Meetings and events update

Dear CRB Members,
This newsletter is to give you a quick update on the PA Chapter activities and upcoming events.
 NAR Mid-Year Meetings: The National CRB committee meetings are open to all, so please feel free to attend. Of special note is the CRB Chapter Leadership meeting on Thursday, May 14 at 10:15. If you are attending the Mid Year meeting please try to attend the chapter meeting.
 PAR Summer Meetings: On Tuesday June 2, 2009 from 11:45 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. PA CRB CHAPTER will have our Luncheon and Meeting at the Harrisburg Hilton. Janelle Pfleiger, CRS Regional Vice President, will be our Guest Speaker. For more information or to register visit;
http://tinyurl.com/CRSCRBLuncheon
 PA Realtor Meetings: Many of the Districts are having “R” day events, look for our booth for the latest on new classes and to network with our members.
 Chapter Website: Go to www.PACRB.com for schedules of events and Chapter information.
 Social Networking sites: We have set up groups on Linkedin and Facebook. Search for the PA CRB Chapter or contact me to join.
 Blog: We have a Chapter BLOG at http://pacrb.wordpress.com. We hope to develop this platform as a way for our members to communicate. Please participate.
 Membership: Our membership is slightly above 100 with about 400 CRB Designees in PA and about 300 in NJ and NY. Our Chapter dues are only $35 a year and serves as an excellent way to network with your fellow professionals. To join e-mail CRB@PARealtor.org for the membership application. CRB members of all states are allowed to join this Chapter.
 TriplePlay: It’s not too early to consider attending the CRB two day course, Technology Management: Develop and Deploy an Effective Strategy for your Office in December! TriplePlay has a new policy and our Chapter will co-sponsor this exciting new offer with them. Technology guru Matthew Ferrara was contracted by CRB to create this course which just rolled out this year! Jonathan Nicholas, CRB, CRS and past National CRB President will be instructing. He’s a “techie” too and can be found on the social networks and followed on Twitter! Hope to see you there!
Respectfully submitted,

Robert “Wags” Wagner
PA CRB President
wags@abeandwagscom

Should PA CRB go regional?

The leadership of PA CRB is open to discussion on going regional to include CRB members from New York and New Jersey. The logic behind this consideration is to improve networking in our area and to strengthen our Chapter.

PA has about 400 National Members and a Chapter membership of 150. With dues at $35 this is barley enough to maintain the Chapter. By including NY and NJ we would be adding about 300 more CRB Members to draw on. Most organizations like ours will have about a 30% participation, so we should expect to see about 200+ members in this model, which would improve our fiscal standing.

As more of our members are looking for business opportunities, this would also give us more connection as to our bordering states. We now also have PA CRB Chapter group on Linkedin and Facebook. Please join them to participate.

Sincerely,

Robert Wagner
2009 PA CRB President
wags@abeandwags.com

NAR Mid Year Meetings

Join us at the CRB Chapter Meeting on Thursday May 14 at 10:30 in the CRB Host Hotel.