MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Our next New York IRES User Group meeting will be Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the office of Deloitte Consulting LLP, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Lunch will not be served but snacks will be provided. Note that security is strict so we must provide an attendance list 72 hours in advance. 

The agenda for this meeting includes the following sessions: 1) Corporate Dashboard/Portal solutions: 3 vendors, Asset Eye, RealFuse and Datexmedia, will demonstrate their strategy and approach in providing key management reporting and metrics, 2) IRES will present the current product roadmap, what is planned for their next service pack update, SP5 for v4.0,as well as the latest updates to the new Cash Flow Budgeting and Impact modules, 3) The User Groups will present their new registration site, TeamR, as well new areas of interest, including a job posting space and chat room, 4) Ken Meyer and David Kratzke of Deloitte Consulting LLP will discuss changes associated with the upcoming adoption of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standard), the new global Accounting Standard and how it will affect our Real Estate organizations and systems. Time permitting, we will demonstrate how to use the IRES WIKI.  We will provide time for networking with each other to discuss client initiatives, solutions, version upgrade success stories and recent user experiences with MRI. 

Note:  This meeting is open to ALL MRI users, whether you have paid dues or not. Beginning in year 2010, all those attending meetings will be required to pay annual dues.  The User Group is a completely independent, self sponsored group of volunteers.  We need the support of your company to fund these meetings and pay for the organizational costs of this effort.  Dues are still only $100 per company per year.  If you would still like to sponsor our user group for 2009, please bring the your dues check to this meeting. If necessary we will provide invoices for dues, as well as W-9s.  Please see "How to sponsor your Use Group" below for more details.

Meeting Information and Agenda

How to Sponsor your User Group

If you have not become a member and would desire to, please send your 2009 User Group dues contribution check for $100 made payable to IRES Users Group, Inc., to the following address: Rolla Eisner, Newmark Knight Frank, 125 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017. If you require an invoice for the annual dues, please email Rolla at reisner@newmarkkf.com or call her at 212.372.2138.  You may also bring your dues payment to the meeting.

Featured Topics

IRES Product Roadmap Update

Mike Bates from IRES will present the current product roadmap, with a detailed update on what is coming out in Service Pack 5 for version 4.0, to be released in Spring 2010.  In addition, Mike will review where IRES is at with the new version 5.0, what modules have been released and what is coming out in the near future, including a discussion on the plans for CM, Job Cost and new projects.  

Corporate  Portals

Desktop portals are information systems cable of consolidating and presenting key business metrics and information from disparate data sources throughout an organization, built for all levels of viewership, from business managers, to tenants, to partners and investors.  Three  different vendors will demonstrate their portal platform solutions.   Participants include:

Greg Sherman will demonstate the AssetEye portfolio management platform that leverages MRI and other data.

http://www.asseteye.com

Sandy Jacolow, Executive Director of Calvis, will demonstrate their RealFusecorporate portal solution that leverages Microsoft Sharepoint Server

http://www.realfuse.com

Scott Mahler, President of Datexmedia will demonstrate their custom portal development approach using standard industry tools and framework.

http://datexmedia.com/

User Group TeamR registration site and IRES WIKI

We will be demonstrating the TEAMR web site that the User Group organization recently implemented to build our membership database, post a calendar of events, register users for meetings and blast out the meeting notices.   This site has the potential for posting job opportunities, resumes, MRI newsletter type information and anything else that provides value to our members.

Time permitting, we will also review the IRES WIKI and how to post articles, reply to threads and search for solutions.

International financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)

The SEC has proposed a roadmap for possible mandatory adaption of IFRS by the end of 2014, and for some industries to become early adaptors. Real Estate is a prime target because organizations are global, capital intensive and competitive. Learn how this transition to a global uniform set of standards is an opportunity for real

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Our next New York IRES User Group meeting will be Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the office of Deloitte Consulting LLP, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Lunch will not be served but snacks will be provided. Note that security is strict so we must provide an attendance list 72 hours in advance. 

The agenda for this meeting includes the following sessions: 1) Corporate Dashboard/Portal solutions: 3 vendors, Asset Eye, RealFuse and Datexmedia, will demonstrate their strategy and approach in providing key management reporting and metrics, 2) IRES will present the current product roadmap, what is planned for their next service pack update, SP5 for v4.0,as well as the latest updates to the new Cash Flow Budgeting and Impact modules, 3) The User Groups will present their new registration site, TeamR, as well new areas of interest, including a job posting space and chat room, 4) Ken Meyer and David Kratzke of Deloitte Consulting LLP will discuss changes associated with the upcoming adoption of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standard), the new global Accounting Standard and how it will affect our Real Estate organizations and systems. Time permitting, we will demonstrate how to use the IRES WIKI.  We will provide time for networking with each other to discuss client initiatives, solutions, version upgrade success stories and recent user experiences with MRI. 

