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NEWS AT A GLANCE
BOMA-ATLANTA NEWS Fight the Drought Surcharge. Atlanta City Council members are considering placing a 15 percent surcharge on all water/sewer bills to recoup the city's anticipated loss of money from drought-related legislation. On March 19, Council members held a public hearing in City Hall to address the drought surcharge. Representatives from BOMA-Atlanta spoke at the hearing on behalf of the association, and BOMA-Atlanta Government Affairs Committee Chair Kevin O'Sullivan was quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's article on the subject. The Council will consider the surcharge again on April 15. There is still time to protect your valuable interests by opposing the surcharge. Contact your representative to make sure that this surcharge is not approved! To view a list of Council members and their contact information, click here. To view the surcharge ordinance is its present form, click here. Call for Southern Region Nominations. Learn more about the BOMA Southern Region and develop your leadership skills by joining the Southern Region Board of Directors or Nominating Committee. Nomination forms are now available. To nominate yourself or a colleague for the Board of Directors, click here to download a nomination form. To nominate yourself or a colleague for the Nominating Committee, click here to download a nomination form. Read the Southern Region Newsletter. Keep up with the latest trends in the BOMA Southern Region by reading the Southern Region newsletter. The first-quarter 2008 issue of the newsletter is now available. To read the newsletter, click here. Watch Your Mail for Trade Show Exhibitor Packages. The BOMA-Atlanta Trade Show is the largest one-day gathering of its kind of Atlanta building owners, managers and vendors. Thanks to our many wonderful exhibitors, exhibitor booths for the May 21 BOMA-Atlanta Trade Show are sold-out! Comprehensive exhibitor packages have been mailed to all trade show exhibitors. Click here to download the BOMA exhibitor package. Click here to download the Shepard Exhibitor Service Manual. For more information about the trade show, click here. To register for the May 21 BOMA luncheon, click here. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list for a booth, contact BOMA-Atlanta Director of Events and Professional Development Kelly Schwartz at kschwartz@boma-atlanta.org or 404-475-9980. UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL COURSES BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP): Energy Efficient Audit Concepts and Economic Benefits Webinar. (April 3) This comprehensive Webinar reviews energy audit practices and describes the benefits for energy management. Your training focuses on how to inventory equipment and how to sequence equipment for optimal performance, and provides tips for record management and measurement and verification. To register for this BEEP Webinar, click here, or contact Leah Gehlsen at 1-800-553-8878 or leah.gehlsen@stamats.com. Recruiting and Retaining Talent Webinar. (April 16) Increased transparency in the public markets, public-to-private transactions, demands for better performance and the continued growth and expansion of real estate markets have had a material impact on how professionals are rewarded, retained and recruited. This Webinar offers practical insights for getting a foothold in the talent market and remaining competitive when recruiting new staff. Find out about current compensation trends, market dynamics impacting compensation and what the future looks like on the financial side of human capital management. Drawing from case studies, we will note how compensation can be used to drive performance. The program was developed by BOMA International and Buildings magazine. To register, click here. BOMA Property Management (PM) 101. (April 18) Explore the world of property management through PM 101, a five-day course taught over five weeks. Sponsored by ABM Janitorial and AlliedBarton Security Services, this dynamic course will combine classroom-style learning, interaction with industry professionals, and behind-the-scenes tours of metro-Atlanta buildings. It is designed for assistant property and facility managers and others who are interested in expanding their knowledge of the industry. The Georgia Real Estate Commission has approved this course for 24 hours of Continuing Education Units. Fire and Life Safety Seminar. (April 30) Is your commercial real estate building meeting code? The Fire and Life Safety Seminar will help you answer this important question. The seminar will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the American Cancer Society Building (formerly The Inforum). Sponsored by Rolf Jensen and Associates and the BOMA Technical Organization (BTO), the seminar will provide a fire systems overview and address topics of interest, including the frequency and function of maintenance testing and working with the Authority Having Jurisdiction. This seminar is approved for 3 CEUs by the Georgia Real Estate Commission. Light refreshments will be served. Complimentary parking will be provided. BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP): Lo- and No-cost Operational Adjustments (May 8) This beneficial Webinar presents best practices for operations and maintenance measures to improve the energy efficiency of commercial real estate without capital expenditures. It also focuses on the financial impact of no- and low-cost adjustments and reviews how to use tools such as data loggers and metering to identify and verify improvement opportunities. To register for this BEEP Webinar, click here, or contact Leah Gehlsen at 1-800-553-8878 or leah.gehlsen@stamats.com. BOMA-Atlanta