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What’s Cooking

FCIAAO Central Sales Repository In times of slim sales we often found ourselves saying ‘it sure would be nice to have a central sales repository’ so we have decided to build one. Still in the planning stages, the central repository would help many of our smaller jurisdictions, especially with specialty type properties.

FCIAAO Forms and Documents Repository

We are working on putting together a repository of all of the various forms and documents that our offices use. This would be a place to go for ideas when looking to update or improve forms or documents that currently just don’t seem to get the job done. There is no use in recreating the wheel. Usually if you have a problem in your office, odds are another office has had the same problem and created a form to address it. Now FCIAAO members will have a place to peruse these creative solu- tions. All offices are invited to send in copies of forms or documents they are par- ticularly proud of.

Historical Docs Project Florida Chapter IAAO historical documents from the year the organization was established in 1987 through 2011 were reviewed, scanned and placed on a jump drive for easy access and storage. The documents included min- utes, newsletters, conference agenda's, financials, and other historical data. Storage of the archival information had been an issue in past years as the number of boxes of hard copies continued to multiply. Though they were labeled in an organized manner, it was still difficult to find specific entries. Not only was it inconvenient for the data to be passed down to the next Secretary as the leadership changed, but also there was great concern that

Minutes from 1987 FCIAAO Board Meeting

the archived information might be lost while in storage or moved. Some of the docu- ments were already fading and crumbling. When the project began in 2011, the boxes filled the back of a large SUV and were subsequently placed on a jump drive totaling 1.8 GB. It is now archived in a safe and convenient manner.