The Federal Real Property Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of Federal property asset managers and real estate professional working together to solve today’s asset management and workplace challenges. As part of its on-going mission, the Federal Real Property Association (FRPA) supports and promotes professionalism among real property executives, managers and vendors in the public and private sectors. Our members strive to provide effective and efficient management of real property.

FRPA membership includes Individual, Corporate and Agency membership. By becoming a member of the FRPA, you will join an association whose members have a keen interest in maximizing the effective and efficient management of real property. Association members include facility managers, space planners, realty specialists, commercial brokers, attorneys, interior designers, developers, architects, and vendors of facilities products and services.

FRPA is a 100% voluntary organization. All Board Members and Conference Chairs have full time jobs outside of the FRPA organizations.

Dear FRPA Members-

The Federal Real Property Association (FRPA) has a long, successful history of bringing federal real property professionals together around the critical issues facing our industry.  In honor of this tradition, we want to engage you in re-imagining and shaping the future vision for FRPA. 

As you know, an elected board of volunteers guides and manages the day-to-day operations of our organization.  In recent weeks, we announced a number of board positions would be up for re-election.  While we received a number of inquires, unfortunately, a sufficient number of interested candidates did not come forward to warrant elections.  We know, of course, that this is not a result of the tremendous enthusiasm of our membership or perceived value of the organization.  Instead, we believe, limited time is a challenge we all face in an increasingly busy, demanding professional environment.  Rather than risk some of the roles going vacant, the current board met in January to chart another course—to invest 2012 in Re-Imagining FRPA. 

What does this mean?  In order to maintain continuity, we will suspend elections for one year.  Between now and January 2013, the current board will remain intact and guide us through a series of restructuring activities that will result in updated bi-laws, reinvigorated programs, and an energized approach to outreach and community engagement.  Your input and participation is critical to this process!

We will still hold an annual conference or similar event this year.  However, our monthly lunches will take a different path.  Bi-monthly, we will hold a facilitated session on a specific restructuring topic.  These interactive meetings will be a key opportunity to engage with your fellow members in shaping the structure, governance, processes, and priorities for FRPA in the many years to come.  Specifically, we are really excited about ideas such as:

• Expanding programs, mentoring, training, and networking opportunities
• Further integrating technology into our events to expand our reach beyond the DC area
• Forging innovative partnerships with other real property organizations
• Creating a streamlined governance structure that is agile and highly responsive to the needs of the membership
• Engaging a wider breadth of our federal real property leadership from multiple agencies

Invitations to participate in the first bi-monthly session to be held in March will be issued through the EventBrite tool. Please join us.  Thank you in advance for your support and great ideas.  We look forward to working with you!

FRPA Board

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Kimberly Price, kimberly_price@archibus.com.