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Think about volunteering to benefit the industry - by Ralph Valentine

Ralph Valentine,
The Valentine Group

This  month’s  topic  builds  on  a  previous  theme: Volunteerism.    When  volunteers  serve,  they  attach  more  importance  to  serving  the  CRE  community  than  to  serving  themselves. They  aspire  to  the  principle  of  donating  time  and  energy  for  the  benefit  of  others  in  the  CRE  community,  but  as  a  social  responsibility  rather  than  for  any  financial  reward.    

Here  is  your  chance  to  donate  some  time  and  energy  to  benefit  the  industry  which  puts  food  on  the  table  and  clothes  on  our  backs.

In  early  October,  a  committee  will  be  meeting  to  present  nominations  for  board  of director  positions.    There  are  openings  on  NHCIBOR,  the  statewide  commercial realtor  board,  and  NECPE,  the board  which  governs  our  information  exchange  (The  exchange  is  wholly  owned  by  NHCIBOR).

The  commitment is a short one,  only 3 years. NHCIBOR meets  monthly  for  about  an  hour,  sometimes  a  little  longer.  NECPE  meets  every  other  month,  usually  for  not  longer  than  an  hour. They  are  morning  meetings.

You  will  meet new people, you  will  learn a lot about  how  our  industry  functions,  how  and  why  rules  are  made,  how  legislation  at  local,  state  and  federal  levels  gets  passed  and  you  will  feel  good  about  yourself  for  having  volunteered.    A  by-product  of  board  involvement  is  expanding  your  sphere  of  influence  among  the  leaders  of  our  industry.

Give  myself,  or  anyone  of  our  board  members  a  call  to  explore  this  opportunity.  

Already  a  board  member? Already  sit  on  your  local  zoning  or  planning  board,  or  an  economic  development  council? Thank  you  very  much  for  volunteering.  

Ralph  Valentine  is  the  2018  president  of  the  NH  CIBOR,  Bedford,  N.H.  

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