PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Summer 2013 Newsletter of the FCIAAO
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2013-2014 FCIAAO
EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRESIDENT
Neil “Nick” Nikkinen, AAS, CFE
Director of Real Property Assessment
Putnam County
VICE PRESIDENT
Alice Weinberg
Community Service Director
Seminole County
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VICE PRESIDENT
Todd Finlayson, CFE
Director of TPP
St. Lucie County
TREASURER
Doug Will, AAS, CFE
Chief Deputy
Leon County
SECRETARY
Brian Loughrey, CFE
Administrative Director
Sarasota County
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
Katie Casey, CFE
Training & Development Coord.
Orange County
DIRECTOR
Justin Edwards, CFE
Office Operations Supervisor
Putnam County
DIRECTOR
Tracy Drake, CAE, RES, AAS, CFE
Assistant Property Appraiser
Clay County
DIRECTOR
Marsha Coleman, CFE
Director of Tax Rolls
Citrus County
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Lainie Claudio, CFE
Assistant Property Appraiser
Marion County
It is my sincere honor and privilege to
write to you as the 2013-2014 President of
the Florida Chapter of IAAO.
As I mentioned at the Chapter’s annual
meeting in Sarasota on May 2, it’s interest-
ing to me to see how some things have
changed and some haven’t, since I first
came on the Chapter’s Executive Board in
2001.
In 2001 the average price of a loaf of bread was $.90, now it’s
$2.00 a 122% increase. In 2001 the avaverage price of a gallon of
gas was $1.40 (oh, the good ole’ days) now it’s $3.40 a 143% in-
crease. In 2001 the average price of a single family home was
$132,000, now it’s….about the same! Go figure!
What a value roller coaster we’ve been on! It appears after sev-
eral years of riding that coaster downill, most of us are at or near
the bottom and some of us have actually started to work our way
up the other side.
What has remained constant is the Florida Chapter of the Inter-
national Association of Assessing Officers.
In 2001 the annual conference, which was held in October at the
time was $75, now it’s $85 a 13% increase. In 2001 a similar
seminar to “Dirty Deeds” held just before the annual conference
was $85 and its still $85!!
Through the ongoing support of our property appraisers and
prudent financial management, by this board and those that pre-
ceded us, the chapter remains the best educational value avail-
able in the state.
I am eager to work with you and this great board to chart a
course for the chapter that is grounded in the vision of our
founding members that seeks to provide relevant and affordable
education for property appraisers and staff, and to promote the
professional development of our members.
Part of this course will involve reenergizing and empowering the
chapter committees; increasing the depth of membership partici-
pation; ensuring the chapter’s position as a leader in education;
and continuing to leverage technology to keep the overall cost of
membership and education to a minimum. Stay tuned to the
Neil “Nick”
Nikkinen, AAS,
CFE
