COLORADO AUCTIONEER
the First Quarter • 2018
The Quarterly Newsletter of the Colorado Auctioneers Association
60th Anniversary Convention Success! There's nothing quite like Spring.
Flowers are blooming, temperatures are warming and hometown ballparks everywhere are echoing with that hollow ding that only an aluminum baseball bat swung by a Little League kid can make. I believe that the 2018 CAA 60th Anniversary Convention could be classified as a “Homerun” for all that attended and worked on the event to make it successful! We had an increase in attendees, sponsorships, competition and a Challenge of Champions. I’m not going to lie and say that I wasn’t a little bit nervous this year about our convention and hoping that everything would come out successfully with all of the events, details and management of everything Mike Nichols put together with the support from the Board of Directors. Standing on the sidelines this year, I got to listen and hear many comments and compliments for the success of celebrating 60 years for the Colorado Auctioneers Association! Hooray! The food was great, the refreshments were plentiful, the entertainment was endless and there were some fun moments of good ‘ol fashion camaraderie between members recounting stories during the weekend. I would
even say that our “Hospitality Suite” knocked it out of the ballpark for continuing entertainment and building friendships during the convention weekend. Our association Board Of Directors has chosen to provide members with multiple learning topics during our convention unlike most other associations that provide, mainly 1 session at a time, and I feel that this is another “success at bat” in continuing education for our diverse industry in trying our best to reach as many members as possible for our convention and in learning since we don’t host bi-annual conventions as some other associations do or require continuing education for your membership. Weekends like this cannot be successful without all the team members working together with volunteers and association members who give their time and resources, planning, creative strategy and just tying up loose ends. A sincere “Thank you to everyone.” If you haven’t attended our annual convention in a while, please let me encourage you to not miss out next year! Plan ahead. It’s the 1st weekend in January. Take advantage of your membership, network, find old friends, make new ones, let others know what you’re doing and become a bigger, more engaged part / member of our association. An association cannot be successful without the support and participation of it’s members, so… Play Ball!
CAA attends the NAA State Leadership Conference this month. Cissy Tabor (Executive Secretary), Scott Shuman (NAA President & CAA Member), Bryce Elemond (2nd Vice President), Mike Heitmann (1st Vice President) and David Whitley (CAA Director & NAA Director), attended the Annual NAA State Leadership Conference in Kansas City, MO. State Association Leadership and Executive Directors are invited to take part in this annual event dedicated to educating them on effective nonprofit management, strategic planning, association marketing and more.
www.coauctioneers.org FISRT QUARTER • 2018
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