Every October, TAR hosts the Governmental Affairs and TREPAC Orientation in Austin. This program is a two day session of learning about the latest issues and fundraising guidelines. It is valuable information for both key volunteers and HAR staff. This is also the program where final numbers are announced for the TREPAC fundraising year and awards are given to local boards for their PAC fundraising efforts. The exciting news this year is that HAR won three of the distinguished awards…
1. Most Dollars raised in the state for 2014 with $801,977.
2. Second in Participation for Category 1 (Boards of 5,000 members or more) with 51% participation.
3. TAR TREPAC Chairman’s Special Participation Award in the Large Board Category for our 7% increase in participation.
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- HAR Platinum R ($10,000) investor Mike Huff of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Anderson Properties attended the leadership luncheon as a special guest of TAR. Here he is on the left with special guest speaker for the day The Honorable Joe Pickett, State Representative from El Paso. What true leadership these two gentlemen demonstrate!
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- Participation in TREPAC secures your association’s seat at the political table and participation starts at the local level. That’s why TAR Chairman Dan Hatfield and TREPAC Chairman Christine Seidel issued the Participation Challenge for 2014. Here is HAR TREPAC Director Karen Driscoll accepting the $1000 award from TAR Chairman Dan Hatfield on behalf of Houston as the Large to Mega Board winner. Houston had 51% participation, a 7% increase over 2013. The award will be used during our TREPAC 2015 fundraising activities.
Thank you to each and every one of our investors for your support this fundraising year! 2015 looks to be an exciting legislative year and we look forward to working with everyone again to set all new records.
HAR was well represented at the TAR PAC Orientation and Board Officer Leadership Conference during October. Those in attendance included: HAR TREPAC Coordinator Aracely Arrazolo, HAR TREPAC Trustee Deborah Spangler, HAR Secretary Treasurer Kenya Burrell Van Wormer, HAR Platinum R TREPAC Investor Mike Huff, HAR Director and TREPAC Trustee Diana Ayers, HAR Political Affairs Advisory Group Chair John Nichols, HAR Director of TREPAC Karen Driscoll, HAR’s Chief Political Strategist Dana Kervin Clark, HAR TREPAC Trustee Christi Borden and on the back row: HAR TREPAC Trustee Marilyn Arendt, HAR TREPAC Trustee Vicki Fullerton, 2015 HAR Political Affairs Advisory Group Chair Suzanne Page Pryde and HAR Governmental Affairs Advisory Group Chair Ward Arend
