 American Society of Appraisers — Philadelphia Chapter —
We appraise:
• Personal Property
• Real Estate
• Gems & Jewelry
• Business Valuation
• Machinery/Specialties
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What's New on the ASA Philadelphia Website
Websites, like people, are always changing, growing.
This website changes often -- changes ranging from minor, but important, updates to the addition of entire new sections. You will find all of the changes for this website cataloged here on this page so you can see what's new since your last visit.
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Record of Changes
11/18/2008
Added ASA Branding Policy info to Members page, as requested.
11/16/2008
Added David M. Rosen to Find an Appraiser page and map, as requested.
11/4/2008
Changed Sam Luceno's email address as directed.
10/28/2008
Updated Calendar with IRS Charitable Contributions meeting notice with 2 graphics, homepage alert, email to subscribers.
Updated homepage with copy congratulating members on USPAP Update Course, Furniture Seminar, and Philadelphia BAR conference, with 1 new graphic, links to members profiles and businesses.
10/26/2008
Located original ASA personal property press release, referenced on homepage.
10/25/2008
Added Charles M. Sapnas, AM to Find an Appraiser page and map, as requested.
9/22/2008
Added Robert Luciani, ASA to Find an Appraiser page and map, as requested.
9/09/2008
Updated Calendar with Set Charles Momjian as speaker for September meeting, 2 graphics, homepage alert, email to subscribers.
Homepage copy congratulating Sue Swaab on exemplary May Ivory seminar.
Congratulations on Members Only Page to new applicants approved in May.
8/20/2008
Changed homepage banners as directed.
8/16/2008
Added PICPA seminar in September to Calendar with graphic, link to course description.
8/6/2008
Added USPAP Update Course in October to Calendar, with graphic, banner, homepage alert, email to subscribers.
7/24/2008
Added Calendar notice of October Furniture Seminar with ad banner, graphic, homepage alert, email to subscribers, revised sitemap, and animated banner rotating between October & November events.
Updated homepage President's box and About Us page of Chapter Officers.
Updated Members Only page with 2008-2009 meeting dates.
7/4/2008
Added Calendar notice of November Report Preparation Course with ad banner, graphic, homepage alert, email to subscribers.
5/20/2008
Removed animated homepage banner for BV and PP conferences.
5/7/2008
Reworked homepage copy to reflect current news.
Created calendar notice for May Meeting with Fitzsimmons of WSI Marketing, with graphic, homepage alert box, and email to subscribers.
Updated Personal Property page and Google map for appraisers Linzey and Momjian, as requested.
5/6/2008
Added copy about three appraisers mentioned in Family Circle to News page.
Changed descriptions of Personal Property disciplines and sub-disciplines as per email from Susan Golashovsky.
Added copy about Robert Haas and BV seminar to News page.
2/24/2008
Posted notice of March Meeting on Employee Retention with Harry Beisswenger. Created graphic. Emailed subscribers. Added Alert Box to homepage.
2/14/2008
Posted final notice of April BV Seminar with new Calendar graphic, PDF brochure, revised animated banner for homepage link.
Posted notice of May Ivory and Its Look-A-Likes Seminar with graphic, PDF brochure.
Emailed subscribers.
2/4/2008
Posted preliminary notice of April BV Seminar with new graphic, homepage graphic banner.
Added copy to homepage about Jay Fishman's appointment to IRASC.
Emailed subscribers.
11/21/2007
Reworked November Meeting photos and captions for better appearance. Added copy describing Shirley Swaab's presentation.
Added write-up about Rochelle Eisenberg's teaching and article.
Added Swaab and Eisenberg material to homepage, with new Swaab graphic.
11/20/2007
Created banner ad for Breakfast with Monica Malpass.
Posted preliminary Calendar notice for the event.
Reworked homepage to include banner ad.
Posted ad on ASA NYC and Northern NJ Chapter Calendars.
Added photos and captions from November Meeting to In the News page.
11/19/2007
Added November 2007 newsletter, with one image, to website, archiving September 2007.
Added Chapter Counsel, Robert W. Maher, Esq., to About Us page.
10/29/2007
Changed email link for Katherine Linzey, as requested.
10/26/2007
Added two resources for appraisers working with historic wallpaper to Weblinks page.
10/20/2007
Added November meeting notice to Calendar with graphic; emailed subscribers.
Changed Board member information on Chapter Directory, as requested.
