Apartment Trends Magazine September 2020 | Page 8

FROM THE PRESIDENT JANELLE FRENCH | MISSION ROCK RESIDENTIAL Supplier Partners: A Vital Part of our Association and Industry Over the past few months while we all have navigated these ever-changing and challenging times, we want to assure you that AAMD continues to be focused on the Supplier Partner Members of AAMD. In this uniquely unpredictable environment, our focus is still on delivering member value! Beyond our traditional offerings, services, products, and events… AAMD strives to create a powerful ROI – for both our owner/operator members and our Supplier Partners! On the AAMD website, there are different resources illustrating highlights of how AAMD has responded to COVID-19 and the subsequent economic ramifications; but just as important are some key actions and strategies we are executing to retain and improve the investment(s) you make within the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. First, hopefully by now you’ve seen and had a chance to complete the Supplier Partner survey we sent out a few weeks ago. We want to hear how you’re doing and what AAMD can do to support your efforts to maintain and grow your business. If you have not seen it, please contact AAMD and they can send you a link to the survey. Your answers will be completely confidential. Second, AAMD is creating some new outdoor networking events for the Fall, designed to put you back in touch with key industry decision makers. There will be heavily discounted attendance and sponsorship options at these activities. We will balance valuable networking opportunities with individual safety and anti-virus considerations. Third, for our large-scale revenue producing events, AAMD will emphasize the value delivered at these modified events with the investment toward 2021 events. In other words if your investment is not fully yielded, it will be partially carried forward. Our goal is to exceed your expectations! Fourth, the success of our recent on-line virtual B2B meetings have been so great that we are considering creating a series of B2B connection platforms. Please let us know if this is something you would participate in if offered. Finally, our priority is YOU and your membership! We will explicate and emphasize our motto “Members Use Members” more than ever with our Owner operators. This priority must translate to everyone, and you have our commitment to spotlight this at every opportunity. For more on our new Supplier Partner First initiative, see page 16-17. 6 | TRENDS SEPTEMBER 2020 www.aamdhq.org