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News and Updates
March 1, 2009 - Message to FMCC members from Kit Tuveson, President:
It has been a bit over 4 months since we gathered in Dallas at World Workplace.
Your council leaders have been meeting every month and working to
deliver the resources you need for managing your consulting
businesses. This message is a status report on some of those
activities:
Website – a lot of
work has been put into upgrading our website. We are now showing
a calendar function, and listing some of the events where our members
are making a presentation, or writing an article. Secretary,
Barbara Kane, CFM, is our liaison to IFMA staff – send ideas or
corrections to her at Barbara@kaneconsulting.net.
Webinars - we have had two “shows” on starting up and marketing your consulting business. They have been very well received and we have plans for
two more before World Workplace. Watch the calendar on our
website for details.
Our Community Server is working well – there have been many requests for information
and solutions to specific problems. This is what the CS is
designed for. Please use it often.
Resource directory – the good news is that your council has been in the
driver’s seat for the design of a very robust and searchable
directory of members. It will be piloted in a few months
and then rolled out to all FMCC members. It will only be as good
as the information we ALL put into it, so be sure to look for the
instructions on how to populate this important member services tool.
Membership - as of May
1st, 2009 we have 528 members (IFMA's 5th largest council).
We are pleased to see our numbers holding up, but we need to continue
to provide tools and ideas for consulting professionals in our
membership.
Finances – our
account funds are holding up well. We are staying within the
tight budget constraints set for the 08/09 fiscal year. Our
Fiscal Year ends on June 30th.
Spring & Summer - Mike Liddle and I will be attending the European FM Conference in Amsterdam in June. We hope to attract other FMCC members from
Europe and also to do some promotion of the value of the FMCC to
attendees at this well-regarded FM conference.
World Workplace – our annual council meeting is scheduled to occur on the morning
of Wed, Oct 7th, in Orlando. We hope to see members at WWP and
also at our annual meeting on Wednesday.
My October 2008 message outlined four goals for the coming year. Here is my report on progress for each of these goals:
1 – Support & advance the visibility, value and impact of FM consulting community
We made some progress here with the Webinars and increased traffic on the Community Server.
The lateness of getting our website working well was a gap. We
have the website working now, and expect to achieve better results over
the coming months.
2 – Manage the council to
foster professional development growth, enhance benefits, and propagate
the FM consulting profession
We have maintained good governance of your council. Our Board meetings are focused on the future and on solving operations problems as they
occur. I recently appointed a Nominating Committee to put
together the ballot for the coming year’s officers.
3 – Instill a passion for
excellence in our Global members though educational and professional
opportunities, mentoring, knowledge, and leadership development
Our global reach has been excellent in Europe/Middle East/Africa
(EMEA). We have only a few members in the Asia Pacific (APAC)
region, and are working to increase membership and support there.
Issues of global importance are often discussed on our monthly
calls. Several members of the FMCC are on an IFMA Board level
International Task Force charged with detailing and clarifying
IFMA’s role as an International level Association.
4 – Engender fiscal
responsibility in the council that serves its immediate needs, while
adequately planning for the future
We have managed the expense side well, but we have not been successful
with sponsorships, nor have we made real our plans for a “revenue
event” during this year. We have more work to go on this
important objective.
It continues to be my pleasure and honor to serve you as your
President. I always appreciate direct feedback and ideas for
improvement in all that we do together.
Kit Tuveson, CFM, IFMA Fellow
FMCC President
kit@tuvesonassociates.com
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