Instead of faxing the same document to ten

different people, save time and effort by using MongoFAX®

to send the documents to you once. Then forward the email

it to an unlimited number of recipients from your own email

inbox. (Please put the all the email addresses in the BCC so

the recipient only sees their own personal email address.)

Have clients sign and fax back important documents directly to your email, using MongoFAX®.Are you aware that anyone who has received a MongoFAX®

from you, also has the ability to fax all of their paper-based

documents directly to your email address using this service?

It’s quick and easy way to save time, money and close deals

faster, while maintaining the quality and security of all of

your business transactions.

HERE’S HOW:When your recipient receives the MongoFAX® in their email

they must print out the attached “Fax Contents”. Page one

of those “Fax Contents” will always be the MongoFAX®

Cover Sheet you filled out and originally sent along with

your documents. In order for your recipient(s) to fax any

paper-based documents directly to your email, they simply

place that SAME COVER PAGE that printed out with their

“Fax Contents” on top of whatever they need to send you.

Then fax it, along with their paper work, to the “Fax Only To”

number located on the bottom of your MongoFAX® Cover

Sheet.

Important:Your MongoFAX® Toll Free number is removed from the Cover Page upon transmission, so you MUST remember to inform your recipient of what number to fax to in order for them to successfully return document. We recommend re-iterating your dedicated MongoFAX® number in the Notes Box. It’s that simple.

MongoFAX® Cover Pages can be filled out digitally, or handwritten.To save time, open your MongoFAX® Cover

Page in an authentic version of Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher,

then type in the information relative to your transmission

needs, print and fax.

No access to a computer? No problem. A printed, blank

copy of your Cover Page can be handwritten on for con-

venient, on the go access. Just make sure to follow the

handwriting requirements located at the top of every printed

MongoFAX® Cover Page.

Your MongoFAX® Cover Page can remember email addresses previously entered. This feature is known as

Auto-Complete, which can be activated by following the

steps below:

1. Open MongoFAX® Cover Page. 2. Click on “Edit” on the top tool bar, then select “Preferences” 3. On the table of contents to the left, select “Forms” 4. To your right you will see a section entitled “auto-complete” 5. There will be a drop down menu most likely set to “Off” 6. Simply change that setting to “Basic”, select “OK” and your good to go.

After you activate the Auto-Complete feature in Adobe, the

cover sheet will remember any email addresses entered

from that point forward. It will not remember any past email

addresses entered prior to changing this setting.

FREE MongoFAX® Online Training Webinars hosted daily.Whether you are first hearing about MongoFAX® or a

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registration instructions, or contact the MongoFAX® Training

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To Learn More Contact: Customer Service at: 866.482.2229 This information was made available thru the MongoFax website: www.mongonet.net

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TEXAS REALTORS® LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

The mission of the Texas REALTORS® Leadership Program is to cultivate future leaders. We do this by educating, developing, and encouraging class participants to undertake leader-

ship roles, and showing them how to use their talents and resources to make a difference in their professional and personal areas of interest.

The program consists of eight modules, usually presented one per month over an eight-month timeframe. Two of the modules, Diversity, and Spokesperson Training provide 16 total MCE

hours.The program is administered by the Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS®. Effective leadership at all levels helps ensure the REALTOR® organization remains a strong

advocate for both members and consumers.

Those interested in this program should contact Isela Martinez at [email protected]

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Module   1   will   be   a   2   day  retreat   requiring   an  overnight  stay.    After   successfully   completing   all  Modules,   REALTORS®   will   graduate  from   Texas   REALTORS®   Leadership  Program.   All   modules   must   be  completed  in  order  to  graduate.    Special  Services  If   you   require   special  accommodations   to   participate,  please   let   us   know   3   days   prior   to  the   course   and   attach   a   written  description  of  your  needs.    Notices  Refund/Cancellation  Policy  Full   refund   if   written   notification   is  given  3  days  prior  to  March  5,  2012.  Otherwise,   a   $50   fee   will   be  deducted   from   your   refund.   No  refunds  will  be  given  after  March  5,  2012.    Mail  To:  GEPAR  4600  Gateway  East  Blvd.  El  Paso,  TX  79905  Contact:  Isela  Martinez  [email protected]  915-­‐783-­‐6073    [email protected]  TexasRealtors.com  800-­‐873-­‐9155  

