Monday, January 25, 2010

Frontier Awards Earlier This Year

Every year TCAR celebrates the successes of it's brokers with the Annual President's Frontier Awards. Planning started back in November and we feel like we have a really exciting program set up.

First, we were tired of competing with the ACC Tournament and because we know how much everyone loves basketball in these parts, the date has been changed. We have decided to do the awards a bit earlier, Thursday, March 4th, to be exact.

We're always trying to find the best format for this particular awards and this year we have decided to do a buffet breakfast at the Carolina Country Club, 2500 Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh. You may not be on the golf course but you sure will be close to it. If you have never been to the Carolina Country Club, check out their site at http://www.carolinacc.net/ . Check in and breakfast start at 7:30am and the program will begin at around 8:00ish.

This year's speaker is David Glenn, radio personality, award winning editor and afternoon host of the North Carolina Sports Talk Network. He's supposed to have a "thinking mans approach" when he's talking about sports. We at TCAR sort of felt like it's that time of the year and let's have some fun with the whole ACC thing. For more information on David Glenn, check out these two sites www.accsports.com/about-us.php and www.ncsportstalk.com/NC-Sports-Talk-Network/Meet-David-Glenn.aspx. As we get closer, we'll announce his topic.

Nomination forms are already online and there isn't a whole lot of time to fill them out and get them in. Go to www.tcar.com/resources.cfm and about half way down the page are the awards. Keep in mind that this year we have lowered the requirements, given the current economic climate for commercial. And don't think that because you're with a smaller firm that you can't get an award, check out the Trailblazer Award, new as of last year. Nomination forms are due as of Saturday, February 6th but call us at the office if you can't get them in by then.

Lastly, and the best part of all, is we have lowered our prices. TCAR members pay $30 a person and tables are available for just $300! Non-members, contact the office and it's just $55. Online registration will go up this week, so reserve your space today. For those that would like to purchase tables, please contact me at 919-228-2588 or kimb@tcar.com .

We hope you're as excited as we are and I look forward to seeing everyone there. Send in those nominations today and good luck!