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What's New!

San Francisco Bay Area NAIOP Members, Sponsors and Real Estate Professionals:

Fall, 2008

Thank you for your support of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NAIOP! As a result of your support, our Chapter won the Chapter of the Year Award for 2006 and was the nation's fastest growing chapter in 2005, 2006 and 2007. As you know our mission is to support and benefit the Bay Area commercial real estate industry by proactively influencing legislative policy, providing superior educational events and fostering networking opportunities. As the chapter president for 2008, my goal for this year was to continue to provide value for members. While 2008 has been a challenging year for many of us in the real estate industry, at NAIOP, we continue to strive to make the chapter even better and more member-friendly.

Educational Events: The majority of our educational events during the past two years have completely sold out as a result of our incredible roster of speakers. Our planned monthly events are more examples of the kinds of networking and educational events you have come to expect from NAIOP. Please see the chapter website’s events and registration page for details of coming events.

Real Estate Insider Luncheons: Implemented last year under Drew Gordon’s leadership, these insider luncheons are a tremendous – and free – member benefit, offering an intimate, informal luncheon setting and top speakers. Available to members only, these events have nearly sold out each month.

Legislative Affairs: Our Legislative Affairs Chair, Phil Wang, is the vice-chair of the NAIOP state council, which acts to formulate NAIOP’s state-wide legislative policy. In addition, members receive weekly email updates on legislative issues. Please see the Legislative Action tab of our website for updates on legislative issues affecting our industry.

Membership: A strong base of membership is the key to having a vibrant organization. If you are not currently a member of NAIOP, we urge you to join – and to join a committee.

Developing Leaders: Also last year, we implemented a new focus on younger members – our Developing Leaders. We have, for some time, offered young professionals (under 35) membership at a discounted $199 rate. Starting last fall, we had a successful recruiting event at the Olympic Club to kick off our campaign to more actively recruit younger members. In 2008, we’ve held two more successful developing leaders events under the capable leadership of Dave Smith.

Sponsorship: During the past four years, the number of corporate sponsors supporting our chapter has quadrupled, most recently as a result of Sponsorship Chair Don Shaver’s efforts. Without these sponsors, we could not have put on our many quality programs, introduced younger members to the real estate industry and pushed for legislation favorable to real estate interests.

We are committed to providing member value by putting on excellent events, fostering networking opportunities and distributing timely information on legislative issues. Please contact our Executive Director Lisa Brown, or me Alison Hawkins with comments, and thanks again for your support. If you are not currently a member or sponsor, we urge you to contact one of us and get involved! See you at our next event.

Sincerely,

Alison Hawkins

NAIOP/SFBA 2008 President