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President’s Corner By ALISON HALL, CPM, CAPS, 2016 HAA President
HAPPY NEW YEAR Together, we will continue to achieve, lead and have fun as we support our industry.
I AM SO EXCITED and honored to serve our association as president! I know together we will accomplish great things through vision, team work and fun. In August of 2015, the HAA leadership attended a three-day planning session to define a roadmap for our association over the next three years. Based on this session, our 2016 goals are centered around the political action committee, education and communication. I am committed on updating the membership on our progress quarterly in this column, to ensure transparency into our leadership decisions. PAC Involvement and the Elections And I know we’re financially successful. That’s one goal – continuing to grow our PAC contributions, even if we just beat last year by a dollar. At press, Sylvester Turner was elected the new City of Houston mayor and, along with our new new city controller and several new City Council members, we will be working hard to educate our new leaders about the important
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role the apartment industry plays in Houston and to make sure the city continues to focus on policy choices that recognize the needs of renters and rental property owners.
Our new president has a new email address – askalison@haaonline.org. Alison wants to know what your thoughts and what your needs are from your association. Alison and HAA want to hear from you!
Networking, Education and Outreach When you work on a team with me, we don’t miss our deadlines, we don’t miss our budget and we don’t miss our goals. That’s the easy part. The hard part is to rally people and make them feel passionate about the industry. That’s where our wonderful networking, education and outreach programs come in. I want us to keep developing those areas for the future. And the future is now. Let’s get started! I would like to see more participation, especially more people enrolling in designation courses and more graduates – and I want to see more companies invest in their people by paying for their professional development.
Participation and Communication It is my vision that with increased participation and communication, we will achieve our 2016 goals. I want to encourage each member to go beyond their 2015 commitment in time and resources, attend one more class or event, give approval for one more employee to get involved with a committee or designation, spend $1 more toward PAC and advocate for our great association. If each of us does this, we will multiply the power of the people and association. Let’s make this a great year!
January 2016
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