LeMay - America's Car Museum" Newsletter
During the April 2009 Membership meeting presentation by LeMay, there was interest in
some of the content in LeMay's May Newsletter. The newsletter can be viewed from
their
website or by downloading the
Newsletter PDF document.
BOMA CALL FOR JUDGES
The Office Building of the Year “TOBY” Regional Online Judging
[March 2009] BOMA Pacific Northwest Region is looking for a few committed
industry professionals to judge the 2008/2009 Pacific NW Regional TOBY entries.
Volunteers will be asked to judge and score the entries online from the comfort
of your office or home from April 6 through April 15, 2009. >> Full Details >> Please
fill out the form and fax or email it to BOMA Seattle King County by Wednesday,
March 25
The Experience Exchange Report EER 2009
[November 2008] Among the many things your membership dues funds is the
industry’s best operating income and expense research, The Experience Exchange
Report (EER). In 2009, the industry’s best benchmarking tool will get even
better! The EER will move entirely online, allowing you to access commercial
office building income and expense data through a dynamic, Web-based platform.
The new online EER will allow you to customize your search for data, export it
to PDF and other user-friendly tools to make budgeting easy, and allow you to
track trends.
The 2009 EER survey will launch in January 2009 and be open through March 2009.
Once again, the survey will be conducted entirely online at
www.boma.org/2009EERsurvey. Submission of data is absolutely free! 2009
respondents receive a complimentary Expense Performance Comparison, which
highlights how the respondent building compares to its peers, but also have the
opportunity to purchase access to the new online EER reports at discounted
prices.
For more information about the EER, please visit
http://www.boma.org/Research
2012 BOMA Convention Comes to Seattle
[August 1, 2008] We are excited to announce that the 2012 BOMA International Annual Convention and Office Building Show will be held in Seattle June 24th - 26th!! Please mark your calendars!
2009 Olympia Day Rescheduled
[May 6, 2008] BOMA Leaders in Government Affairs - Heads Up:
Olympia Day has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 17, 2009 we have the Columbia Room reserved. This was to avoid conflicts with the BOMA International Winter Business Meeting and to secure the Columbia Room. The session starts in January and ends in April (105 days) this will put us approximately 5 weeks into a 13 week session
The 2008 BOMA of Washington Position Paper on Legislative
and Regulatory Interests
[October 25, 2007] B&O Tax Clarification Reimbursable Wages On-site Personnel
Support, Building Engineer’s Single Licensing through Labor and Industries,
Contractor Registration through Labor and Industries and No Split Roll Taxation.
>> learn more [pdf] and previous year
previous year [pdf]
Texas BOMA affiliates are suing the state over "Forced
Access" issue
This is quite well-publicized. Going to the Supreme Court at a cost of about
$1.4 million. BOMA of Houston is short about $20,000 in legal fees and seeking
companies that feel strongly to donate to their cause. Contact is John Cogdill
at (713) 225- 0565.
New Law Amending RCW 19.28.191
After much discussion and pressure from numerous groups, the Legislature has
passed an amendment to RCW 19.28.191, known as the "Electrical Licensing" law.
This affects all property managers and staff doing any electrical work on their
clients' buildings. (This does NOT affect owners working on their own
buildings.)
Although it is not as strict as originally written, the amendment does NOT make
concessions that BOMA and other commercial building industry groups were asking
for. Stay tuned for more on this during this session.
BOMA South Puget Sound Trends
A Publication of Building Owners and Managers of South Puget Sound. BOMA Trends
ceased production in 2004. Association Management has archived digital copies
from 2002-2004.
