I joined Active Rain last year. I had a goal of having 25, then 50 then 100 and so on...

Since last year, when I joined in 2008, I have turned over 350 people on to Active Rain. My official log shows 345 members, since 6 signed up directly, and I received a thank you for truning them on to the site, however official credit...no.

I aam not sure if this is a record or not. I do not know of too many people who have referred over 300 members annd have not spoken to anyone who has over 345 members as my official count shows.

Figured I would ask.

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631-563-7720 Bill Merrell- fellow Active Rain member in NYS

www.mtsnowvacation.com

3 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2 decks, washer/dryer, all dishware, utensils, etc.

Are you looking to get away?

Consider Vermont- within hours of all of the tri-state and new England vicinity with skiing open 7 days a week

2009 Villa Rental Rates/Dates: (call us to determine up to date availability 631-563-7720)

"2:00pm check-in time ~ 12:00noon check out time" 

All rental payments are required when you reserve the dates of your stay.

There is fee of $50 for cleaning associated with your stay.

A $250 Refundable Security deposit is required. (Security deposits are refunded timely within 2 weeks if no damage occurs)

Postal Money orders requested made payable to: Bill Merrell (Bill Merrell owns this 3 story home) 

Call us at 631-563-7720 to confirm dates. We will send you a short term agreement. Please sign it, and return it with payment and ID's of all occupants.

We require a copy of each occupants drivers license to verify all identities. Children under 17 may not have ID, so their name will be fine.

DATES FILLING UP!!! CALL 631-563-7720 to confirm your dates NOW!!!

Bill and Lisa Merrell

Thanksgiving Vacation at Mt Snow, Vermont- Need a vacation?

www.mtsnowvacation.com

3 Story home on the Mountain (West Dover, VT)

DOVER GREEN LOOP, WEST DOVER (MT. SNOW) VERMONT

Looking for a 3 Story Vacation home on the Mountain? (West Dover) to rent? You have found it !

CALL THE OWNERS AT:  (BILL AND LISA) 631-563-7720 or 631-833-9069

 

We are able to obtain discounted lift tickets for our guests- 2 days for up to 35% savings ! Call for Information and to pick up lift tickets when you rent with us!

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Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Available ~ Our Calendar is here:

             NOVEMBER 2009 DATES:

SUN~MON ~TUES~ WED~THURS~ FRI~ SAT

1     2     3      4      5    6      7    ELECTION DAY 3^RD            Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs $ 200 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

8     9    10     11     12   13     14   VETERANS DAY 11^TH           Fri & Sat, $ 250 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

15   16    17    18     19   20     21

22   23    24    25     26   27     28    Thanksgiving- Wed-Sunday 5 days 4 nights $ 1000.00 including $ 50 cleaning fee

29   30

              DECEMBER 2009 DATES:

             1     2      3     4    5

6    7      8      9     10    11   12      PEARL HARBOR  7^TH        Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs $ 200 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

13    14     15   16     17    18   19      CHANUKAH  12^TH  Fri & Sat, $ 250 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

20    21     22    23    24    25   26     CHRISTMAS EVE 24^TH CHRISTMAS DAY 25^TH Christmas Wed-Sun 5 days 4 nights $ 1000.00 incl. $ 50 cleaning fee

27    28     29    30     31                 KWANZAA 26^TH  NEW YEARS EVE 31^ST

                                                                  New Years Party Thurs- Sun 4 Days 3 Nights $ 900 incl. $ 50 cleaning fee

                JANUARY 2010 DATES:

                                1     2      NEW YEARS DAY  1^ST 

3    4       5     6      7      8     9      Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs $ 200 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

10   11     12    13     14     15   16       Fri & Sat, $ 250 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

17   18     19    20     21     22   23     MARTIN LUTHER KINGS DAY 18^TH   Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues  5 days 4 nights $ 1000

24   25     26     27    28     29    30

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                 FEBRUARY 2010 DATES:

      1     2      3      4      5    6         DO THE DEW TOUR~ 6 Days 5 Nights $ 1,500 including cleaning fee  http://www.mountsnow-dewtour.com/

7    8      9      10     11    12    13         Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs $ 200 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

14   15     16     17    18     19    20        PRESIDENTS DAY 15^TH

21   22     23     24     25    26    27      Fri & Sat, $ 250 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

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                     MARCH 2010 DATES:

    1      2       3      4      5   6

7   8      9      10      11     12  13         Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs $ 200 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

14  15    16      17     18     19  20         Fri & Sat, $ 250 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

21  22    23      24     25     26  27

28  29     30      31

                       APRIL 2010 DATES:

                         1      2    3

4   5     6        7      8      9    10     EASTER SUNDAY 4^TH

11  12    13      14     15    16    17     Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs $ 200 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

18  19    20      21     22     23   24      Fri & Sat, $ 250 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

25  26    27      28     29     30

                       MAY 2010 DATES:

                                      1      Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs $ 175 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

2   3    4       5       6      7      8      Fri & Sat, $ 200 per night 2 night min plus $ 50 cleaning fee

9   10   11      12      13     14    15

16  17   18      19      20     21    22

23  24   25      26      27     28    29      MEMORIAL DAY 31^ST   MAY 29, 30, 31, June 1st  4 Days 3 Nights $ 750 including Cleaning Fee

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2009 Villa Rental Rates/Dates: (call us to determine up to date availability 631-563-7720)

"2:00pm check-in time ~ 12:00noon check out time" 

All rental payments are required when you reserve the dates of your stay.

