AWARDS & INSTALLATION BANQUET

On January 9, 2010, OSCAR’s new Board of Directors and Officers were officially installed by Installing Officer Steve Moreira (Florida Realtors 2010 District 12 Vice-President) at the Awards and Installation Banquet held in the Radisson Hotel, Celebration. It was an evening of honor with a total of 17 awards given that evening. The most prestigious “2010 Realtor of the Year” award was given to Past President and Immediate Past Treasurer, Mike Levine (Broker of Century 21 World Properties), a truly deserving recipient for his outstanding service to our Association and community as an Osceola Realtor.

To see the complete list of the 2010 OSCAR Board of Directors and Officers click here

Other awards given that evening were as follows:
1. Realtor Star of the Year – Director Kemp Howland (Prudential Sapphire Realty), for outstanding service as Technology Chair. He singlehandedly rebuilt our OSCAR website saving our members an estimated $25,000.
2. Realtor Rising Star of the Year – President-Elect Tim Weisheyer (Dream Builders Realty), for outstanding contributions as OSCAR’s 2009 Public Policy Chair.
3. Lifetime Realtor Membership Award – Linda Goodwin (Goodwin Realty & Associates). Linda has been an Osceola Realtor for 37 years and has contributed greatly to our Association as our Past President and through her continued involvement through her many years as our member.
4. Presidential Service Award – Past President Jose Alvarez (One Way Realty, Inc)
5. Real Estate Office of the Year – Goodwin Realty & Associates, Inc.
6. Affiliate Office of the Year – MortgageOne Financial Services
7. Affiliate of the Year – Betty Dobbie, Prominent Title
8. Exemplary Service Awards – Directors David DeLoach (DeLoach Real Estate) and Richard Knapp (Remax Pros)

There were also four Presidential awards given by our Past President, Jose Alvarez, to Florida Realtors 2009 District 12 Vice-President Hope Andrews, 2009 Treasurer Mike Levine, Past President Nick Nichols and President Jose’s lovely wife, Darlene Roucoulet.

Realtor Political Action Committee (RPAC) Co-Chairs, Renee Clark (Clark Investment Properties) and Kim Goodwin (Goodwin Realty), gave four RPAC Committee Awards to Director Daisy Cid (Remax Premier Properties), Director David Courtney (Remax Premier Properties), Past President Hope Andrews (Prudential Sapphire Realty) and Bettie Dobbie (Prominent Title). RPAC Sponsors Appreciation Awards were also given to Beverage Sponsor Goodwin Realty and Food Sponsor Stewart Approved Title. RPAC Honorary Committee Member Appreciation Awards were given to John Smoley (MortgageOne Financial Services) and Richard Knapp (Remax Pros). RPAC Staff Appreciation Awards were given to Yessica Colon and Anneris Rivera (Member Services) and Bob St. Gordon (Comptroller).

I would like to personally thank all our Installation Banquet Major Sponsors (SILVER SPONSORS Total Title Solutions, MFRMLS, Attorney Charles Castellon, GOLD SPONSORS Frank’s Air Conditioning, Qubty Financial, Osceola News Gazette and TITANIUM SPONSOR MortgageOne Financial Services) for their generosity and support. I would also like to thank David Alba of VBA Consulting, Inc., for doing a phenomenal job as our MC. Special thanks go out to Steve Moreira, Pastor Duke Matlock and our son, Vincent Capuano-Malolos.

As well, thank you all for receiving my speech so well.
To read my Inaugural Speech click here

To the Installation Task Force (Daisy Cid, Renee Clark, Kim Goodwin and Hope Andrews) and our wonderful OSCAR Staff, thank you so much for making this such a memorable evening for our members and guests. The attendees also very much enjoyed the Magician/Comedian, Dan Stapleton. To view photos of the banquet click here .