BOMA Celebrates a Year of Connecting, Engaging & Learning; Looks Ahead to 2020
Power Shutoffs: Is Your Property Prepared? This fall many Bay Area residents experienced planned safety power shutoffs. Is your property prepared for this new norm? (See page 2.)
The Turbulent 20’s The 2020’s are almost here! Get involved in BOMA OEB in the new year and new decade. (See page 4.)
Networking Scenes BOMA members enjoyed fall networking. (See pages 14 and 15.)
“Today is about celebration and Strength Through Connections looking forward to 2020,” BOMA “BOMA OEB is more than OEB President Marc Barkdull told Oakland/East Bay,” Barkdull said. a packed room at the November “We have connections and ties to luncheon, following a lively reception many more organizations.” Connecand volunteer tradeshow. “It’s also the tions include BOMA International, time of year we look back and reflect which benefits members through on what we’ve advocacy, accomplished the BOMA in 2019.” International Connecting, Annual Engaging Conference, and Learning codes and There were standards abundant updates and opportunities expertise, and for BOMA industrial and members to asset manageconnect, engage ment courses. Manny Moreno, PJMB; Samantha Stires, CBRE; Karen Cowan, Restoration Management Company; and learn this BOMA and Marc Barkdull, PJMB, and BOMA President. year. Members OEB is offerconnected at mixers, BOMA 101, ing two scholarships for 2020: one the golf tournament, the innovation to attend the BOMA International showcase and the holiday party — Conference in Philadelphia (a $2,825 always a good time. value) and one for the new Certified Some engagement highlights Manager of Commercial Properties were a new Partner program and the certification test (learn more abut the first-ever BOMA OEB Leadership CMCP program on page 10). Academy. “The leadership academy In addition, BOMA OEB is part ensures that we develop our pipeline” of BOMA California, a group of of future leaders, Barkdull noted. eight BOMA locals that advocates for On the learning front, BOMA’s important issues like codes changes and educational events focused on issues the split-roll tax initiative, which will including active shooter scenarios, be heating up next year. (Be sure to the art of leasing, sustainability, canattend our January luncheon where we nabis and the Green Janitor Education discuss how it will affect CRE in the Program (more information on page 9). Bay Area.) (Continued on page 12)