Full Text of HR0630 093rd General Assembly
HR0630 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois wish to congratulate Richard A. "Dick" | 4 |
| Armstrong on the occasion of his retirement from the Quad City | 5 |
| Area REALTOR Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard A. Armstrong is a native of Springfield; | 7 |
| he attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville; he worked with | 8 |
| Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Davenport, Iowa, and | 9 |
| was field director for the Illowa Council, Boy Scouts of | 10 |
| America; and
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| WHEREAS, Dick joined the Illinois Quad City Area REALTOR | 12 |
| Association in January of 1979 as the Association Executive; he | 13 |
| received an Association Executive designation the same year; he | 14 |
| received his Certified Association Executive designation in | 15 |
| 1993 and a REALTOR Association Certified Executive designation | 16 |
| in 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, Dick is a member of the Real Estate Education | 18 |
| Association and is known for being involved nationally, | 19 |
| statewide, and locally through several committees; he was the | 20 |
| Federal District Coordinator for Congressman Lane Evans; he | 21 |
| served as a member of many Association Executive Committees and | 22 |
| on the Member Services Involvement group; he served on the | 23 |
| Professional Standards Committees, the Legislative Committee, | 24 |
| the Multi-Family Housing Sub-Committee (1992), the Equal | 25 |
| Opportunity House Committee (1990), the License Law Committee | 26 |
| (1983), and the Bylaws Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Mr. Armstrong, the Quad | 28 |
| City REALTOR Association has undergone many changes, growing in | 29 |
| multiple ways; in 1979, the Association added online service, | 30 |
| which allowed REALTOR offices to access the MLS computer; in | 31 |
| 1983, a subsidiary corporation was formed, the Quad City Real |
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| Estate Information Services, Inc., which began publishing and | 2 |
| distributing real estate advertising; in 1988, a Commercial | 3 |
| Division was organized as a joint venture with the Iowa Board | 4 |
| with MLS service; at this time, the first on-line system was | 5 |
| purchased adding Rock Island and Henry County tax information | 6 |
| to the system as well as on-line photos; also in the late | 7 |
| 1980s, a Board Store was established; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1991, the Association placed the first keysafe | 9 |
| system in the area into effect; in 1993, the group signed a | 10 |
| multi-board agreement with the Galesburg Board of REALTORS and | 11 |
| then with the Fulton County Board in 1996; also in 1996, the | 12 |
| group entered the world wide web with it's first web page; in | 13 |
| 1997, the Quad City Real Estate Referral Co. was established | 14 |
| along with a multi-board agreement for Professional Standards; | 15 |
| in 1999, the Association office was sold and the group moved to | 16 |
| its present location; in 2001, Real Estate Education Services, | 17 |
| Inc. was established; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Armstrong accomplished much in his time of | 19 |
| service to the Quad City REALTOR Association and has made the | 20 |
| Association what it is today, and he has been instrumental in | 21 |
| the development and success of the Galesburg Board of REALTORS; | 22 |
| he has been a loyal and long-standing member of the Kiwanis; | 23 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 25 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 26 |
| congratulate Mr. Richard Armstrong on the occasion of his | 27 |
| retirement from the Quad City REALTOR Association and the | 28 |
| Galesburg Board of REALTORS; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 30 |
| presented to Dick Armstrong as an expression of our respect and | 31 |
| esteem for his devoted service to the Quad City REALTOR | 32 |
| Association and the Galesburg Board of REALTORS.
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