Spotlight: REIC Edmonton Chapter

EDMONTON CHAPTER UPDATES

The REIC Edmonton Chapter has started off 2018 with a busy schedule! Our first luncheon was held on February 15 with National Secretary/Treasurer Lindsay Carlson, FRI CRES as guest speaker.

We are excited to share that the Edmonton Chapter successfully hosted two courses so far, REIC2600: Ethics in Business Practice and RES201: Successful Site Management. Although, at first, we were a bit unsure of how successful these courses would be - we can report with enthusiasm that the chapter benefited financially from these two courses.

On April 6, we had our AGM with IREM Canada RVP Ron Penner, CPM® CRP as our guest speaker. Together we announced our two new board members, Shirley Mattreck, CPM® ACoM and Barry Meckelberg, CPM® ARM®.

We have had a number of chapter interviews resulting in three member designations, Stacy Elliott, CPM®, Amanda Loveless, CPM® and Ken Sheil holding both CPM® and ACoM designations.

Our next luncheon will be held on June 7. It will be focused on outreach to young professionals who are attending business/ real estate programs at our two Universities in Edmonton. The luncheon will have a guest speaker; Melissa McKinley is the Director of Planning with the Alberta Cannabis Secretariat within the Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General. Melissa will be speaking on the upcoming change to legalize cannabis in Canada and how it will affect the real estate industry. We will be combining this event with corporate outreach while Gareth R. Jones, FRI CRES ABR CRB SRS SRES PSA RENE, REIC National Vice-President, Corporate Developmentis in Edmonton.

The golf committee is in full force and this year we have a new partner who has participated in a number of successful tournaments. We are calling this a "golf experience" and not just a golf tournament. The event is scheduled for September 8, and proceeds will support Habitat for Humanity and the Alberta Cancer Foundation. •

IREM Canada RVP, Ron Penner CPM® CRP