2019 Winter Newsletter

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION COMMITTEE NEWS

It appears the Florida Chapter is poised to have another successful year in producing new IAAO Professional Designees. Within the next few weeks, I will begin notifying those who will be receiving the Tony Hodge Educational Award at the 2019 FCIAAO Annual Conference in St. Petersburg. Please note the FCIAAO Procedural Rules were amended last year specific to the Tony Hodge Educational Award, as follows: “The Tony Hodge Educational Award may be granted to FCIAAO regular members who earn their IAAO designations. At the FCIAAO Annual Conference, the Executive Board shall recognize newly des- ignated members and may present them with a $500 check. To be eligible, new designees must be a FCIAAO member in good standing for at least 12 consecutive months prior to being awarded the desig-

Tracy S. Drake, CAE, ASA, RES, AAS,CFE

nation and receiving the award. New designees must provide a copy of IAAO’s letter confer- ring the designation, or a copy of the designation certificate, to the PDC Chairman, or a mem- ber of the PDC. Tony Hodge recipients must be registered for the respective Annual Confer- ence to be eligible to participate in the awards presentation.”

New designees should email a copy of IAAO’s letter conferring the designation (or certificate) to tdrake@ccpao.com . The deadline to submit is Wednesday, April 24, 2019.

Conference and hotel registrations are now available. Therefore, if you have completed your designa- tion, or anticipate completing your designation by the submission deadline, you are encouraged to go ahead and register as hotel rooms are limited. Please contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing you in St. Pete!

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: KALANI COONER (CONTINUED)

What are your hobbies? I love going metal detecting, cooking, playing games, and most of all gardening. I’m in the process of growing my own little piece of Hawaii around my home. What do you plan to do when you retire? When I retire, I would like to entertain and have cooking parties with my friends and create exotic dishes. I would love to enjoy grandchildren when that time comes, but most of all I would like to relax and appreciate how my life turned out.

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Winter 2019 Newsletter of the FCIAAO