women's council of realtors- western michigan chapter june 2013 newsletter

7/28/2019 Women's Council of REALTORS- Western Michigan Chapter June 2013 Newsletter

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You are Invited to a ...

16th ANNUAL

Womens Council of REALTORS GOLF OUTING

Youre invited to join us at

the Golf Course this sum-

mer! The Womens Council

of REALTORS Western

Michigan Chapter is hosting

its 16th ANNUAL GOLF

OUTING at the Thornapple

Pointe Golf Course on July

19th. Those of you who have

played at this course, know it

is absolutely beautiful! Thisyear, weve got lots of fabu-

lous prizes. Our Hole in 1

prizes include:

*10,000 in Cash

*500 Visa Gift Card

*Cruise for 2

*3 Night Golf trip to Orlando,

Scottsdale or Las Vegas.

Dinner only: $20

Cost includes: 18 holes of Go

Lunch & Dinner!

Sign up before June 15th for th

BEST RATE!

Contact Jason Jenkins with Un-

ion Home Mortgage for inform

tion: : 616-293-9186

Email:[email protected]

F O C U S O N :

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Golf Outing

Legislative

MIXER

Diversity

Leadership

Meetings

Member News

EARLY REGISTRATION: ON OR BEFORE JUNE 15th20% DISCOUNT

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INFORMATION AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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Representatives

Peter McGregor &

Lisa Lyons

P A G E 2

NAR-MID-YEAR

Area Legislators join WCR during Spring Mixer!

Save the Date!

Date: March 14, 2013

Time:11:30 am1:00

pm

Place: Charleys Crab

We are looking forward to

Welcoming a unique panel

of experts for our March

14, 2013 meeting. The

changes and challenges of

the past few years have

created an urgency around

the topic of reassessment

of what our industry needs

to do to thrive in the fu-

ture. It is clear that we will

need to continue to adapt

and respond to a variety of

challenges and threats both

from within and outside

our traditional boundaries.

Weve put together a panel

of experts from the Resi-

dential & Commercial Real

Estate sectors as well as

the Title Industry, Legal

Profession and leaders from

various parts of the State of

Michigan to share their

unique perspectives on

some of the issues they

believe we need to be

aware of as we Re-Think

the future of the real estate

industry in Michigan.

This thought-provoking and

engaging discussion will be

an important one for any-

one who wants to build

their business and chart a

new course forward.

Did you know that ...

WCR MICHIGAN is now the 5th

LARGEST WCR State Chapter in

the nation

NAR MID-YEAR provided an op-

portunity for your Officers to net-

work with members and leaders

across the State & nation. Won-

derful opportunity to learn !

Fair Housing and Diversity

were the focus of the April

Luncheon! WCR Western

Michigan was honored to

have Ms. Teresea Weatherall

Neal, the Grand Rapids Public

School Superintendent as the

Keynote Speaker and Ms.

Nancy Haines, the Director ofthe West Michigan Fair Hous-

ing Center deliver the Inspira-

tion. We also honored

Doretha Ardoin, long-time

WCR Member and current Co

-Chair of the Ways & Means

Committee whose advocacy

in the area of Fair Housing in

West Michigan has been

ground breaking. In her

opening remarks, Ms. Haines

also acknowledged the workof Pat Vredevoogd Combs

and Lola Audu as leaders

within the Grand Rapids real

estate community in this area.

W W W . W C R W E S T E R N M I C H I G A N

Diversity Celebrated!

WCR Michigan

Members gather

together for a

group shot outsidethe Washington

Hilton
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NEXT NEW MEMBER ORIENTATIONAUGUST 8, 2013

P A G E 3W W W . W C R W E S T E R N M I C H I G A N . C O M

Were growing! Over the

past 2 months, the West-

ern Michigan Chapter has

added many new mem-

bers. A shout-out to the

Membership team ofSue

Pastoor & Steve Volk-

ers who are creating new

& interesting ways to

share the story of the

WCR experience. Good

job guys!Our desire is to help our

Members soar to the

Next Level professionally

and personally. On April

25, 2013 we will be hold-

ing a New Member Orien-

tation at the JW Marriott.

