Northern California &
Nevada Chapters
• Personal Property
• Real Estate
• Gems & Jewelry
• Business Valuation
• Machinery/Specialties
Current events and past events for 2004-2005 are on the current Calendar.
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When and Where
The San Francisco Chapter meets on the second Thursday of the month at the L'Olivier Restaurant at 465 Davis Ct, San Francisco, CA 94111-2465 (Telephone: 415-981-7824). Conveniently located in San Francisco's northern Financial District, the restaurant is in the Golden Gateway Center near the intersection of Clay St. Valet, street and public parking is available. The nearest BART/MUNI station is Embarcadero.
(Click on the photo of the Golden Gateway Center above to open a new window containing a customizable map centered on the L'Olivier Restaurant.)
The Northern California and Nevada Chapters, serving the populous San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Reno, and Tahoe areas are among the most active in the nation! Check in often to catch up on our full calendar of educational, recreational, and social events. Here you'll find the latest news about seminars, meetings, lectures, speeches, parties, functions, and more. If it's happening in Northern California or Nevada, you'll get the scoop on it here!
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Past Events: (For reference only.)
ASA International Conference
The 2006 70th annual International Appraisal Conference will be held in Brooklyn, NY on July 30–August 2, 2006. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with appraisers from around the world
in the nation's fourth largest city -- the hometown of comics and tough guys, Kosher delis and elegant dining, renowned museums, botanic gardens, and parks -- just across the bridge from Manhattan. Enjoy New York while learning from seasoned appraisal professionals. Conference information is maintained on the national ASA website.
7-HR USPAP Appraisal Course
The ASA San Francisco Chapter will hold a 7-hr USPAP Appraisal Course on Saturday, August 19, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Sonoma County Planning Commission Chambers, 2550 Ventura Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. 
Check-in time is 8:30 a.m. ASA Fellow W. David Snook, FASA, who has served on the Appraisal Foundation's Appraisal Standards Board, will teach the course.
The 2006 Edition of USPAP includes significant changes in Standards brought about by the
deletion of the Departure Rule and the addition of a Scope of Work Rule. Because the changes affect all appraisers, the time is right to attend a 7-hr USPAP Course, whether you need the Continuing Education Credits (CEC) now or not. And what better instructor than David Snook, who has a first-hand knowledge of how the new rules were developed?
The enrollment fee is $160 for ASA, AI and ASFMRA members, $185 for others -- $15 less for enrollment before July 31. Please send your check, payable to ASA San Francisco Chapter, along with your name, address and OREA License Number, to Dave Lewis, ASA, 2111 Crosspoint Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403-7932. (OREA approval is pending.)
April Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
The March chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. when the guest speaker will be San Francisco Chapter member, Eric Nath, ASA who will talk about The IRS: Latest Developments & Requirements for Appraisers. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA"; your check can be brought to the dinner. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President Lisa A.N. Cooley, ASA by or by phone (707-763-2421).
A past president of the ASA San Francisco Chapter, and of the Business Valuation Roundtable of San Francisco, Mr. Nath is the founder of Eric Nath & Associates. A graduate of the University of Washington with a B.A. in Urban Planning and an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business, he is the author of several articles and has lectured on business valuation, control premiums and minority interest valuation issues. He will give an abbreviated version of his remarks at the First Annual National IRS Symposium On Valuation Issues sponsored by the Los Angeles ASA Chapter in February. Don't miss this opportunity to stay abreast of IRS requirements for charitable contribution appraisals.
March Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
The March chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. when the guest speaker will be San Francisco Chapter member, Benjamin Foley Benson, AM who will discuss and illustrate with slides Five Centuries of Pomo Indian Basketry: From Inspired Hands. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA"; your check can be brought to the dinner. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President Lisa A.N. Cooley, ASA by or by phone (707-763-2421).
Benjamin Benson is Coordinator of Native American Studies at Santa Rosa Junior College, and Director of its Jesse Peters Museum, where he has assembled a collection of over 3,500 artifacts. The author of From Straw Into Gold, the seminal work on California Native American basketry, Prof. Benson's expertise includes baskets, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and sculpture, as well as legal matters relating to Native American Art. As an ASA appraiser, he works with area tribes concerning valuation, and also acts as an anthropological consultant.
February Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
The February chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. when the guest speaker will be San Francisco Chapter member, James H. Schilt, ASA, CBA, CFA, who will discuss The Expert Witness: An Unusual Experience. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA"; your check can be brought to the dinner. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President Lisa A.N. Cooley, ASA by or by phone (707-763-2421).
James H. Schilt, ASA, CBA, CFA is a distinguished business valuation appraiser and financial analyst who specializes in ESOPs, condemnations, shareholder disputes, estate and gift taxes, divorces, and the assessment of business losses. He is the founder and Editor Emeritus of the Business Valuation Review, the leading journal in the field of business appraising. A member of the Bar Association of San Francisco and other professional organizations, he is a prolific author and popular public speaker. His discussion of expert witness testimony will be of interest to all appraisers.
January Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
The January chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2006 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. when the guest speaker will be San Francisco Chapter member, David R. Lewis, ASA, SR/WA, who will discuss Kelo v. New London:
New Directions in Eminent Domain. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President Lisa A.N. Cooley, ASA by or by phone (707-763-2421). Check back here for details, or subscribe to this page to be notified by email when it changes.
David Lewis is a real property appraiser with special interests in condemnation and eminent domain issues. He is the Right-of-Way Section Manager of the Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works Department, a past President of ASA's San Francisco Chapter, and is presently revising primary discipline education courses and seminars as Chair of the Education Sub-Committee of ASA's Real Property Committee. He is also a part-time instructor for real estate economics and appraisal courses at Santa Rosa Junior College, and has developed an online introductory residential appraisal course for Santa Rosa Junior College.
The opinion handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in deciding Susette Kelo, et al. v. City of New London, et al. sets a new precedent in eminent domain. The Court upheld New London's right to condemn residential property by eminent domain in order to permit commercial development which would benefit the economically depressed city. The Court held that "the city's proposed disposition of this property qualifies as a 'public use' within the meaning of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment." The opinion has widespread implications, and Dave's discussion of it should be of interest to appraisers in all disciplines.
January Fine Arts Event
The San Francisco Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers, together with the Bay Area Art Conservation Guild, presents art conservationist Rustin S. Levenson, co-author, with Andrea Kirsh, of Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies on Saturday, January 7, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. at the new de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. Ms. Rustin, who is president of Rustin Levenson Art Conservation Associates, will describe how to use the physical evidence in paintings to reach art historical conclusions. Ms. Rustin trained in conservation at the Harvard University Fogg Art Museum, and worked at the National Gallery of Canada and the Metropolitan Museum of Art before beginning a private conservation practice. Meet at the Museum's main entrance before 11:00 a.m. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President Lisa A.N. Cooley, ASA by or by phone (707-763-2421).
November Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
Personal Property
The November chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2005 at the L'Olivier Restaurant.
ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. with Emily L. Newell, AM, talking about The Lloyd
Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection: A Challenging Appraisal Project. Ms. Newell has spent the last several years appraising the Cotsen Collection, which was recently donated to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. You're sure to be astonished by the complexity and sculptural quality of these rare baskets which represent a highly developed form of Japanese art. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President Lisa A.N. Cooley, ASA by or by phone (707-763-2421).
October Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
The Alliance Project
The October chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2005 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. with W. David Snook, FASA summarizing the work of the Alliance Project and leading a round-table discussion. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President Lisa A.N. Cooley, ASA by or by phone (707-763-2421).
W. David Snook, who is the Director of Collateral Valuation for the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac), serves on ASA's national Board of Governors, and recently completed a six-year term on the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) of The Appraisal Foundation. He will talk about the Alliance Project, which is an ASA joint effort with the Appraisal Institute and the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers to enhance their influence and make more efficient use of their resources. A round-table discussion will follow to assess member perspectives and priorities, which David will take back to the Project team. We know many will want to participate in this important program, so please register early.
September Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
Meet 2005-6 Chapter President Cooley
The September chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2005 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:00 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:00 p.m. Dinner with program conducted by Chapter President Lissa Cooley, ASA is at 6:30 p.m.
The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President Lisa A.N. Cooley, ASA by email or by phone (707-763-2421). Please register early. We know many will want to meet our new Directors and Chapter President.
ASA International Conference
The 2005 International Appraisal Conference will be held in Austin, Texas on August 7-10, 2005. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with appraisers from around the world in the State Capital of Texas, home to the The University of Texas at Austin, and self-proclaimed "live music capital of the world". Conference information is maintained on the national ASA website.
Real Estate Appraisal Course
Santa Rosa Jr. College instructor
Dave Lewis, ASA, will teach RE 80F: Residential Real Estate Appraisal online for six weeks beginning June 13, 2005. Mr. Lewis is the Education Chair of ASA's Real Property Committee. His three-unit course can be applied toward the California Broker's and Licensed Appraiser's Continuing Education requirements. It offers an introduction to principles and techniques required to determine the market value of residential properties and prepare a report. Suggested preparation: RE 80C, 80E. Contact Dave Lewis by phone (707-565-3590) or by for additional information.
June Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
Installation Dinner with Gems & Jewelry Speakers
The June chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2005 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 5:30 p.m. followed by Installation of the 2005-2006 Board of Directors at 6:00 p.m. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. with Master Gemologist Appraiser® Nancy Stacy, ASA talking about Commonly Encountered Gems: Tricks of the Trade followed by Mervyn L. Cohn, ASA on Peculiarities of Precious Metals.
An independent Walnut Creek gemologist-appraiser, 
Nancy Stacy has been active in ASA since Gems & Jewelry was first established as a separate discipline. She has served ASA in many capacities, and is currently International Vice Chair (G&J) of the ASA International Board of Examiners. A former teacher, Ms. Stacy has developed several courses for ASA, updated the Master Gemologist Appraiser program, and taught the ASA Advanced Gemological Appraisal course at the invitation of the Republic of China. Her talk will focus on recognizing gems that may be encountered in jewelry, and in objects of art, including ivory, coral and pearls. A Q&A Session will follow.
Mervyn Cohn, who owns Farber Brothers Jewelry in San Francisco,
is a GIA Certificated Gemologist, and the principal of e-Praise.com, an online appraisal service. A past Chairman of ASA's International Committee on Gems and Jewelry, Mr. Cohn has also served on the International Board of Examiners, and is currently Chair of Gems & Jewelry for the San Francisco Chapter. Mr Cohn's talk will about how to identify and value gold, discussing gold-filled and gold-plate as jewelry materials, and comparing tableware silver to Sterling, Pawn and Coin, and silver from different regions.
The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President René Hlousek, ASA by or by phone (415-357-1227). Please register early. We know many will want to meet the new Directors and hear two highly-respected gemologists discuss Gems and Jewelry.
ASFMRA Conference
The 2005 Spring Ag Outlook Conference, California Agriculture: Managing Our Resources for Profit presented by the California Chapter
of the American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) and the University of California Agricultural Issues Center will be held
at the DoubleTree Hotel in Sacramento from Wednesday-Friday, April 20-22, 2005. Wednesday's seminar is on The Appraisal of Agricultural Lands in Transition; Thursday's on Agricultural Water Rights in California is approved by the California Office of Real Estate Appraisers (OREA) for
7.25 hours OREA continuing education credit. The Friday conference forum has also been approved for 6.5 hours of OREA credit. Additional information and the registration form are available in the Conference Brochure (648kb in PDF format).
April Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
Business Valuation
The April chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be Joan Gaar, the Valuation Manager and Lead Appraiser of the Internal Revenue Service's San Francisco Office, who will talk about The Makings of a Compelling Deliverable -- The IRS Perspective.
The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President René Hlousek, ASA by or by phone (415-357-1227). This is a unique opportunity to learn the IRS perspective from a senior IRS official who will gear her presentation specifically to the business valuation discipline. You won't want to miss out on this opportunity, so please register early. Seating is limited.
