BI-MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES MAY 1, 2013
The Bi-Monthly Meeting was called to order by President John Fike at approximately 10:30 a.m. with 28 in attendance. VALA President John Fike Mr. Fike will follow up with Ed Clodfelter on whether or not VALA members are eligible for a discount for the IAAO Text Book. VLCT Steve Jeffries A hand out was distributed [...]
BI-MONTHLY DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES MAY 1, 2013
President John Fike opened the meeting with a motion to pass the secretary’s minutes from the previous VALA Meeting. Louise Ferris-Burt from Bethel made the first motion and Bab’s from Westminster seconded the motion. VALA Treasurer Don Sweetser reported “no financial activity” in April, however there were three scholarships given out since the last bi-monthly [...]
BI-MONTHLY DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES MARCH 6, 2013
The meeting was called to order at 9:07 a.m. by President John Fike. The Secretary’s report was accepted on a motion by Don Sweetser. The motion was seconded and passed. The Treasurer’s report was accepted on a motion by Ed Clodfelter. The motion was seconded and passed. John reviewed his President’s Report which included comments [...]
VALA PRESIDENT’S REPORT MARCH 2013
The time period between our November and March meetings is usually quiet until the Vermont Legislature begins their session in January. At this time your Legislative Committee begins their many journeys to Montpelier to testify on numerous bills that impact Vermont Listers and Assessors. Currently they are working to get Current Use changes through committee [...]
BI-MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 9, 2013
VALA President John Fike called the Bi-Monthly VALA Meeting to order at approximately 10:00am. There were more than 40 members in attendence. Items of discussion were how quiet the legislature is for now…only a $70 million dollar hole in the budget. Jeff Wilson who serves on the Ways and Means Committee will sponsor a bill on the [...]
BI-MONTHLY DIRECTOR’S MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 9, 2013
Vala’s Bi-monthly Director’s meeting was called to order by President John Fike at 9:00am. There were 8 Directors and 5 Alternatives representing 11 counties (according to sign-up sheet). The Secretary’s Report was approved by motion made by Nemrc’s Senior Appraiser Ed Clodfelter. The motion was seconded and passed. The Treasurer’s Report was distributed by Don [...]
BI-MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 7, 2012
MINUTES OF THE VALA DIRECTORS MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2012 The Bi-Monthly Meeting was called to order at approximately 10:00am by President John Fike. Mr. Fike gave a brief overview of the Directors meeting with the following: As of today, Vala has 180 individual memberships, representing 77 towns and 12 professional memberships. The 77 towns represent approximately 30% of the [...]
BI-MONTHLY DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 7, 2012
The VALA Directors Meeting was called to order by President John Fike at 9:00am. There were 8 Directors and 5 Alternates from 10 counties represented. The President’s letter was reviewed. One of the topics for the 2013 Annual Meeting will be “The Other Side of Current Use” featuring a representative from the Vermont Forestry Service. [...]
VALA ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
VALA’s Annual Meeting was called to order at 9:00am by President John Fike who welcomed those present and introduced Vice President, Pat French; Secretary, Carol Hammond; Treasurer, Louise Ferris-Burt. Also introduced was Randy Viens of the Legislative Committee, John Vickery of the Education Committee and Lisa Truchon also of the Education Committee and who is [...]
VALA PRESIDENT’S REPORT SEPTEMBER 2012
Annual Meeting – We have an exciting and informational meeting planned for this year. Date: Friday, September 21st, 2012 Location: Vermont Technology College, Randolph, VT Agenda: Agenda and Information Package will be emailed on September 6th Speakers: AM – Jim Barlow (VLCT) “The Tales of the BCA” PM – Ed Clodfelther (NEMRC) “Doing Your Own [...]