Message from the President
 MARCH IS MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION MONTH. Since we are having our appreciation function on March 18th at Paul Homes I thought it appropriate to remind everyone of our mission and our vision as members of Women’s Council of Realtors. These are powerful statements and we all need to remember why we belong to this organization. Mission of the Women’s Council of REALTORS® We are a network of successful REALTORS® empowering women to exercise their potential as entrepreneurs and industry leaders. Our Vision: Through our influence as successful business professionals, women will effect positive change in the profession and in the broader community. Our Long-Term Goals: - To be the source of education and business tools focused on the needs of women REALTOR® entrepreneurs at all stages of development.
- To be a dynamic, accessible network, linking resources and member expertise to drive business success.
- To build, support and promote strong leaders for the industry and the broader community who are advocates for property rights and homeownership.
- To be the voice for the achievement and impact of women in real estate.
- To be sought after as a partner with other organizations to advance common objectives.
- To be a network of strong chapters that consistently deliver value and provide a collaborative, trusted, welcoming environment in which members can achieve their business goals.
- To be a magnet for career-focused REALTORS® with diverse backgrounds and a high level of professionalism.
- To be a strong organization with the resources and infrastructure necessary to fulfill our mission and realize our vision.
Women's Council of REALTORS® Values - The Power of Relationships—Success in business today is achieved through positive, productive relationships. The Women's Council of REALTORS® provides an environment of collaboration in which members can form, build and maximize relationships for business and personal success. When members share their time, talent and experience, the entire industry is advanced.
- Professional Credibility—Members of the Women's Council of REALTORS® are established career professionals. We operate based on a shared value system of integrity, respect, consistency and a commitment to excellence and continuous development.
- Diversity—The membership experience is enriched through the celebration of and active outreach to the full diversity of our industry. At the same time, the strength of the organization lies in what unites us all - our shared values.
- Participation—Active participation increases membership value. Participation in the Women's Council of REALTORS® is the opportunity to contribute to change, and to be changed, personally and professionally.
- Success—Success in business brings credibility, influence and greater opportunity. For women, especially, wealth creation through business success also leads to long-term financial security, greater independence, and more quality of life choices.
- Influence—Positive change will come from the greater inclusion of the women's perspective in positions of influence in the real estate industry and in the broader community.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION EVENING AT PAUL HOMES MODEL ON CEITUS PARKWAY, MARCH 18TH, 2009 FROM 5PM TO 7:30 PM. THERE WILL BE LOVELY HORSD’OERVES WINE AND BEER PROVIDED BY PAUL HOMES. We will also be doing several drawings for gifts through out the evening. Have a great month!
Michele Schafer, 2009 LCP Cape Coral Chapter WCR
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Governing Board Meeting
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Membership Appreciation Night
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Officers:
President:
Michele Schafer (239)292-7370
President Elect:
Debbie Towns (239)243-4513
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Elin Greer (239)989-6713
Secretary:
Jayne Malinowski (239)994-3565
Treasurer:
Donna Stout (239)810-2879
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Robin McKeever:
2009 State Vice President
2008 State Treasurer
Past Local Chapter President
Barbara Peet:
2009 District Vice President
Past Local Chapter President
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"Focus on People Skills" with Steven Oniki Presented by Women's Council of Realtors and Cape Coral Association of Realtors, March 6th from 9 to 4 at the Cape Coral Association of Realtors, 918 46th Lane, Cape Coral, FL. This seminar is an investment in yourself. Ultimately personal success is your responsibility and is based upon how effectively you deal with people. This seminar will teach you positive people skills that will get immediate results. Designed for executives, managers, sales people, families, singles, divorced and anyone whose future success is dependent upon the realization of your personal potential and the challenge of helping others. Register now. Click here for flyer
Members mark your calendars!!
And plan to attend the Membership Appreciation event at Paul Homes! Paul Homes our gracious host for the evening is providing their beautiful model home along with wine and appetizers for the evening. We have prizes and gifts that we will be giving away. This event is one of our membership drives for the year so please bring a guest. If your guest joins the Cape Coral Chapter you will be eligible for a drawing for a free membership. During the evening we will be explaining the benefits of Women's Council of Realtors such as scholarships and education reimbursement. We would love to have a few members give a 2 to 3 minute testimonial of your experience with WCR. Please email michele@omegarealty.com or debbie@debbietowns.com if you would like to do this. Oh by the way...even though we are named Women's Council of Realtors our membership is open to men! So please bring all the men you know. We look forward to seeing you there! Click here for flyer. Our Cape Coral WCR Chapter is proud to announce that we will be collecting items for our troops over seas. Our Soldiers can use such items as hand sanitizer, small bottles of shampoo and conditioner, soap, playing cards, puzzle books, chapstick, pens, pencils, individual drink mix packets, coffee, hot coco, beef jerky, protein bars, nuts, popcorn, tuna, baby wipes, magazines, cards, cigars, toilet paper, batteries, socks, phone cards, zip lock bags, etc. Items like these are helpful, but the greatest is the ongoing support from the homefront. We ask our members to help by bringing items for donation to our monthly meetings. Reminder to Affiliates... If you have not already done so it is time to renew your membership and pay your annual fee. Thank you for your continued support of the Cape Coral Chapter. |
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Dawn Carvotta at
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Mission
We are a network of successful REALTORS empowering women to exercise their potential as entrepreneurs and industry leaders.