April Meeting: Los Angeles Chapter
Personal Property: Automotive Specialties
The Los Angeles ASA Chapter will hold its April meeting at the Petersen Automotive Museum at 6060 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (Telephone: 323-930-CARS)
on Thursday, April 7, 2005 beginning with registration and a museum tour at 5:00 p.m. with Ralph Hubbard, ASA, talking about Valuing Collectible Automobiles at the Petersen Auto Museum. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. at nearby Tom Bergin's Tavern at 840 S Fairfax Ave (Telephone: 323-936-7151). The after dinner speaker will be retired G.M. executive, James Wagner talking about Muscle Cars. The cost is $10 plus dinner. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Additional information and the registration form is available in the Meeting Flyer (129kb in PDF format).
March Meeting: Personal Property -- Fine Arts.
The March chapter meeting will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2005
at the Swanson Gallery at 790 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476-7011 (Telephone: 707-933-1727). Gallery proprietor and fine art appraiser Eileen Ruggeri Swanson will host a Fine Art Appraisal and Appreciation Gallery Tour with wine-tasting starting at 6:00 p.m. Dinner and networking, with concluding remarks by Ms. Swanson, will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Deuce Restaurant, across the street at 691 Broadway (Telephone: 707-933-3823).
As co-proprietor of Swanson Galleries in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Ms. Swanson has traveled the world buying and selling fine art. During the tour of her newest gallery in Sonoma, she'll combine appraisal education with the esthetics of the wine country, discussing general guidelines for appraising fine art, while commenting on the styles and eras of art.
The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President René Hlousek, ASA by or by phone (415-357-1227). Seating for this exciting event is limited. Early registration is recommended.
February Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
Machinery & Technical Specialties
The February chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 10:30 a.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch at noon with guest speakers, Arthur E. Narverud, ASA, President of Narvco Enterprises, Inc. in Napa, CA and Robert B. Podwalny, ASA discussing USPAP 2005. Do your MTS Reports Comply?
We routinely claim "our reports comply with USPAP," but do they really? USPAP 
sets the standard for the way appraisers prepare and report their findings. A living document, it continues to evolve and the 2005 version includes changes that impact the way MTS appraisers prepare their reports.
Board of Examiners Chairman Art Narverud will discuss ASA reporting requirements and the standards currently in place for those seeking professional advancement. Education Chairman Bob Podwalny, a USPAP instructor, will provide insight on interpreting USPAP standards and how they apply to the appraisal process.
The program qualifies for two hours of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Lunch is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President René Hlousek, ASA by or by phone (415-357-1227). The presentation will be helpful to ASA members in all disciplines, so please register early. Seating is limited.
Seminar: Real Property
L. Deane Wilson, ASA of the Blackwell Institute has developed and will conduct the Going Concern Valuation for Real Estate Appraisers seminar on Monday, February 7, 2005 at the Sheraton Sonoma County, 745 Baywood Dr, Petaluma, CA 94954 (Telephone: 707-283-2888). Sponsored jointly by the Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute (AI) and by our own ASA San Francisco Chapter, the seminar provides an overview of current thinking and information about properties integrated with a Going Concern, including USPAP and FIRREA requirements for assessing properties with trade fixtures, intangible assets and personal property. Tuition is $165 for ASA, AI, and ASFMRA members; $195 otherwise. The seminar has been approved for 2 hours Continuing Education Credit by ASA and the California OREA; AI and California SBE approvals are pending. Additional information is available in the Registration Brochure in PDF format (196kb).
January Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
Candidate's Night: Resources for Success
The January chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2005 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. with experienced ASAs from different disciplines sharing insights and stories that will help candidates get to the next level. This is a great opportunity for candidates to ask questions and receive advice on negotiating the accreditation process and making the most of their ASA affiliations.
The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA" in advance. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President René Hlousek, ASA by or by phone (415-357-1227). You won't want to miss out on this opportunity for multidisciplinary networking, so please register early. Seating is limited.
Star of Denmark Viewing & Lecture:
Gems & Jewelry.