Note:  This meeting is open to ALL MRI users, whether you have paid dues or not. Beginning in year 2010, all those attending meetings will be required to pay annual dues.  The User Group is a completely independent, self sponsored group of volunteers.  We need the support of your company to fund these meetings and pay for the organizational costs of this effort.  Dues are still only $100 per company per year.  If you would still like to sponsor our user group for 2009, please bring the your dues check to this meeting. If necessary we will provide invoices for dues, as well as W-9s.  Please see "How to sponsor your Use Group" below for more details.

Meeting Information and Agenda

How to Sponsor your User Group

If you have not become a member and would desire to, please send your 2009 User Group dues contribution check for $100 made payable to IRES Users Group, Inc., to the following address: Rolla Eisner, Newmark Knight Frank, 125 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017. If you require an invoice for the annual dues, please email Rolla at reisner@newmarkkf.com or call her at 212.372.2138.  You may also bring your dues payment to the meeting.

Featured Topics

IRES Product Roadmap Update

Mike Bates from IRES will present the current product roadmap, with a detailed update on what is coming out in Service Pack 5 for version 4.0, to be released in Spring 2010.  In addition, Mike will review where IRES is at with the new version 5.0, what modules have been released and what is coming out in the near future, including a discussion on the plans for CM, Job Cost and new projects.  

Corporate  Portals

Desktop portals are information systems cable of consolidating and presenting key business metrics and information from disparate data sources throughout an organization, built for all levels of viewership, from business managers, to tenants, to partners and investors.  Three  different vendors will demonstrate their portal platform solutions.   Participants include:

Greg Sherman will demonstate the AssetEye portfolio management platform that leverages MRI and other data.

http://www.asseteye.com

Sandy Jacolow, Executive Director of Calvis, will demonstrate their RealFusecorporate portal solution that leverages Microsoft Sharepoint Server

http://www.realfuse.com

Scott Mahler, President of Datexmedia will demonstrate their custom portal development approach using standard industry tools and framework.

http://datexmedia.com/

User Group TeamR registration site and IRES WIKI

We will be demonstrating the TEAMR web site that the User Group organization recently implemented to build our membership database, post a calendar of events, register users for meetings and blast out the meeting notices.   This site has the potential for posting job opportunities, resumes, MRI newsletter type information and anything else that provides value to our members.

Time permitting, we will also review the IRES WIKI and how to post articles, reply to threads and search for solutions.

International financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)

The SEC has proposed a roadmap for possible mandatory adaption of IFRS by the end of 2014, and for some industries to become early adaptors. Real Estate is a prime target because organizations are global, capital intensive and competitive. Learn how this transition to a global uniform set of standards is an opportunity for real estate organizations to take a fresh look at their current business practices and technology enablers. For example, Deloitte consulting was recently engaged to configure and customize MRI to manage the appraisal process for fund and property level valuations, providing the client with visibility to book mark-to-market adjustments by comparing historical real estate costs to market valuations while enhancing the end to end appraisal business processes. Ken Meyer is a principal of Deloitte and leads the Real Estate consulting practice for the North East region. David Kratzke is a specialist leader. 

REGISTRATION

To register for this meeting, simply click on the Attending button below.  By clicking on that button, you will be registered for this meeting.  If you know someone who did not receive this memo but would like to attend this meeting, you may forward the email to them. They must register using the "Visit Your Official Website" link, accessing the calendar and entering their member information. They can not use the attending button since they are not on the email distribution list for this meeting. If you have problems, please contact Rolla Eisner, as indicated above.

estate organizations to take a fresh look at their current business practices and technology enablers. For example, Deloitte consulting was recently engaged to configure and customize MRI to manage the appraisal process for fund and property level valuations, providing the client with visibility to book mark-to-market adjustments by comparing historical real estate costs to market valuations while enhancing the end to end appraisal business processes. Ken Meyer is a principal of Deloitte and leads the Real Estate consulting practice for the North East region. David Kratzke is a specialist leader. 

REGISTRATION

To register for this meeting, simply click on the Attending button below.  By clicking on that button, you will be registered for this meeting.  If you know someone who did not receive this memo but would like to attend this meeting, you may forward the email to them. They must register using the "Visit Your Official Website" link, accessing the calendar and entering their member information. They can not use the attending button since they are not on the email distribution list for this meeting. If you have problems, please contact Rolla Eisner, as indicated above.