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We are home to Indiana’s premier appraisers. As the local organization of the Appraisal Institute, we host chapter meetings, sponsor educational offerings and publish a quarterly newsletter, The Indiana Appraiser.
Our purpose is to serve our members with its Branch Chapters by recognizing the geographic and professional diversity in providing services which enhance the abilities and opportunities of its members enabling them to achieve their objectives in a professional and ethical manner.
Find stated objectives of the HSC of the Appraisal Institute HERE.
This web page provides information in the Hoosier State Chapter to our members and the public. For more information or if you are interested in joining our organization, visit the national home page of the Appraisal Institute. |
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President’s Letter
HOOSIER STATE CHAPTER PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you this year as President of the Hoosier State Chapter. The past year has provided new challenges for our industry including regulatory and legislative changes, declining markets, reduced appraiser confidence levels; just to mention a few of the issues. National Appraisal Institute President Leslie Sellers, MAI, SRA has reported his commitment as president this year is to "elevate and advance the appraisal profession in the eyes of our clients." The national Appraisal Institute mission statement compliments his commitment:
"Our mission is to advance professionalism and ethics, global standards, methodologies and practice through the professional development of property economics worldwide."
2010 will continue to be challenging with changes within the profession and changes in markets. My goal is to contribute to President Sellers impact on the elevation and advancement of the appraisal profession locally and nationally. With that goal in mind, the Hoosier State Chapter has a lot to offer our members and has proven in the past years that we can be a leader in education, legislative issues, mentoring and more in national, regional and local levels.
Our members are our greatest asset. The Hoosier State Chapter of the Appraisal Institute is very fortunate that our membership has and continues to be committed and involved in a local, regional and national level of the Appraisal Institute. Additionally, we have members serving as Real Estate Board Members; members serving with The Appraisal Foundation including the Appraisal Standards Board and the Board of Trustees; IRWA; CCIM, MIBOR, CBOR, NAR, IAR and other professional organizations. I wanted to formally thank those who have volunteered to be involved and I encourage new members to get involved. We will thrive by pooling our resources and knowledge and will go forward with confidence improving the profession and support, preservation and education of our Members.
As we continue the excellent leadership of the past years we should keep the mission of the Hoosier State Chapter in mind:
- Provide responsive quality education to members at a reasonable cost
- Support the highest standards of practice and ethics
- Promote the AI and designations and encourage attainment of designations
- Provide opportunities of professional relationships among members
- Monitor the political position of the profession in regard to state and local govt. of issues that affect our membership
- Provide other member services and anticipate member needs in an efficient manner at a reasonable cost.
We can continue our success by reaching out to related professional organizations and agencies throughout the year to encourage affiliation and recruitments of new members from within the industry. We have received national recognition for our education program and mentoring program. We anticipate continued success with each. Last year at our Installation Banquet, we had over 100 attendees and awarded 4 new designations. Already this year we have even more on the way and hopefully exceed last year's success. I encourage members and potential members to attend our quarterly meetings and other events. I am especially looking forward to hosting President Leslie Sellers, MAI, RM as our speaker at the September 10, 2010 meeting. Thank you, again to all of those members who have been involved in the past and to those who are volunteering this year.
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