On Thursday, December 9, 2004 after networking and cocktails at 6:30 p.m., and dinner at 7:00 p.m., Mervyn L. Cohn, ASA will show the Star of Denmark Diamond and lecture on its valuation and origin at Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto, 1919 4th St Berkeley, CA 94710-1933 (Telephone: 510-845-7771). 
The Star of Denmark, a 34-carat diamond ring given to Hawaii's Queen Kapiolani in 1887, is part of the virtual nautical museum assembled at Spenger's by third-generation restaurateur Frank Spenger Jr., who died last year. Mr. Cohn (left), who owns Farber Brothers Jewelry in San Francisco, is a GIA Certificated Gemologist, and the principal of e-Praise.com, an online appraisal service. A surprise raffle will top off the evening.
The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $40 per person payable in advance. The program, the raffle and the season mean turnout will be strong, so please RSVP promptly, including dinner selection (swordfish or steak), to Chapter President René Hlousek, ASA. Please RSVP to René by or by phone (415-357-1227).
November Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
Personal Property: Appraising Records and Music Memorabilia
The November chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, November 11, 2004 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be Stephen M. H. Braitman, the owner of SMH Communications, a marketing and communications consultancy, who will describe An Emerging Appraisal Market for Rare Records. Dinner is $35 in advance. Please mail your check, payable to ASA, to Chapter President René Hlousek, ASA. Please RSVP to René by or by phone (415-357-1227).
A longtime arts and entertainment writer and editor -- his column on rare 45 rpm picture sleeves appears in Discoveries magazine -- Stephen Braitman has long been an avid collector of records and music memorabilia. His collection has been used archivally by Rhino Records, Sundazed, Ace (U.K.) and MCA Records, among others, and is featured in the popular Art of Rock and in Paul Williams' books about Bob Dylan.
Mr. Braitman will explore the history of record collecting, today's upheaval in the marketplace, and the need for expert appraisals in a growing field where collections are sometimes worth $250,000 or more. The talk qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. Early registration is recommended for this exciting opportunity to network while earning CE credit.
October Meeting: San Francisco Chapter
Eminent Domain Case Studies: The Application of Appraisal Principles
The October chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be David R. Lewis, ASA, SR/WA. Dinner is $30 in advance. Please mail your check, payable to ASA, to Chapter President René Hlousek, ASA. Please RSVP to René by or by phone (415-357-1227).
David Lewis is the Right of Way Section Manager for the County of Sonoma as well as an instructor at Santa Rosa Junior College, for whom he developed an online course in residential appraisal. A past president of the San Francisco ASA Chapter and of International Right of Way Chapter 57, he is a frequent contributor to Right of Way Magazine. Mr. Lewis is Education Chair of ASA's International Committee on Real Property.
Mr. Lewis will explore the application of appraisal principles to eminent domain cases, including litigation assignments. If you missed his program at the ASA International Conference in Kansas City, don't miss this one. The talk, which will interest anyone doing expert witness work, qualifies for one hour of Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. Early registration is recommended for this super opportunity to network while earning CE credit.
American Bar Association Annual Meeting
Members of the San Francisco Chapter will be manning a booth for ASA at the 2004 State Bar of California 77th Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Monterey Conference Center. Situated at the edge of town near the bay, The Center is located at One Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA 93940 (Telephone: 831-646-3770.) Chapter members will be there from Thursday, October 7, 2004 through Saturday, October 9. The ASA booth will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Come out and network for yourself and ASA.
Fall REAMUG Meeting. The fall meeting of REAMUG, the computer users group for appraisers, will be held on Friday afternoon September 24, 2004, and all day Saturday, September 25, 2004 at the Holiday Inn Oakland-International Airport. The hotel is located at 500 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, CA 94621-1320 (Telephone: 510-562-5311). Continuing education credits (10.5 hours) for the meeting are pending approval from OREA. Credits require minimum 90% attendance.