There is fee of $50 for cleaning associated with your stay.

A $250 Refundable Security deposit is required. (Security deposits are refunded timely within 2 weeks if no damage occurs)

Postal Money orders requested made payable to: Bill Merrell (Bill Merrell owns this 3 story home) 

Call us at 631-563-7720 to confirm dates. We will send you a short term agreement. Please sign it, and return it with payment and ID's of all occupants.

We require a copy of each occupants drivers license to verify all identities. Children under 17 may not have ID, so their name will be fine.

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~ 3 Story town home ~ 2 Miles to Ski Lifts ~ We are right on the Mountain ~ 1 Mile to Golf Course ~ On Moover Route- which is the bus to the ski lift ~ Our town home is configured uniquely as per our floor plan below ~ End Unit ~ Plenty of space, light and Air...Mountain Breeze is the norm ~ We include use of towels, flatware, dishes, coffee maker, oven, range, pots and pans, microwave, dishwasher ~ Please Bring your own soap, paper goods, paper towels, garbage bags, and toilet paper

3 Story Home layout: (This is a 3 story End Unit home in our Mt. Snow Community)

First floor:

Front, covered raised porch, entry room which allows you to store ski equipment, etc. Hallway, with ample storage for coats. Front Bedroom with twin bed, futon (full bed) night stand, dresser and closet, Master bedroom with Full/Queen bed, 2 night stands, dresser, closet, linen closet, and door/access to full sized washer and dryer There is  cable connected television in Master Bedroom. Please use natural, low phosphate washing machine detergent. 2 full bathrooms on this floor - Hall accessed bathroom with a tub bath and Master Bath with an enlarged stall shower. Both bathrooms have towels .(please bring your own toiletries incl. toilet paper, soap, etc.)  Washer and dryer is on first floor off the master bedroom. Please bring washing machine detergent for your use. There is also an Iron/Ironing Board and Vacuum in front closet.

Second Floor:

Kitchen with basics for cooking. Dinette with Dining Room table, Living Room/Great Room with Cathedral Ceiling, a Center Fireplace and a 8' sliding door from great room to 2nd story deck, to allow for private dining outside, etc. 2 Loungers on deck for sun bathing in warm weather. Deck size is 150 square feet +-. Living Room has TV, VCR and DVD, Cable connected. Please bring dishwashing detergent for dishwasher.  (Kitchen includes: Range, Stove, Microwave, Dishwasher, Sink with spray nozzle and full sized refrigerator)

Third Floor:

Loft with 2 twin beds, and a skylight, chair and dresser, ample lighting, carpeted with a 3' skylight between the 2 beds. (carpeted throughout)

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Home has individual thermostatically controlled heat throughout home. Separate rock lined hot water heater. Open  Parking - Snow Removal - Plowing - Mowing - Leaf Collection - All provided by the Association. When you depart,  lower the thermostats to away mode,  verify fireplace damper is closed and turn off all lights. You will be asked to return key to our cleaning manager at end of stay or return it to us.  Before your stay, you will receive a key which opens the front exterior door.

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Kitchen:  Refrigerator, Range, Oven, Dishwasher, Coffee Maker and Microwave, Pots, Pans, Flatware, Dishes, Mugs, Glassware and Utensils.

Each guest should bring items such as Tupperware, aluminum foil, plastic bags, salt, pepper, sugar, coffee, paper towels, toilet paper, garbage bags,  etc.

All garbage should be removed and emptied daily in dumpster at our condo community. All food should be removed at end of stay. Clean out refrigerator and freezer.

We want your stay to be enjoyable. This is a 25 year old 3 story semi attached town home on the Mountain. Plenty of hot water, full size washer and dryer and everything as listed .

Television, VCR and DVD (with remote)  in Living Room , Television with remote and cable in Master Bedroom

Televisions are connected to Duncan Cable with multiple cable channels.

Firewood for Fireplace- stocked in adjacent shed for each stay- Split seasoned wood- shed key by front door- Return key please!

Bed linens and towels included during stay.

We have the home professionally cleaned/linens changed between stays. That is why you are charged $ 50 cleaning fee.