This will be followed by a

large group Mixer for net-

working & an opportunity

to meet with some of our

political leadership in the

State organized

NEW MEMBER

ORIENTATION:

@Chloe Elans

4:00 pm.

5:30 pmMIXER: 5:-30 pm

7:00 pm.

presentation will be presented at the

WCR Lakeshore Meeting on June

6th. The class is entitled: Authen-

ticating Your Brand with Social

Media. The Luncheon will take

place at the Bil-Mar Restaurant in

Grand Haven and starts at 11:30 a.m.

WCR Western Michigan

Chapter President,

Lola Audu was recently

asked to lead a Learning

Lab at the NAR-Mid-Year

Meeting. The class was

attended by well over 200

individuals. An encore

Our Chapter is pleased to welcome several new members within the

past couple of months.

These include: Kay Courtney-Courtney & Abraham Properties, LouAnn BryantKent County

Land Bank, Terry Westbrook-Westbrook Realty,, Linda Girard-Coldwell Banker AJS, Cathy Hop-

poughColdwell Banker Weir Manuel Hoppough, Diane Griffin-Keller Williams Realty, Sheila

VanzileWatermark Insurances, Tricia Rivard-Grand Rapids Realty Assistant Becky Sims-Lake

Michigan Credit Union, Becky Dunn, - Lake Michigan Credit Union,

Maria Blackmere-Blackmere Properties, andJeremy Reisig-

Cucto Closing Gifts,

Member News: Welcome Aboard!

WCR Lakeshore invites you...

NEW

MEMBERS:

4:00 PM AT

Chloe Elan

Bistro in Ada

Village

August 8th

MIXER

FOLLOWING

AT 5:30 PM
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everything including the family

and community. As individuals

who serve the public good, we

all appreciate how important it

is to maintain good relation-

ships with our clients.

Well, this is also important

with members of our real es-

tate community. WCR has

grown to become the 12thlargest Business Referral Net-

work in the nation. I believe

one reason this has happened

is because relationship building

is at the core of what we

strive to do. As a result, help-

ing one another to build and

grow our business becomes a

One of the most important

Core Values of the Womens

Council of REALTORS is

building strong, healthy rela-

tionships.

This is not easy to do. We

are all different and have dif-

ferent ideas about how things

should be done. But, what

should matter most is that wehonor the dignity and person-

hood within each of us and

strive to operate in a way that

encourages collaboration and

diminishes the negativity of

strife and dissension.

Relationships matter. They

are the basic building block of

natural outflow.

As a local chapter, it is impor-

tant to us that our members

feel welcome and affirmed

when they attend an event or

function. Our arms are open to

embrace new and returning

members because together we

are able to do more than any-

one of us could do on our own

Western Michigan Chapter

www.wcrwesternmichigan.com

Visit us online on Twitter & Facebook

For more information on advertising in this

newsletter, contact: Lola Audu - WCR

President-Elect at 616-791-0511 or

[email protected]

2013 Leadership Team

President: Lola Audu

President-Elect: Melanie Abraham

Treasurer: Carol Neal

Secretary: Julie StoneMembership Co-Chairs: Sue Pastoor, Steve Volkers

Events Chair: Katie Young

Ways & Means Co-Chairs: Cotty Hatch, Doretha Ardoin

Marketing Co-Chairs: Katrina Cole, Rory Byrne

Hospitality Co-Chairs: Kim Frejeris, Susan Stoddard

We are a network of successful REALTORS empowering

women to exercise their potential as entrepreneurs and

business leaders.

OUR PROMISE:

OUR CORE VALUES

Womens Council of REALTORS

LEADERSHIP NOTES Relationships

We succeed when you do!

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