Meeting Schedule
GWERC sponsors educational meetings each year. Meeting topics are as diverse as the members that we serve. Prior meeting topics have included international programs, referral fees, technology, and the relocation appraisal process. Board members are elected at the December meeting each year.
2008 Scheduled Meetings:
April 10, 2008
June 17, 2008
September 23, 2008
December 12, 2008
Upcoming Meeting
The next GWERC meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at Oakwood in Falls Church, VA. Cris Collie from Worldwide ERC will lead a roundtable discussion that you won’t want to miss! Check back soon for more information!
Past Meetings
June 17, 2008 Meeting
The June 17, 2008 GWERC Meeting was held at the ATF headquarters in Washington, DC. After a continental breakfast and networking hour, President Pam Silvis called the meeting to order. Industry updates were given by Bill Fouts, Government; Hellen Valle, Real Estate; Rolanzo Kinniebrew, Mortgage, and Mike Berry, Household Goods.
The educational session was titled, “Charting the Course for Policy Success”. The session was led by Sandy Taraszki, Executive Director of Worldwide ERC Coalition. Panel members were Russ Haynie, Prudential; Connie Bullock, Hewitt Mobility; Tom Higgins, SIRVA; and Angie Gilbreath, Primacy Relocation. The presentation focused on the new pressures that corporations and government agencies are facing with the current real estate market. Creative policy ideas and solutions were discussed to chart the course for policy success. A copy of the presentation is available here: charting-the-course-presentation.pdf
APRIL 2008
The first GWERC meeting of 2008 was held on April 10th at the ATF headquarters, located at 99 New York Avenue, NW in Washington, DC. The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by President, Pam Silvis-Zelasko. Silvis introduced the 2008 Board and discussed the rules of conduct for the organization. Members were asked to volunteer to serve on various committees and suggest meeting topic ideas.
Industry updates were provided by Paul Dixon for Transportation/Household Goods and John Ryan for Real Estate. Julie Blanford and MaryAnne Sykes provided the Government update.
An Educational Program was provided by Michael Nasr from Countrywide Bank, Dreama Ross from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, and Karl Verell from Prudential Relocation. View the presentations here:
overcoming-payment-challenges.pdf
the-housing-market-and-mortgage-trends.pdf
DECEMBER 2007
The annual Holiday Luncheon was held on December 14, 2007 at Oakwood Worldwide in Falls Church, VA. After the opening comments and industry updates, President Laura Biggs presented a Donation to the ERC Coalition on behalf of GWERC. Dick Mansfield from ERC accepted the donation and provided a tax and legal update.
The motivational speaker was Gregg Gregory who provided an interactive session on “Getting Everyone to Play Nice in the Sandbox” which focused on the important differences between work groups and work teams, as well as the impact each member has on the overall team performance and productivity.
Elections for the 2008 Board were held and donations were accepted for the Toys for Tots Program.