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TEXAS FLIP-N-MOVE Heather Kaspar CALL FOR: HALL OF FAME

I had the opportunity of being called NOMINATIONS
out as an Auctioneer for the first Consider one of your peers for the TAA Hall of Fame .
portion of of the hit DIY Network See the application on the web or contact info@texas-
show, Texas Flip -N- Move - Season 5. auctioneers.org or Jim Swigert at jim@swicoauctions.
com.
I’ve been humbled by the experience.
I’m writing to encourage every TAA auctioneer to Rules for Eligibility and Selection Hall of Fame Candidates:
support and follow the show. Writers, directors, and
the crew of this show see the value in the live auction In order to be nominated, nominees must have been an
method of marketing and have provided a platform for active member of the Texas Auctioneers Association for
us to share it with the world. There have been several at least 15 consecutive years and shall be a member in
TAA auctioneers that have been a part of the show!! good standing at the date of nomination. Nominees shall
have attended various conventions and seminars with
Its been said that when the Auctioneer comes on to sell preference give to individuals who have served as an
The ratings start rising! What a testimony to the live officer or a member of the TAA Board of Directors.
auction method of marketing! I personally see it as a Nominees must have been successful in the auction
huge blessing for our industry! profession. Nominees must be well respected in their
community.
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LESSONS LEARNED THE HARD WAY... TAA PRESIDENT-ELECT
By: Lance Swigert

Recently I had my truck broke into computer itself, not an external
and a few things stolen from me. device, so that didn’t do me much
They are all just things which can good. Thankfully I did have backups
all be replaced….Except that all from the previous live auction, so
important master copy of your we only lost the information from
auction software database!! one sale. It’s not going to be a killer,
but it drives home the point of you
We all hear every day, and get the NEVER know when something is
emails, are you backing up your going to happen to your data. hanging fruit and protect yourself
computers? Sure my daily documents, some. Storage hard drives are cheap
computers, phones, etc are backed So make a note and schedule it these days, but do make sure and
up on cloud services like iCloud, on your calendar to begin or keep spend a little extra for a quality drive
Google Drive, and Dropbox. But backing up ALL your data. Not just that is designed for backups.
what about our auction computers? the computers or devices we use
Our standard procedure is to backup everyday, but the ones that sit in the Here is a link to a website that has
the computers before and after an corner till we need them. Whether reviewed hard drives they use in
auction. its on a hard drive, or in the cloud, there server farm:
one copy is better than none. And www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-
It just so happened that with our two copies is better than one. drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/.
last live auction, these backups were
overlooked. I did make a backup at We could go crazy with all the
one point during the viewing day, potential scenarios that would cause
but only saved that backup to the us to loose our data, so hit the low

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