Medical Office Building Seminar. (May 9) Growing numbers of facility managers are emerging in the expanding medical office building community. To keep pace with change, BOMA-Atlanta is launching the first Medical Office Building Seminar. At the seminar, a panel of experts will discuss best practices for maximizing parking revenues, new ideas for managing doctor and employee parking, and the latest offerings in medical office building concierge parking services. If you are a medical office building manager or owner, this seminar is for you! For more information or to register online, click here. Facilities Planning and Project Management. (May 14) Through this course, you will develop the skills and knowledge critical to the successful execution of a facilities project: proper planning, selecting a building's team, and following through with attention to detail. You will learn how to assemble and manage facilities teams and how to plan and implement facilities projects, including methods to control key elements of the process. In this course you will examine case studies on SFP models, project management methods, and outcomes. You will also study how to close out projects, how to complete and use a facilities annual report, and how to read and interpret architectural drawings. Top Ten Ways to Manage Any Tenant Problem Webinar. (May 22). This Webinar features Kevin Fanning and is hosted by attorney Clark Hill. The Webinar will offer useful tips for avoiding “unintentional promises,” problematic lease paraphrasing and the dreaded sloppy e-mail trail. Learn how to use timelines to manage tenant problems and maintain consistency. Plus, discover how to communicate effectively with tenants to resolve disputes and be prepared for litigation. This program was developed by BOMA International and Buildings magazine. To register, click here. UPCOMING EVENTS BOMA Southern Region Conference. (April 10) Register now for the BOMA Southern Region Conference, hosted by BOMA-Orlando April 10 to 13 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. The cutoff date for hotel registrations is March 13. Book your hotel room before all the conference rooms are sold out. All-inclusive registration for the conference, including the TOBY Dinner Awards dinner, is only $405! A TOBY Dinner Awards ticket is $125. This year's conference has been specifically designed to offer great education sessions and fun networking opportunities. To view a list of conference events, click here. Hillside Fundraiser. (April 25) The BOMA-Atlanta Community Service Committee is hosting the second annual fundraising luncheon for Hillside at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at 4501 Olde Perimeter Way in Atlanta. There will be a networking reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres from 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon, followed by a raffle and auction during the luncheon. All proceeds will go to Hillside. Seating is limited and registration is required. Hillside is coordinating the registration for this event. To register, click here.BTO Trade Show Breakfast. (May 21) The BOMA Technical Organization (BTO) is hosting a breakfast for building engineers in conjunction with the BOMA Trade Show on May 21. The breakfast is sponsored by Superior Commercial Roofing and FireStar/Parker Young Construction and will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Cobb Galleria, with the trade show following from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The breakfast topic is water conservation issues for building engineers. Registration is limited to building engineers and you must be registered to attend. The breakfast is free for BTO members and $30 for non-members. There is a $10 late registration fee for members and non-members who register after May 9.May BOMA Luncheon. (May 21) BOMA luncheons are enjoyable and educational. They are also a valuable networking and professional development experience. The May BOMA luncheon will be held in conjunction with the BOMA Trade Show at the Cobb Galleria. The luncheon will be sponsored by Mallory & Evans Service and held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cobb Galleria. The luncheon topic is legislative perspectives on the state of the commercial real estate industry in Atlanta. Please note that the BOMA Trade Show will be closed during the luncheon. Members may attend a BOMA luncheon at no charge by registering on or before the Friday before the luncheon. Membership is determined by an individual name, not company affiliation. Members who do not register by the cut-off date must pay a $25 late fee to attend the event. 2008 BOMA-Atlanta Trade Show. (May 21) Elect your winning team at the 2008 BOMA-Atlanta Trade Show. The show will be held May 21 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Cobb Galleria in conjunction with the 8 a.m. BTO Trade Show breakfast and the 11:30 a.m. May BOMA luncheon. All property managers, facility managers and building engineers may attend the trade show for free and enter to win exciting prizes such as the grand prize trip to Washington, D.C.! During the trade show there will be a silent auction to benefit Hillside. Allied members who are not exhibiting at the show may not attend the trade show, but may attend the May 21 luncheon. Please note that the show will close briefly for the BOMA luncheon. Exhibitor booths are now sold out. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list for a booth or if you would like to donate an item for the silent auction, contact BOMA-Atlanta Director of Events and Professional Development Kelly Schwartz at kschwartz@boma-atlanta.org or 404-475-9980.
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