AAFAME 2020 Accomplishments









 
  • As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its global spread, associations were called on to think creatively and act swiftly to continue to provide member benefits. AAFAME pivoted to an online format swiftly to continue momentum & planning activities beneficial to members during the pandemic.
     
  • We ended the year with 584 members which includes 351 building & facility engineers!
     
  • We held 3 in-person Luncheons prior to the pandemic with over 826 attendeesincluding the Joint Luncheon with BOMA Austin.
     
  • Produced 19 informative in-person or virtual training classes conducted by industry professionals with informative topics related to building maintenance improvement for over 1,000 attendees.
     
  • Conducted over 62 committee meetings attended by volunteer members committed to the professionalism and advancement of AAFAME.  13 of those meetings were in-person prior to the pandemic and 49 were held via zoom.  We experienced a 50% increase in engineer participation with online meetings.
     
  • 58 members (7% increase over last year) participated in the “Incentive Program” to qualify for free dues & luncheons in 2021.  This program has helped to increase the participation of engineer members.
     
  • The 7th Annual ARCH (AAFAME Recognition of Champions) Award was presented at the Joint Luncheon with BOMA Austin held in March 2020 at the AT&T Center with 400+ in attendance.
     
  • We continued our Professional Series with leadership topics holding 4 virtual programs with 196 remote participants.
     
  • We continue to offer Scholarships for members & their children who are pursuing a career that could be applied towards a building maintenance industry position. AAFAME has awarded $37,680 in scholarships since 2009.
     
  • 20% of our building engineer members maintain a BOMI (RPA, SMA, FMA, SMT) or LEED Designation.  AAFAME continues to promote the BOMI Designation & Certificate programs as an avenue for our building engineer members to enhance their career potential.
     
  • We held an Appreciation Event for our essential engineer members called “Taco Tuesday”.  Over 80 engineers drove their cars through our sponsor alley to pick up breakfast tacos & schwag!
     
  • In lieu of our much beloved Chili Slam, instead we hosted the COVID SLAM @ The Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas for approx. 150 attendees.  The large outdoor venue allowed for social distancing among spectators & competitors.
     
  • We postponed our 18th Annual Vendor EXPO @ the Palmer Event Center until April 2021 due to the pandemic.
     
  • In lieu of the Adventure Fest, we instead offered a Virtual Scavenger Hunt for our members with prizes for those that completed the missions!
     
  • We donated 100% of the Adventure Fest proceeds $11,000 to Helping Hand Home shelter for at risk children. The Adventure Fest has generated a grand total of $54,910 donated to charities over the last 11-years.
     
  • Our Community Services committee worked with Texas Ramp Project, Salvation Army, Any Baby Can, McKinney Falls State Park & We are Blood. Our volunteer opportunities resulted in 99 members volunteering 330 hours of their personal time to the benefit of others.
     
  • We published a printed a membership directory distributed to over 600 commercial real estate professionals and provided a real time online directory of members including vendor services.
     
  • Our Social Media presence continues to explode with a 22% increase in followers from previous year.  We post consistent information about upcoming events, articles of interest & members news.  For consistent updates on AAFAME activities please be sure to like either our Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn pages found on our website.
     
  • We produced (6) “AAFAME on Air” newsletter videos to recap the contents of the newsletter.  Our monthly newsletters include association news and articles of interest.  Average read rate of 40% (industry average is 21%) with a mailing list of 1,000 emails.