President Normand Zarella called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m. He then made the introduction of the Executive Board: Joy Mills (Vice President), Fred Connors (Treasurer), David Wilson (Secretary), himself (President) and Corporate Counsel, Christopher Rich.

Motion was made and carried to suspend the roll call.

President Zarella announced to the membership that Corporate Council Chris Rich was resigning from NEAMA.

The Treasurer’s report was read and accepted by vote of the membership.

The Secretary’s report was accepted as mailed.

Dan Picard was introduced as the MC for the event. He advised the guests that the trade show was broken down into three separate rooms on a rotating basis.

Mr. Picard introduced the following guest speakers:

Joe Barnes & Vinny Aiello of VLV Professionals, Inc. discussed Effective Telephone Technique and reviewed the Fair Debt Collections Act

Paul Bruce of Northeast Adjustment Bureau discussed Intelligent Repossession

Bill Hoover of Auto Auction of New England discussed Auction Procedures

Atty Michael Dixon of Law Offices of Michael Dixon discussed Real Estate options for foreclosure, modification, short sales and deed in lieu

Atty Joseph Gruss of DiGiacomo, Gruss & Campbell discussed the Bankruptcy Process, including what debtors do and why

President Zarrella presented Atty Rich with a plaque for his 22 years of service to NEAMA. He also informed Atty Rich and the guests that a new scholarship had been named in honor of Atty Chris Rich, effective with the May 2008 Scholarship Meeting.

President Zarrella introduced NEAMA’s new Corporate Counsel, Larry Plavnick of Andrews & Updegraph, P.C.

NEAMA would like to thank all the guests who attended and vendors who participated in making this year’s event a success.

NEAMA would also like to thank all those vendors and members who contributed toward the raffle prizes.

Respectfully submitted,

David A. Wilson
Secretary

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