Meeting Today - May 4, 2000 - 5:00 p.m.

King County Administration Building

The future starts with this meeting, so it is very important to attend if at all possible.  Agenda items will include (1) Appraisal Program enhancements in spite of I-695; (2) Planning for ACOW's Summer Seminar at Snoqualmie Summit; (3) Preparing for the fall election and the State Budget to be adopted by the 2001 Legislature; (4) Revisions proposed by DOL to Chapter 308-125 WAC, Real Estate Appraisers; (5) Future Legislative Goals; (6) ACOW web site enhancements; (7) ACOW Newsletter;  (8) Fundraising; (9) Survey; and (10) You name it/them.  More contributions and involvement of every appraiser's time, talent and treasure will allow Washington's appraiser program to be the finest that we can imagine.

ACOW AND YOU

What do you believe ACOW's 2000-2002 goals should be???  Actively supporting ACOW with your time, talent and treasure is the best way to work toward having your expectations fulfilled.  BE THERE!
GENERIC CERTIFICATES AND LICENSE NUMBERS

"Random License/Certificate Numbers" are now available by contacting DOL.  ACOW thanks DOL for doing this administratively.

REGULATION

The first meeting of the new Real Estate Appraiser Commission (REAC) will be this summer.  Thank you to all for a stellar effort to get SSB 5942 passed and enacted into law.  The present REAAC members will continue to serve the duration of their terms.  Thank you to all who have and are serving on the REAC.  Watch the DOL Appraisal Unit web site at http://www.wa.gov/dol/bpd/appfront.htm for the latest info.
ACOW MEETINGS

ACOW meetings regularly are 17:00 on the Thursday after the first Tuesday of every month.  Remaining meetings during Y2K are on May 4, June 8, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 9, and December 7. Odd-numbered months are at the Department of Assessments, Commercial Division (206-296-5144, Robin Hopkins), King County Administration Building, Room 853 (watch for signs in halls); 500 Fourth Avenue (one-way northbound).  Enter from Fifth Avenue (one-way southbound) to the Fourth Floor.  Exit I-5 at James Street, and go south on Sixth Avenue (between I-5 and the County Jail), then west down the hill to the County Parking Lot on the south side of Jefferson Street opposite the Jail, between Sixth and Fifth Avenues.  (TB=Downtown Seattle (ix)-D5, or 565-A6.)

The June 8 meeting will probably be at the office of Market Value Systems (425-226-2855, Barry Wilson), 321 Burnett Avenue South, Suite 308, in downtown Renton (TB=656-C3).


. . . JIM IRISH

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JIM IRISH 206-789-7472 bf777@scn.org www.scn.org/~bf777
SRA Member of the Appraisal Institute
State-Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
10508 Palatine Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98133-8725
APPRAISERS' COALITION OF WASHINGTON * at * www.acow-wa.org

Washington State Legislature's Toll-free Hot Line is 1-800-562-6000
E-mail "Your Good Member" (Senator/Representative) at member_yo@leg.wa.gov
Find Bills at http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/1999-00/senate (or house)
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MESSAGES ARE A MUST

Contacting your own Senators and Representatives is essential. Phone and FAX numbers, E-mail and Post Office Addressees, bill copies and any other information which you need can be found by calling the Legislative Hot Line at 1-800-562-6000. The illustrative model e-mail address for "Your Favorite Legislator" is legislator_yo@leg.wa.gov. Use the WEB at www.leg.wa.gov for LEGInfo, or access by FTP at ftp.leg.wa.gov or by E-mail at ftpmail@leg.wa.gov.

APPRAISAL NEWS IN WASHINGTON STATE

See ACOW on the Web at www.acow-wa.org for government and public relations related to appraising. Request ACOW E-mail from bf777@scn.org until a listserve is implemented. Sending fewer faxes will help to stretch ACOW's resources. No part of this effort is too small to matter.

Go to http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Appraisers-WA to subscribe to newsgroup postings for appraisal business matters of interest in Washington State. Stay abreast of who has or needs what in comparables. See what's hot, and what's rot.

PLEASE HELP OUR PROFESSION NOW!

GET INVOLVED, ACOW NEEDS YOU!