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18 REAL ESTATE NEWSLINE June 1, 2009
By Sue Trautner
CRS 2009 President
Wow! 2009 is zipping right along!
My mom always used to say, "Time flies
when you're having fun!" Alamo CRS
Chapter is having a great year so far, and
that is definitely FUN! I hope you are part
of that fun, because it's our members who
are moving the chapter forward and reaping
the benefits!
As I write this, I have just finished
attending the mid-year meetings for CRS
in Washington, DC. I am pleased and
proud to tell you that Alamo CRS is bucking
the national trends! Many CRS chapters
and boards around the country are
dealing with the challenges of a decline in
membership. Alamo CRS Chapter's membership
is growing!! We have over 250
chapter members! One big topic of discussion
in a couple of forums I attended was
the challenge of a drop in enrollment in
CRS classes around the country. Alamo
CRS Chapter has sponsored 3 CRS 2-day
core classes so far this year, and our enrollment
has been up over last year! CRS 200
in February had the highest enrollment for
a CRS class in the last 2.5 years! Our 2
luncheons so far have been well attended
and the programs have been exciting and
well received! A big thank you to all our
CRS Update
Chapter members who are supporting
Alamo CRS, as well as class students, our
Affilate members (whose numbers have
also increased this year!), and special
thanks to our Friends of CRS and
RE/MAX of Texas, our Platinum sponsor
for 2009! Your support and contributions
mean everything and are helping Alamo
CRS to grow!
Many of you attended our April luncheon
and got to hear from the 4 primary
mayoral candidates. I hope their remarks
and ideas helped you decide where to cast
your vote. Now San Antonio has a new
mayor and it will be interesting to see if he
follows through on all the ideas he shared
with the Alamo CRS chapter! Be sure to
make plans to attend our next luncheon on
June 16! Our program will be an update
and information on the new improvements
and expansion of the Riverwalk! There's
lot of new development along the northern
part of the Riverwalk, and more coming,
so be sure to join us and find out all about
it! It's the thing that visitors to our city
want to see and what they remember about
San Antonio--besides the Alamo, of
course!
Consider taking a long weekend to
visit Corpus Christi! Join us for CRS 210
in the sparkling city by the sea on June 4-
5, then take the rest of the weekend to
enjoy the beach, go fishing, visit the State
Aquarium, or just relax before the summer
really kicks into gear! CRS 210 is the
referral course where you learn how to
really build a referral business with your
friends, clients, and raving fans! Ed
Hatch, who wrote the course, is coming
from Maryland to be with us--check our
website, www.alamocrs.com for registration
information!
We enjoyed our CRS 204 class in
New Braunfels this past April! And after
the June class in Corpus, we'll be back at
SABOR in October for CRS 206--
Technology. The course content has been
recently updated to reflect all the latest in
technology, what you need, how to use it
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TOR® and Affiliate, and its staff. Travis
continues to take on volunteer and leadership
roles as well as leading the San
Antonio Board of REALTORS®. In
addition, he has spent countless hours
helping and mentoring other Association
Executives as well as REALTORS®. He
readily gives of his time and expertise to
help local Associations facilitate their
organizations strategic/business planning
sessions.
Travis is respected throughout the
REALTOR® community not only locally,
but on the state and the national level as
well. In 2008, Travis was honored as the
only Association Executive in the state of
Texas to have ever received two of the
to build your business, and how to figure
out all the options available out there!
Plan to join us! Robert Morris, from
Tennessee, is coming to help us all make
sense of everything--he's a great friend of
Alamo CRS and we're looking forward to
welcoming him back to San Antonio!
Please plan to join us July 18 for our
Chapter With a Heart gala at Maggiano's
Little Italy! We'll have a great Italian dinner,
have some exciting auction prizes, and
enjoy networking and a beautiful evening
that will help benefit the Warrior and
Family Support Center! Tickets go on sale
at the June luncheon, so be there and take
advantage of special pricing!
Hope to see you soon! Thanks for
your support of Alamo Area South Texas
CRS chapter!!
coveted Tom D. Morton Awards of
Excellence for service to the REAL-
TOR® organization.
With high ethical standards, Travis
serves unselfishly; always crediting his
successes to the team of people he works
with on every level of the REALTOR®
organizations.
The San Antonio Board of REAL-
TORS® is the largest professional and
trade organization in San Antonio and
represents over 7,000 REALTOR® members.
SABOR is one of over 1,600 local
boards and 54 state and territory associations
of REALTORS® nationwide that
make up the National Association of
REALTORS® (NAR). Please visit
SABOR.com for more information.
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