Friday sessions
On Friday afternoon (1:00 p.m. start) Rick Betts, ASA, MAI, SRA of Betts & Associates, will open the meeting with What is a "Mobile Appraiser" and Does It Matter? An Introduction. After the break, Scott Jura (left) of Jura Appraisals will discuss Adobe Acrobat and Security: What and How. Tina Way, MAI of Way & Associates will close Friday's session with a talk about Selecting and Training Tech Support People.
Saturday morning
Following an 8:00 a.m. business meeting (open to all but not required) on Saturday morning, Rick Betts will explore the Low-Tech Workshop: Problems and Problem Solving. After the break, Atom Levi, MAI, SRI of A.L. Appraisal Company will speak about Good Business Practices in a Litigious State.
Saturday afternoon
The REAMUG meeting will close with two lively sessions. In the first, Mary Dum (above right) of Thomas Dum Real Estate Appraisers, Inc. will provide a Software and Hardware Update -- What Works for Appraisers and What Changes are on the Horizon. In the second, Marv Downey (left) of Market Value Systems will give a Hardware Review: What's New and Worth Looking At, And What Should We Stay Away From.
Registration
Seminar registration is $40 for members, $60 otherwise. Please make checks payable to REAMUG, and mail with the registration form (see below) to Tina Way (Telephone: 209-883-2796, ). Lunch is not provided. There will be a no-host dinner and gabfest on Friday starting at 6:15 p.m. (advanced signup required).
P.S. The registration form and additional information about the meeting are contained in the meeting notice available as a PDF document which opens in Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Click on the button to get a free copy of the Reader.
September Meeting, San Francisco Chapter:
Business Valuation: IRS Speakers In Defense of Beta
The September chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2004 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. The guest speakers will be Mary Ann Lerch, ASA, a Business Valuation Expert with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and her colleague at the IRS, Valuation Manager Joan Gaar.
Ms. Lerch, an accomplished business appraiser, sits on various regulatory and professional panels, and has advised the United States Tax and District Courts. The author of numerous articles for the Business Valuation Review and other publications, she will demonstrate the usefulness of both CAPM and Beta in building a well-documented and defensible market-derived risk-adjusted industry-specific rate of return. Morever, she will offer them as the most accurate point of departure for the development of the security-specific risk premium, alpha.
Registration and networking (no-host cocktails) is at 6:30 p.m.; dinner and speaker at 7:00 p.m. The cost is $30. Please RSVP in advance to Chapter President René Hlousek by or by phone (415-357-1227). Send your check made to ASA in advance to René. This is expected to be a popular meeting, so please register early as seating is limited.
Valuation of Vineyards and Wineries
The North Bay Branch of the Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute (AI) together with our ASA Chapters and the California Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) will hold a Workshop, Networking Social and Dinner on Thursday, August 26, 2004 at the
Vineyard Creek Hotel, Spa and Conference Center (telephone: 707-636-7100), 170 Railroad Street, Santa Rosa, California 95401. A map and driving directions are available.
The Workshop will explore current conditions and trends in the North Coast premium vineyard and winery markets, and proper valuation methods. Topics will include the global and local wine markets, supply and demand, wine and grape price trends, the extended value of the North Coast wine business, and current levels of market activity in both vineyards and wineries. The workshop will be of interest to real and personal property appraisers as well as business valuation specialists.
The two-hour valuation Workshop on vineyards and wineries starting at 3:00 p.m. will be followed by the Networking Social at 5:00 p.m. and Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Admission is $35 for AI, ASA, and ASFMRA members, $45 otherwise. Workshop panelists will include Mike Fisher, ASA of MKF Wine Business Advisers and ASFMRA Past President, Tony Correia, ARA of Correia-Xavier, Inc.
The Workshop is approved for two hours of Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by AI and the California State Board of Education; applications for two hours of ASFMRA, ASA, and California Office of Real Estate Appraisers CEC have been submitted. Those seeking CEC should arrive by the 3:00 pm start time.
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ASA International Conference
The 2004 International Appraisal Conference will be held in Kansas City, MO on July 25-28, 2004. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with appraisers from around the world in America's "heartland" city, known for its jazz, barbecues, arts, and sports. Conference information is maintained on the national ASA website.
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