The 4th quarterly meeting for the Southern California Chapter of CRS was held in Hawthorne, CA at the Ayres Hotel on Friday November 21. Here are a few highlights:

• The 2009 Officers of the Board of Directors were installed - Deborah Kniss, President: Marlene Bridges - President-Elect; Debbie Browne, Treasurer; Jeff Dowler, Secretary

• President Deborah Kniss announced that the Chapter won the Chapter with a Heart Award for 2008. The award was presented to the Chapter at the CRS meetings in Orlando recently.

• A total of $3404.00 has been raised in 2008 for Habitat for Humanity and shared with 4 Habitat for Humanity Chapters. The balance of the $5000 budget will be presented to 5 individual Habitat for Humanity Chapters by members of the board - Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Temecula and Orange County

• CRS of the Year awards were presented to two members - Marlene Bridges and Jeff Dowler

• We heard an excellent talk on the top legal issues in today market - stay tuned for a summary of this talk which will be shared with all Chapter members via email.

• Our Platinum sponsors were recognized and thanked for their continued support of our Chapter  - Bank of America, Hallmark Escrow, Coast Cities Escrow, and Old Home Republic Home Protection