Agenda - Council - 05/12/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

CHAPTER PRESIDENT'S REPORT NAIOP ANNUAL DINNER On Wednesday, April 15, Ed Harrington pulled off another extravagant event - the Second Annual NAIOP Dinner and Awards Banquet. Ed is our managing director and the one you see behind the registration desk at our seminars. Thank-you, Ed! The main theme of the evening was a tribute to Sam Marfield for his extraordinary service and accomplishments during his two years as President of our chapter. This honor was something Sam truly deserves. So if any of you who were not at the meet- ing see Sam, let him know you appreciate what he has done and will continue to do for all of us. We look forward to many more years of service from him as an active board member. A tribute was also paid to all members who served on the various committees last year. This is what ma~es NAIOP work. It is the active interest and participation of many members. In the future, let's keep our participation level as high as it has been in the past. Finally, the new officers you elected were installed and so passes the gavel and responsibilities that go with it. Since many ~l~eYOU were not able to make this event, I've chosen to print e part of my speech that applies to who we are and where 're going as a chapter: "Let me now look into the next year and share with you some of the aspirations of the new officers, committee chair- men and myself. "In one sentence, we want the voice and concerns of NAIOP to be heard loud and clear. We want to have a positive impact on those people that affect our industry in the Upper Midwest region. We expect this impact to produce measureable profits for each of us - personally, professionally, and for NAIOP. "Our goal is to take our existing organization and melt it down, mold it, form it, and shape it into an organization that will fully utilize t~e power and strength within it. "Let us examin~ who we are, and why we should ex- pect to have that kind of impact and realize a measureable profit. I"We are 145 member firms strong. One of the largest ~ the country - larger than most in the more publicized _ growth areas in the country. These firms employ over 300 people who attend our meetings. We have a mailing list for our monthly newsletter publication of over 900 people who affect our industry. "Our m~mbers - ail ofY0u - h~ve de~elop~d o~ own in excess of 150 million square feet of commercial and industrial real estate. These developments provide a place of employ- ment for 60,000 people. This work force represents an annual payroll of $900 million. With the state budget so much in the news today, we know that in addition to the income taxes paid on that payroll, we pay more than $130 million annually in real estate taxes. "In summary, we are important. We are important to the state, local communities and, most of all, to the people. "Realizing this, what is it that we can and should be doing? We will achieve our goal through the following specific objectives: "We will continue to provide quality educational pro- grams to the membership. We consider this the backbone of our organization. "We will be increasingly active at the state legislative level. We will be particularly active in the areas of (1) Land use regulation; (2) Environmental law; (3) Public financing of commercial and industrial development; and (4) Minnesota tax policy. "We will create a vehicle to cause more effective com- munications with our local communities. We will assist and ad- vise them in their work and regulations that affect our indus- try. As an example, we will try again this year to host a developer]city planner seminar. "We will establish a regular program of media news re- leases. "We will promote our organization and industry by pub- lishing a brochure reciting many of the statistics I gave you earlier. "We will inform our members of our activities as well as the important works and accomplishments of other organi- zations, such as the Minnesota Business Partnership, MET Council, MIDA, etc. through the publication of our monthly newsletter. "We will produce a membership directory containing pertinent information about each of the members. ' -' "We will increase our membership by 15% with concen- trated efforts in obtaining more members from the St. Paul development community. "We will maintain firm financial footings in order to fund all of these activities. "We will only accomplish t~is ~oal, however, through the continued dedicated support of our membership and the. 75 people v('ho will actively serve ~n the various co.Mnu)tees this year. "At this time, I would like.to xecognize the officers and co;~mittee chairmen for the coming year: Steve Gage, Vice President (Garron Corporation); Bill Balsiger, Secretary (Northland Mortgage Company); Don Woodward, Treasurer (Don Woodward & Associates); Dave Weir, Program Com- mittee Chairman (Cramer-Weir Company, Inc.); Harry Yaffe, Newsletter Committee Chairman (Marfield Investment Com- pany); Tony Hipp, Membership Directory Committee Chair- man (Title Insurance Company of Minnesota); Jim Stuebner, Legislative Committee Chairman (Northland Development Company); John Gabfielson, Membership Committee Chah'- man (Coldwell Banker); Marion Freed, Finance Committee Chairman (Prudential ..l?urance. Comp.,an.y); Rick ,Martens, Public Relations Committee Chairman (Winfield Development Company); Ed Han'ington, Managing Director (Management 2). "We should give all of these men applause - and give a special thank-you to Ed Harrington for arranging this won- derful evening. "With this, I will close by thanking you for your vote of confidence in me for the coming year." - William C. Tobin NAIOP Chapter President