PRESS
RELEASE November
11, 2009
Contact: Kathy Baberdirector@indianaauctioneers.org317-859-8990
Auctioneers Convene at Swan Lake
Resort
Over 200 Indiana
Auctioneer Association members attended the annual convention held at the Swan
Lake Resort in Plymouth, Indiana, November 5-8, 2009.
The IAA gave out
Marketing contest awards and Dodie D. Whitcomb, Auctioneer & CES, of Lewis
& Lambright, Inc, received the 2009 Marketing Contest Award as an
Auctioneer, licensed less than 5 Years. The winning brochure was for the
Hollis Family Trust Auction, which was held Saturday- June 13, 2009 in
Shipshewana, Indiana. Dodie is a member of the Indiana Auctioneers
Association and the National Auctioneers Association. She is a Certified
Estate Specialist, receiving that designation from the NAA in November 2006; a
District 2, Director with the Indiana Auctioneers Association; involved with
benefit auctions, and is a member of the Scott United Methodist Church. Dodie is
an auctioneer with her father Harvey C. Lambright, Owner, President, of Lewis
& Lambright, Inc., LaGrange,
Indiana.
Annual
elections where held for the board of directors. Mike Mensendiek, Jonesville,
was elected President, Sara Minor, Madison, President-Elect, Andrew W. Wilson,
New Harmony, Vice-President and Melissa Christy- Davis, Indianapolis,
Secretary/Treasurer.
The event closed with a Presidential Gala which
celebrated the passing of the gavel from Jim Lestinsky, 2008-2009 President, to
Mike Mensendiek, 2009-2010 President.
The 2010 Indiana Auctioneers
Convention will be held November 4-7th in Columbus,
IN.
