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United Association of Equipment Leasing To Cut
Overhead by Christopher
Menkin “The move of the UAEL office was determined
to be feasible when the Landlord agreed to allow UAEL to terminate its lease.
The Landlord found a new tenant to occupy the facility without any penalty
to UAEL. The savings to UAEL will be substantial; the new lease is 2/3's
per month less than the old lease. The
phones were to have been live, Azin is to handle incoming calls. Bill Grohe is settled in his home office and
continues to handle business. “The press release by me from Jim McCommon gives
some further details. “The economic benefit to the membership should
be immediate!” Bob Fisher, CLP CEO ##### ################################# OAKLAND, CA (Nov.7) – The United Association
of Equipment Leasing announced today it will move its headquarters office
from Oakland to the Palm Springs, CA area, December 1, 2002. "Rents in the East Bay area were just getting
too high," said the Association's 2002 President, Bob Fisher, CLP.
"The economic resurgence of Oakland has driven commercial real estate prices
to levels more appropriate for global corporations than for non-profit
professional associations such as UAEL. We're
very concerned about making sure our members get the greatest value for each dollar they invest in
Association dues." Fisher said today's decision to move is the
culmination of a headquarters-relocation study first proposed
almost three years ago. He said the move will not affect staff assignments.
Joe Woodley, CLP, will remain Executive Director and Bill Grohe will
continue as Director of Membership.
E-mail addresses will remain the same, and existing phone numbers will continue to function and forward
calls to the new location until further notice. "UAEL exists to further the commercial
success, personal aspirations and professional qualification of its members, and
to provide an interactive forum that enhances the members' ability to
pursue business opportunities," Fisher said.
"The move to Palm Springs supports all of those objectives
by freeing up substantial amounts of cash that
can now be re-directed into programs that add value to our members' business
efforts and professional skills." UAEL was formed in 1974 to serve independent
leasing companies. For additional information contact Jim McCommon
at jmccommon@uael.org or address the UAEL website www.uael.org. ########## ########################### The current staff: Joe Woodley Chief Executive Officer / jwoodley@uael.org
510-444-9235 ext. 27 Bill Grohe Director of Membership and Marketing / bill@uael.org
510-444-9235 ext. 26 Azin Massoudi Executive Assistant / azin@uael.org 510-444-9235 ext. 22 No mention was made regarding Azin Massoudi
and the WAEL telephone number in Oakland did not answer all Tuesday. From President-elect Bette Kerhoulas: “Hope you're having a wonderful day here in
beautiful California. It's so clean and gorgeous down here in Orange County
- we had quite a rain last Friday and Saturday - just what the doctor ordered
- and now it's sunny and warm and I'm thankful to be a Californian... “You're correct that the phone lines have been
down today at the UAEL office. They're in a transition stage where the lines
were to be forwarded - there wasn't supposed to be any "down time",
but things don't always work as planned. “We're excited about UAEL in 2003. We'll be looking to you to help us get the word out to our membership about upcoming
events, educational offerings, networking, member services, etc... Your continued involvement with UAEL is greatly
appreciated... “Call me anytime - I'd love to chat about any
issues you feel are pertinent to UAEL in 2003...” Bette Kerhoulas, CLP Managing Director 800-800-8081, 949-727-3711 Ext. 227, 949-727-3722
Fax bettek@pacifica-capital.com Please visit our web site at www.pacifica-capital.com http://www.pacifica-capital.com Bette Kerhoulas at one time was not in favor
of the move, as of July 3,2002: “As far as moving the office, we just renewed
our lease with the landlord last year, so I don't know if it's financially
feasible to move at this time. I'm
sure Joe (Woodley) will look into subleasing our space out, if he feels that's an option and the best course of action.
Joe and his wife now live close to the office (it's way too hot in Palm
Springs at this time of the year), so at least for now he's not commuting
on a weekly basis. And I certainly would love UAEL to be around the corner
from me down here in Irvine, but we can't be moving the office on
a yearly basis just to accommodate the incoming President.” --- The original move to the present office was
at the behest of Jon Bedernick, who lived on a boat in the marina near Jack London
Square in Oakland, California. Ironically, the last re-print while the
editor was on vacation was about Jon Bedernick, with pictures of the
staff at that time. http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/Nobember_2002/11-12-02.htm Dr. Ray Williams, who followed him, lived with
his wife Trish in Alameda, not far from the office. Joan Dalton, who followed Ray was planning
to move the office to South San Francisco, California,
to be closer to where she lived, plus for lower rent. June 26,2002 she
resigned. The story was covered in this edition: http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/June2002/6-26-2002.htm Here is the introduction of Dr. Williams to
the membership via Newsline Winter, 1993(please note some of his comments: "WAEL is a home
for small-to- medium-ticket equipment leasing professionals:" http://www.leasingnews.org/stories/WAEL_new_EVP.htm Here is a story written for Newsline about the
formation of WAEL, its history and purpose, by the first executive director, Art Schwartz,
CAE, June, 1985: http://www.leasingnews.org/stories/history_of_wael.htm Story
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