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Texas Association of REALTORS® visit El Paso

On January 12, 2012 staff of the Texas Association of REALTORS® as well as Kaki Lybert, 2012 TREPAC Chairman for our state association came in to town to provide a free MCE Course called Legislature, Law and the REALTOR® to members of the Governmental Affairs Committee and the Leadership Team of the Greater El Paso Association of RELATORS® as well as other members that participate in GEPAR committees and brokers.

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Proposed Sign Ordinance

On January 25, 2012 staff from the City of El Paso presented their proposed sign ordinance to member of the Governmental Affairs Committee. The proposed sign ordinance has two options city staff will present to city council; the first one is the revision to the sign ordinance which would allow signs with a special privilege permit issued by the city and the second one would prohibit the signs entirely. Both of these drafts will be presented to city council at a later date. Currently, your Governmental Affairs Committee is in communication with city staff and council on this issue.

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1 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting 1:30 pm – Governmental Affairs Mtg. 4:00 pm - GEPAR Staff Meeting

2 8:30 am – Board of Directors 11:00 am - WCR Luncheon

5 12:30 pm – Toastmasters

6 8:30 am – GRI 1:30 pm- Education Committee

7 8:00 - Orientation 8:30 am – GRI

8 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting 11:00 pm - CIBA Luncheon 1:30 pm – TREPAC Meeting

9 11:30 Builder University

12 12:30 pm- Toastmasters

14 9:00 am - Century 21 - The Edge Mtg 9:00 am – Success Realty

15 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting

19 12:30 pm- Toastmasters

20 8:00 am – MCE

21 8:00 am – MCE 9:00 am - Century 21 - The Edge Mtg. 1:30 pm – Budget and Finance Mtg. 2:00 pm - Executive Committee Mtg.

22 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting

26 8:00 AM – TRLP Module 1 12:30 pm – Toastmasters

27 8:00 AM – TRLP Module 1

28 8:30 am- MLS Board of Directors

9:00 am - Century 21 - The Edge Mtg.

29 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting

30 8:30 am – Board of Directors

1 8:00 am – Orientation 9:00 am - Century 21 - The Edge Mtg.

2 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting 1:30 pm – Governmental Affairs Mtg. State House Candidate Interviews 4:00 pm - GEPAR Staff Meeting

3 11:00 am - WCR Luncheon

6 12:30 pm – Toastmasters

7 12:00 pm – CIBA Luncheon 1:30 pm- Education Committee

8 9:00 am - Century 21 - The Edge Mtg.

9 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting 6:30 pm – TREPAC Valentine Hottie

10 9:00 am - Broker Council 11:30 Builder University

13 9:00 am - Technology Class 12:30 pm- Toastmasters

14 8:00 am – MCE

15 8:00 am - MCE 9:00 am - Century 21 - The Edge Mtg. 10:00 am – Golden Real Estate Meeting

16 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting 1:30 pm - TREPAC Meeting

20 OFFICE CLOSED / PRESIDENTS DAY

22 9:00 am - Century 21 - The Edge Mtg. 1:30 pm – Budget and Finance Meeting 2:00 pm - Executive Committee Mtg.

23 8:30 am- RCA Weekly Meeting

24 TAR Mid-Winter

25 TAR Mid-Winter

26 TAR Mid-Winter

27 TAR Mid-Winter 12:30 pm – Toastmasters

28 TAR Mid-Winter

29 8:30 am - GRI 8:30 am- MLS Board of Directors 9:00 am - Century 21 - The Edge Mtg

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