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Ursula Morel, a Realtor with Sea to Sky Premier Properties in Whistler, BC became the 2010 President of the Canadian Chapter of the International Real Estate Federation www.FIABCI.com at its Annual General Meeting in Victoria. She holds Trans-National Referral Certification and is a Certified International Properties Specialist and Resort and Second Property Specialist.

Ms. Morel specializes in luxury resort and second home property marketing and is a member of the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing with the achievement of the Million Dollar Guild. Fluent in French and German she has been a Chapter Director since 2006 and at the international level has attended numerous conferences world wide consistently promoting Canada and in particular British Columbia and Whistler.

After being congratulated by Dale Riplinger, President of the Canadian Real Estate Association and Dean Lapointe, President of FIABCI Americas she stated she was looking forward to sharing the FIABCI mission statement of providing real estate professionals throughout the world with an effective means of communication to enable them to share their knowledge with each other and with the international community in order to provide society with the optimal solution to its property needs.

Secretary-General Jerry England said that he was encouraged by Ursula’s determination and enthusiasm and knows that she will be a driving force in the new initiatives to effectively bring social networking and referral making to the forefront of membership benefits.

With its headquarters in Paris, The International Real Estate Federation (IREF) or Fédération Internationale des Professions Immobilièrs (FIABCI) is a world wide network operating in over 60 countries representing 1.5 million real estate professionals.

To register for the FIABCI-USA Spring Annual Meeting, visit the Events Calendar on www.fiabci-usa.com or click here: http://www.fiabci-usa.com/springmeeting2010.html. Remember, the registration fee goes up after Feb. 25, so be sure to send in your registration by then.

One of the highlights of the March 27 Welcome Session will be the presentation of the results of AFIRE’s Annual Foreign Investment Survey. When asked which countries provided the best opportunity for capital appreciation, 50% of survey respondents chose the U.S.; 30%, the U.K.; and 10%, China. Come hear about the foreign investors’ plans for 2010.

To reserve your room at the Hotel Monaco at the FIABCI-USA group rate of $179 (single or double), call 1-800-Kimpton (24 hours a day) or 1-800-368-5047 (9am-5pm ET). These phone numbers are different from the ones printed in the information mailed to you earlier. Be sure to tell them you’re with FIABCI-USA and to make your reservations by the Feb. 25 deadline.

To vote, go to https://vod.votenet.com/fiabci. To log in to vote, be sure to use the email address we have on file for you. Your username is the same as your username for logging in to Members’ Only on www.fiabci-usa.com. All current paid members (other than Academic Members) are eligible to vote.

[Your username is a number and if you don’t know it, you can retrieve it by going to www.fiabci-usa.com and clicking on Members’ Only. Underneath the login box, you’ll see: “Forgot your FIABCI Username” and a place to “click here.” Click, enter your email address in the box provided, and your username will be emailed to you. Please use this automated username retrieval process rather than contacting FIABCI-USA in order to keep the voting anonymous.] Special note for recent new members: your username = Clay.

FIABCI New York Local Council Meeting

It was standing room only as the FIABCI New York Local Council recently held a wonderful cocktail party hosted by Danielle Grossenbacher, 2010-2011 President-Elect, FIABCI-USA at Brown Harris Stevens. There was a guest appearance by FIABCI World President Elect 2010 Enrico Campagnoli who met with attendees throughout the evening. Enrico Campagnoli has played a vital role as delegate to the UN. As part of the UN task force on Real Estate he is a co-author of a very comprehensive report you can find by clicking on the FIABCI USA home page’s right hand “What’s New” Tab. The report is identified as: Oct 19, 2009 UN Report: Key Components of Real Estate Markets Framework. The event was also attended by FIABCI Past World Presidents Owen Gwynn and Tony Grant as well as Judy Shenefield, 2009-2010 FIABCI-USA President.

The NYC FIABCI Chapter has planned exciting events for the upcoming months. The NY Council is committed to increasing membership and helping young adults to become beacons in this organization. Please mark your calendars for events on February 25th, March 18th and April 22nd. If you have any questions, please phone DAWN TSIEN

Ursula Morel became the 2010 President of FIABCI Canada

FIABCI New York Local Council Meeting