The South Carolina Auctioneers Association conducted elections during the recent annual convention held in Columbia, South Carolina. The following members were elected to positions:
Mike Harper – Mount Pleasant, SC – President
Randy Ligon – Rock Hill, SC – Vice President
Jennifer Moore – Lexington, SC – Secretary/Treasurer
Board Members:
David Taylor – Spartanburg, SC
Rafe Dixon – Sumter, SC
David Chapman – Blythewood, SC
David Meares, of Pelzer, South Carolina won the South Carolina Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Championship at the annual convention held in Columbia, South Carolina in January 2011. He has been an auctioneer for over 30 years and a Realtor for 20 years. Meares is the co-owner of Meares Auctions, Incorporated, a family-owned 39 year-old auction firm in upstate South Carolina. The auction firm conducts an average of 125 auctions per year and has sustained that average for over 15 years.
Meares is a Board member for the South Carolina Auctioneers Association and is licensed in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. He and his wife Teresa have two sons, Brandon (24) and Bryan (21) and a daughter-in-law, Nicole.
For more information, contact Meares Auctions at 864-947-2000 or visit the website at www.MearesAuctions.com.
The 2011 South Carolina Auctioneers Association convention is rolling along! The Business Meeting is running at the moment – today, we have the following lineup of activities for members AND non-members:
1-3 pm – Real Estate Continuing Education
1-3 pm – Auctioneer Continuing Education
3-5 pm – Auctioneer Continuing Education
7 pm – President’s Gala, Advertising Awards and Bid Calling Championship Finals!
The South Carolina Auctioneers Association will hold its annual convention January 28-30, 2011 in Columbia, SC! The convention will feature up to four (4) hours of Real Estate continuing education including CORE and up to six (6) hours of auctioneer continuing education including mandatory SC Auction Law information. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to meet and fellowship with your peer auctioneers in South Carolina!
Real Estate agents and Realtors ARE invited to take the CORE Real Estate and elective continuing education, if desired! Call SCAA Executive Services at 864-444-5361 for more information. The CORE class will be offered on Friday, January 28, 2011 from 1-3 p.m.
The convention registration package is included in this post… it includes convention information, registration form, advertising contest rules and regulations, scholarship information and more! Just click on the blue title text of this post and you will be taken to another larger screen with the download link.
You will find all of the information you need to register for the convention and reserve your spot in continuing education classes as well as hotel information to get one of the rooms reserved for our convention.
Mark your calendars for January 28-30 in Columbia, South Carolina! More information forthcoming here on the website and in the upcoming edition of The Bid Caller! We have secured room rates at the Hilton Garden Inn – Harbison for less than $85.00 per night!
Over the past week and a half, SCAA Executive Services has sent out two requests for auctioneer services to the members of the South Carolina Auctioneers Association! This is another benefit to being a member of the only professional auctioneer association in the state of South Carolina!
The process is this – a client calls or emails Executive Services asking for information about auctioneers in the state. Executive Services then asks questions about the auction needs, location and timeline and sends out a ‘Job Opportunity’ email to active members of the SCAA. A deadline is given for submission of information (name, phone number, license number) and all of the submittals are forwarded to the client.
So… be on the lookout for these emails. Of course, we cannot guarantee the client will call you, however we can guarantee the list will be compiled and sent to the client.
Taken from an email from Rafe Dixon, SCAA member:
Darron:
Just last week, I received an auction inquiry call. I made an appointment to meet the prospective client and inspect his items. At the meeting, the gentlemen told me that he had never been to an auction, asked lots of good questions. During the course of the meeting, I inquired as to how he had found me. He told me that when considering his options, several friends had suggested an auction, and he found the idea intriguing, so he started looking for an auctioneer. He quickly found the SCAA website, and searched for auctioneers in the area and found me. He followed this up by checking out my website, and checking my license status at SCLLR as well. All of this was BEFORE he called me.
I’ll be presenting a proposal for his auction this week. I’m optimistic that it will lead to a nice auction.
What an excellent testimonial about the SCAA site and what it means to be listed as a member of the Association!
