STOREY
INSTALLED AS 2011 ECAR PRESIDENT
11/15/10
REALTORS® from all
over eastern Connecticut met on November 12 to install newly elected officers
and directors for 2011. The Mashantucket
Pequot Museum in
Mashantucket hosted
REALTORS® and friends as 2011 President Samantha Storey of RE/MAX
Coast and Country took the oath of office.
Nichole Dagata, 2010
President of the Connecticut Association of REALTORS® was the
installing officer. Robert Kennedy, Executive Vice President of the Connecticut
Association of REALTORS® was the Master of Ceremonies.
In her incoming remarks
2011 President Samantha Storey challenged ECAR members to “achieve “Success Through Synergy”.” In a nutshell, it’s less about ME and
more about WE. How can we take bits and pieces from
others and make it our own! If you haven’t yet realized, gone are the days of
REALTORS® being order takers, gone are the days of multiple offers,
and gone are the REALTORS® that just couldn’t manage in this new
world. It’s a world of multiple interviews for a listing, the information age,
highly informed buyers and sellers. As it should be,
when we’re dealing with the largest monetary and emotional decision in their
lives. In coming years, only the best of the best REALTORS® will
survive. This year commit to personal growth, commit to thinking outside the
box. Commit to leaning into untapped resources to improve your skills. In 2011, commit to going from GOOD to GREAT.
Commit to “Success through Synergy”.
In her outgoing remarks,
2010 President Debra Chamberlain encouraged members to “Get Plugged In” by
attending meetings, serving on committees and volunteering in the community.
One reward for plugging in was seeing the delight on the new owner’s face as
she accepted the keys to her New Orleans Habitat For
Humanity home that Chamberlain had worked on while attending the NAR Annual
Conference recently.
Other Officers installed
included: President Elect, Cathy Duprey (Duprey Real Estate, LLC), Secretary, Paul Higgins (Coldwell
Banker Residential Brokerage), Treasurer, Alvin Kinsall (Randall, REALTORS®),
and Immediate Past President, Debra Chamberlain (William Raveis
Real Estate)
New elected Directors
include: Merry Cassabria (Cassabria
Realty), Patricia Erricson (Prudential Connecticut Realty), Gary Grimm (RE/MAX
Coast and Country), Lora Merrill (William Raveis Real
Estate), Catherine Newlin
(RE/MAX Home Team).
Connecticut Association of
REALTORS® 2011 Directors include: Samantha Storey (RE/
Directors continuing to serve
are: Donna Jean Breton (Prudential CT Realty), Frank Busch (Performance Realty
Group), Joanne Pendleton (Crystal Real Estate Co.), Marjorie Blizard (Randall,
REALTORS® ), Susan Rich (Exit Home Town
Properties), Marvin Elbaum (Prudential Connecticut Realty), and Douglas Taber
(Taber Realty, Inc.)
For a photo of Samantha
Storey go to http://www.easternctrealtors.com/aboutecar.html
Videos of the event are posted
on YouTube and can be accessed using the following links:
- Installation of
Officers & Directors by Nichole Dagata, 2010 CAR
President: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmzoGK3WSN8
- Debra Chamberlain’s outgoing
remarks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpY1BcnRiiY
- Presentation of
the President's Pin & Gavel and Samantha Storey’s incoming remarks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KroOLpNn6dQ