2018 Fall Newsletter

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION COMMITTEE NEWS

Well, we did it... again! The Florida Chapter won the Virginia Cup for the record- breaking 8th time! (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018)

For those that don’t know, the Virginia Cup was first awarded in 1990 and recogniz- es the state or province with the most IAAO designees during the award period (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018). This year the competition wasn’t even close – Florida had (33) new designees! Although President Grasso and I received the Virginia Cup at the IAAO Annual Conference on behalf of the FCIAAO, everyone should know that the credit goes to the new designees (and supporting Property Appraisers) who demonstrated a commitment to excellence and professionalism. Great job!

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

IAAO Confers the First MAS Designation!

As much as it pains me to recognize the accomplishments of a competing Virginia Cup jurisdiction, I must report that IAAO has conferred the first Mass Appraisal Specialist (MAS) designation to James Hall.

Mr. Hall is a Commercial Division Manager with Pierce County, Washington. He has a diploma in Urban Land Economics from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and is a certified general appraiser with the state of Washington. He’s also a certified IAAO instructor, holds the RES designation and has a Certificate in Real Property Assessment from the UBC. Like many of you, I didn’t expect the first MAS designation to be awarded yet. But given Mr. Hall’s education with the UBC, it appears that he has taken advantage of an IAAO Procedural Rule that has afforded him a significant educational equivalency. Good for him for paying attention! According to IAAO, “we will be fine tuning the program to better assist [MAS] candidates working to master the material to also achieve designation with a more guided demonstration report option... we will also be working to build our list of Professional Designation Advisors. I will keep you apprised of any additional changes to the designation program that may benefit the FCIAAO members. Please contact me at tdrake@ccpao.com with any questions or comments. (Continued on page 16)

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Fall 2018 Newsletter of the FCIAAO