Added new Applicants to Members Only page.
Added write-ups about Barry Slosberg's auction and Judith Lepow's teaching to In the News page.
9/20/2007
Added Rochelle Eisenberg's article, Determining the Value of a Work of Art to the articles page.
9/19/2007
Added material about appointments to International Personal Property Committee to homepage, In the News, and linked to About Us. Added ASA news release as PDF and made graphic button.
Added In the News graphic.
Wrote Rochelle Eisenberg for permission to use article.
9/18/2007
Edited and added pic of Robert Ardinger to President's box.
9/9/2007
Added current President's Message/Newsletter, archived past, and updated archive.
8/30/2007
Added Members Only page and changed homepage copy.
Updated Calendar as requested.
Added additional navigation for long pages.
Added Privacy and Copyright pages.
Created Google-friendly XML site map.
8/29/2007
Reworked Articles pages, making new index page and formatting the three articles.
Added link to Join Us page.
Added In the News page (new).
8/28/2007
Reworked Newsletter archives, giving them consistent names, creating new archive page with teaser links, and setting up redirection for old files, links, etc.
Added Weblinks: Resources for Appraisers to Weblinks pages.
Added Bookshelf page.
8/27/2007
Changed existing pages to use either full DHTML menu or abbreviated HTML menu across top.
Added left-hand menu to all pages.
Added meta tags to completed pages. Revised this page.
8/26/2007
Revised Discipline descriptions, installed new versions of all discipline pages.
8/24/2007
Added Find by Map, List, Database navigation to discipline pages.
Created flash intro banner (not online yet)
Created DHTML menu with dropdowns (also not online)
Rewrote introductory copy on homepage (not online)
Added Business Valuation appraiser list and map.
8/21/2007
Added updated appraiser lists to Personal Property, Gems & Jewelry, Machinery & Technical Specialties, and Real Property.
Added MyMapsPlus (Google mashup) maps to Machinery & Technical and Real Property.
Updated Board of Directors as requested.
Emailed progress and costs as requested.
8/19/2007
Added President's message box.
Posted Calendar notice for ASA Advanced Business Valuation Conference
Updated Sinclair Award recipients.
8/7/2007
Added 2007 Award for Best Chapter Mentoring program.
8/5/2007
Added Google mashup map to Gems & Jewelry and Personal Property pages.
8/4/2007
Moved Sinclair tributes page. Removed Sinclair Award page. Added new Ask George page, including questions and answers from 2000 forward, Sinclair background, information on Sinclair awards, funds, and scholarships.
Added About Us page, removing list of Officers from homepage.
8/2/2007
Reworked Disciplines pages, moving them out of subdirectory.
Added Find an Appraiser box to Discipline pages, homepage.
Reworked page headers to include titlebar.
Added .htaccess page for redirection of missing pages.
Changed menus throughout to correct for new organization, page names, etc.
7/22/2007
Posted updated Calendar notices for May General Membership Meeting and April Business Valuation Seminar.
Changed page footers.
Replaced old Calendar page with blog version.
7/19/2007
Edited reason to select an ASA-accredited appraiser, again.
7/18/2007
Rewrote reasons to select an ASA-accredited appraiser.
Updated style sheets.
7/17/2007
Changed homepage banner to new style.
Changed page title.
7/15/2007
Posted Calendar notice for Shirley Swaab's seminar, with graphic.
Reworked General Membership meeting notice to add graphic.
Added homepage copy and photo about Ms. Swaab as 2007 George Sinclair Award winner.
7/14/2007
Added site webmail for inquiries.
Added site webmaster mail.
Added thank you page for webmail.
Changed all email and webmaster links.
7/12/2007
Posted calendar notice for 2007 annual International Conference, with homepage alert.
Created homepage alert box for Calendar.
Created Yahoo Group for Calendar subscriptions.
Created Calendar page with logo graphic, meeting location graphic, map.
Added favicon utility.
7/9/2007
Reworked Find An Appraiser search on homepage, with new graphic, adding tooltip.
7/8/2007
Posted new officers; removed remaining links and pages relating to old members section and colfusion login.
Reworked homepage.
Reformatted some material for better appearance.
6/5/2007
Changed Find an Appraiser search on homepage.
5/31/2007
Domain registration changed to Tucows. Hosting changed to servenet.com.
Minor copy and navigation changes as needed.
5/22/2007
Mirrored website in preparation for hosting.
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