Vision
Through our influence as successful business professionals, women will effect positive change in the profession and in the broader community.
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Welcome New Members & On the Move
Jim Marcinkowski has moved to Cape Coral Mortgage Frank Grisafi has moved to Cape Coral Mortgage Welcome New Strategic Partners The Real Estate Book, Dawn Carvotta 239-443-0522 Designer Shoe Gallerie, John Baumbach
1019 Cape Coral Parkway, 239-541-8875 The 2009 Strategic Partner Program is a great tool for our affiliate members to promote their services. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity! Please contact JJ Jones at 239-878-6583 for more information.
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Spotlight Members of the Month - Affiliate Member
Linda Westerman and Cary Buttrum Representing The News-Press. Carrie and Linda started at The News-Press in June of 2008. Both have a career background in real estate and have taken that experience to assist realtors in advertising their businesses. In the past year, The News-Press has re-vamped its real estate department and has hired a Real Estate Manager who has an extensive background in the local real estate market. She has filled the Real Estate Department with Sales Executives who have extensive real estate experience such as Linda and Carrie. It has been a very interesting career choice for us. There are so many advertising opportunities, that we have spent a large part of our time just learning the various publications and on-line opportunities available to realtors. Of course, learning our way around the building and taking a tour of the printing area was quite fascinating even though we didn't get to yell "Stop the presses!". We also got to sit in on the planning meeting with the editor so we knew the headlines for the next day! As realtors, we couldn't resist the opportunity to comment on the real estate coverage in The News Press. So, we met with Steve McQuilken, the Real Estate Editor and asked why the negative side of real estate seemed to make headlines. This is what we learned- In the Sunday Real Estate section in any average 8 week time-frame, The News-Press tries to consistently print at least four positive headlines. Of course, we wanted more headlines with positive statements, but we are forced to face reality. The News-Press is a newspaper and cannot make up the news, they can only report it. So, as the saying that goes..."it is what it is"... really sums it up. But we did make some changes that have a positive effect for realtors. Just as we don't report airline crashes in the Travel Section, whenever appropriate, the real estate doom and gloom articles are printed in a section other than Real Estate. We have also focused on bringing products to the market to be attractive to realtors in this challenging market. Keep reading our emails to learn about some exciting programs to have realtors able to market their business in an economical and effective manner. We are here to help realtors. Our goal is to continue to provide publications and opportunities that appeal to buyers and that make sellers appreciate what you are doing for them. We endeavor to work with realtors to find solutions that meet their needs.... call us, we will listen. "We'll see you in the funnies"!
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Spotlight Members of the Month - Realtor of the Month
 Mary Margaret Embroli-Swanson
Sellstate Priority Realty After careers in education, training and development, insurance, banking and finance, financial planning and most recently over 20 years in the real estate industry, in 2007 Mary Margaret retired from the full-time practice of real estate to start a new career in specialty foods as One Nutty Lady. She frequently jokes that everything else she has done in life has prepared her for this. The best preparation was motherhood: the ultimate training ground for multi-tasking. Her adult son and daughter are both well-adjusted, successful adults who survived growing up in a household with parents who were both teachers creating a learning laboratory focusing on creativity and discovery where things were rarely done the same way twice. Even better that parenthood is grand-parenthood. "If I'd known grandchildren were this much fun, I'd have had them first!" I'm so lucky to have my daughter and her family here in Cape Coral so I could always be involved in my grandson Chadd's life. For several years before he went off to college at FGCU, Chadd lived next door to us. Growing up in a large Italian family in Batavia, New York, where my grandparents had an Italian Restaurant, food always played an important part in my life from the beginning. Eating and cooking have always been a major part of my life. So delving into food as One Nutty Lady is a natural for me. Now I'm always researching or trying new ideas usually including nuts because they're so healthy and such a big part of my life now. I do make time for other things such as yoga, reading and knitting for stress reduction. Two of my favorite indulgences are bi-weekly massages and a nightly regimen in the hot tub. My favorite volunteer activities revolve around children; reading to them, playing with them, feeding them or just cuddling them. All that I do daily now includes a fair amount of laughter. When life gives you nuts, make nut butter! Don't sweat the small stuff and don't forget it's all small stuff. Never "should" on yourself or anybody else. Life's too short not to be happy and enjoy every day you have with those you love. That's one of the reasons I married Paul Swanson almost 18 years ago. He makes me laugh. He also makes everyone laugh about One Nutty Lady.com when he says he drove me to it. When I'm not making nuts, I'm working with our chapter president, Michele Schafer, at Sellstate Priority Realty. Or I'm plotting how to get One Nutty Lady on Oprah or Ellen. I love this anonymous quote: "Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation". ENJOY!
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City News
City News is brought to us each month by Annette Barbaccia. She keeps us up to date on important events in Cape Coral. City of Cape Coral reverses decision to proceed with city water to North Cape communities. City Council is changing the format of it's weekly meetings to facilitate discussions on major issues. read more... |
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