Thursday, October 22, 2009

Brokers, Brags, Bravado & Bruce

The Brokers' Quarterly Dinner last night was so enjoyable! We had over 100 members in attendance and several special guests. I appreciated being able to speak with so many of our brokers in such a relaxed setting. Dinner at the Marriott was surprisingly good (typically hotel dinners are not my favorite). I want to extend a special thank you to the Norman AE, Shirley Holland and Norman Director, Tom McAuliffe for making the drive to North OKC to participate. This type of support and camaraderie is what makes me love being in the REALTOR association business! Don and Susanna Lorg treated us to a beautiful rendition of The Lord's Prayer and it started out the evening in a wonderful spirit. The night had more than just brokers... it had brags!

The OKCMAR Board of Directors and several other committee members surprised Lanny Gardner with a presentation to celebrate his 50 year anniversary as a REALTOR! The presentation was filled with bragging rights to have this wonderful person and professional as a member of OKCMAR. Lanny received not only a proclamation from the board he received a citation from the Oklahoma State Senate listing all of his service activity to the state of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City. Just when we thought the program couldn't get any better... we saw the bravado of Oklahoma City.

Brokers were asked to become engaged in one of the city's biggest projects by Councilwoman, Meg Sylar. The project that is visionary and far-reaching, which shows the confidence and bravery of our citizens: MAPS3. MAPS3 is critical to the continuation of our robust residential and commercial real estate market, go to yesformaps.com for detailed information. To see what MAPS has accomplished so far check out this great video: OKC - A Great Place to Live!

Our evening ended with Bruce Aydt, one of the nation's recognized leading experts in professional standards and arbitration. An attorney and real estate broker out of Kansas, Bruce and OKCMAR have forged a long standing relationship geared towards raising the professionalism of our industry and assisting in educating our REALTORS. OKCMAR REALTORS are offered wonderful educational opportunities that are not typical in the industry.

Although this sounds like a long program we ended at 7:35pm just 5 minutes over the two hours promised and enjoyed a great meal in between! The leadership encourages every member to participate in OKCMAR events- there is always something new to learn and a take-away to increase your productivity as a real estate professional! Thanks all to everyone who attended!

1 comment:

Dave Moeller said...

I agree Dawn. It was a great evening and nice to see so many Brokers and Broker Owners at the meeting. Lanny was totally deserving of the honors he received. 50 years as an Active Member of OKCMAR--WOW!!!