COLORADO AUCTIONEER
the First Quarter • 2017
The Quarterly Newsletter of the Colorado Auctioneers Association
How much is TOO much? By Cissy Tabor, BAS, PRI hy would I even ask this question? Well, there are many areas or divisions in a state association and in providing a convention for our state association. This year, one statement was made that could be viewed as a critique in regard to our 2017 Convention. Will You Choose to raise your “average” or lower it? YOU are The Only One who can make the decision! Now I realize, that this year, not only were we jam-packed with speakers, but also, we began our convention at the beginning of Friday morning versus years’ prior. Is that a bad thing? Well, not necessarily. We, the board association, did everything we could to inform our members of the high-paced and information-packed convention to the best of our ability through the newsletter and email blasts. So, let’s look at the statement. Is it better to have too much information and opportunities available to you for learning than not enough? Or worse yet, no one you would care to even learn from? Is it beneficial for our association to start earlier on Friday morning vs half-a-day of socializing and networking? Well, I believe the answer lies in one word; “Quality.” Quality is the key when asking such a question in which your answer will be based on perception. Through some positive networking and planning, the association tried to bring a diverse schedule to our association members in hope that we would be able to provide education to ALL Of Our Members whether it be technology, social media, legal, insurance or bid calling techniques with champions. Even though our convention was jam-packed with speakers, bid calling sessions, vendors, entertainment and championships, I believe that not only were we able to provide “quality” speakers to our members, but we were also able to provide an opportunity of “Balance” to our members in choices as well. Our association membership is as diverse as our industry and if we don’t look at our members and try to provide a diverse opportunity of learning, then we are doing a disservice to our membership and I don’t see how we can continue to stay strong and grow. We have begun to already start working on next years convention and I encourage you to contact Mike Nichols with any requests for speakers / classes that you would like to have offered. I am grateful to all of our speakers (Larry Harb, Adele Nichols, George Michak, Shannon Sewell Mays, David Whitaker, John Korrey and Matt Corso) that battled the winter storm to make it to our convention and share their expertise with us! A big “Thank you” to Scott Shuman for stepping in to share with us his information and some lessons learned along the way and to Junior Staggs for being on our competition judge panel. To Myers Jackson, “Thank you” for not only sharing your knowledge with us, but also showcasing the Colorado Auctioneers Association and our members, along with providing us your photography services. We continue to look forward to you sharing more pictures with us from our convention!
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Many success speakers say that we are each the average of the 5 people with whom we spend the most time. This means average of professional success, income, debt, etc... So, start thinking toward 2018....Will you choose to raise your “average” or lower it. YOU are the ONLY one who can make that decision! Additionally will you seek to increase the average for others or decrease it? ~ Jim Rohn
www.coauctioneers.org FISRT QUARTER • 2017
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