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Spring 2016 Newsletter of the FCIAAO
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION COMMITTEE NEWS
Tracy S. Drake, CAE,
RES, AAS, CFE
As Chair of IAAO’s Professional Designation Subcommittee (PDS), I at-
tended Leadership Days in Kansas City and am excited to report that
the IAAO Executive Board has approved its sixth professional designa-
tion – the Mass Appraisal Specialist (MAS) designation. It would be fan-
tastic if the first MAS designee is a FCIAAO member!
Additionally, the following items were discussed:
•Educational equivalencies have been proposed for IAAO members
and candidates holding the MAI and SRA designations from the Ap-
praisal Institute, the Mass Appraisal – General and Mass Appraisal –
Residential designations from the American Society of Appraisers, and
the certificate, diploma and Bachelor’s degree programs from the University of British Co-
lumbia. Since these designations require a narrative appraisal report, a waiver option for
the demonstration appraisal report requirement is also being considered.
•A Capstone Program option (accelerated format) for demonstration appraisal reports is
being considered.
•The following case study review workshops have been updated and are expected to be
released in May 2016 and available online this fall: 850 (CAE), 851 (RES), 852 (AAS). 854
(CMS) is expected to be released in the fall of 2016, with online availability in early 2017.
•All designation case study exams and master/comprehensive exams have been updated
and are now in use.
•Course 331: Mass Appraisal Practices and Procedures has been released and Course 332:
Modeling Concepts is expected to be released in June 2016. Both courses will apply to the
MAS designation.
•Unsuccessful demonstration appraisal reports can be revised only once and must be re-
submitted within one year of notification (Procedural Rule 10.6.2.2).
•A candidacy may be extended for a period of one year for just cause, subject to approv-
al by the PDS (Procedural Rule 10.3.1).
I will keep you apprised of any additional changes to the program. Please contact me at
with any questions or comments.
Congratulations 2016 Tony Hodge Award Recipients!
Keith Alexander, RES
Palm Beach County
Patrick Chapman, AAS
Leon County
Nik Cutrell, AAS
Leon County
Robert Dunne, RES
Pinellas County
Scott Kunkleman, RES
Palm Beach County
Terry Taylor, CAE
St. Lucie County
Karah Tease, AAS
Leon County
Doug Will, CAE
Leon County
New designees must provide a copy of
IAAO’s letter conferring designation, or a
copy of the designation certificate to