Please bring you own toiletries, paper towels, aluminum foil, baggies, garbage bags, toilet paper, air freshener, etc. We attempt to supply some of these items, however do to personal use, we ask you bring these items to our home. We also ask that you dispose of garbage each day in the community dumpster to keep the home clean

I, Bill Merrell was recently appointed to the Position of NYS leader of the www.pickensplan.com

I am proud of my affiliation with Pickens Energy rganization and the 35,000 members in NYS who are members of the Pickens Plan.

http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2009/11/09/meet-the-army-bill-merrell-new-york-state-leader/

Bill Merrell, New York State Leader

-Tell us a little about yourself.

I am an educator and environmentalist and a person committed to energy conservation. I own and operate a New York state educational facility in which we teach multiple vocations, which includes Home Energy Conservation and Home Inspection Licensing in New York. I have been involved in Residential and Commercial Building Inspection for three decades to date, and have introduced energy conservation and environmental safety in many of our programs.

-Why are you a part of the Pickens Plan?

To help, in a small way to make a difference in the way we expend energy. The Pickens Plan and its Energy Army is important to Americans in our desire to reduce our reliance on foreign fuel. We can do this through energy conservation (which I actively teach) and alternative energy, including natural gas, wind, geothermal energy and hydroelectric energy. I am just happy to be part of an organization that is working to benefit our country and our citizens.

-Tell us about things you've done to promote the Pickens Plan.

I have contacted no less than 2,000 people about the Pickens Plan to date. I have met with local, regional, state and national leaders about supporting and joining the Pickens Plan. I have incorporated the Pickens Plan in the courses I teach at my School, Merrell Institute and Baruch College, as well as working with the Environmental Assessment Association, Housing Inspection Foundation and Association of Construction Inspectors as their National Education Director.  I am also on the National Education Committee of NACHI and 2009/2010 National Director of the North American Association Network. I am living the phrase "strength through networking".

-Share one idea for what you'd like to accomplish through your work with the Pickens Plan in the next 3 months.

I plan on continuing to contact a minimum of 3 elected officials each and every week. I have done this for months to date, and I have received positive letters and e-mails and communication from local legislators, state officials and US Senators and US Congressional leaders. I am pleased they have been receptive to my communications and plan of continuing with my daily and weekly goals of reaching out and keeping the Pickens Plan on their minds. I hope to continue this for many years to come.

"Meet the Army" is a series here on Daily Pickens featuring New Energy Army members and how they are making a difference by being involved in the Pickens Plan. Who knows, maybe we'll see you here soon! Click here to join your State and District Groups and get involved.

http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2009/11/09/meet-the-army-bill-merrell-new-york-state-leader/

http://www.northamericanassociation.com/assoc/reanational.html

As a Nationally Designated Member with one of the following National Organizations, you are granted permission to  a significantly reduced fee for both the Correspondence Training and first years national Designation Dues, as an REA designated Member in Good Standing.

To be eligible to enroll, you must be a Member in Good Standing of one of the following Organizations. These organizations have Nationally Recognized this training and REA Designation. The organizations include:  

Phone: 760-327-5284  ~  Fax:  760-327-5631

http://www.assoc-hdqts.org/

National Association of Real Estate Appraisers  www.narea-assoc.org

National Association of Review Appraisers and Mortgage Underwriters  www.naramu.org

Housing Inspection Foundation  www.hif-assoc.org

International Real Estate Institute  www.irei-assoc.org

Environmental Assessment Association   www.eaa-assoc.org

Fill out the following form, and mail it in. Once received and processes, you will receive your first correspondence course materials by e-mail. Once you have finished all Modules, you will take and return a Final Exam. If you pass, you will be awarded membership and the REA Educational Designation. The reduced  fee of $ 225.00 will include the correspondence course (sent to you in several Modules by e-mail-You must have a pdf reader to view the program and manuals), final exam (in word), designation and one year membership. The Course, first year membership and final exam, and use of the designation  is $ 225.00. Thereafter your annual dues are capped at $ 75.00 annually.

Print this entire page and Mail it to:

MERRELL INSTITUTE  Residential Energy Assessment Program, 1461-16 Lakeland Avenue, Bohemia, NY 117116

Questions? Call 631-563-7720 for further information. This program and national designation is recognized by the 5 Associations listed above, as their Official National Energy Program. You may also call your National Association to verify same at (760) 327-5284  Extension 252. This discounted price is only available for Nationally designated members approved

Name___________________________________________________________ Phone________________________________

Address_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Town/City____________________________________________ State_________ Zip Code________________-___________

Fax Number_______________________________   Designation & Association _____________________________________

Discount Tuition of $ 225.00 - Correspondence Program, Exam and one year membership fee ~ Available ONLY for Association

Members in Good Standing.

Method of Payment: $ 225.00 [ ] Check Made Payable to: Merrell Institute    [  ] VISA     [  ] MasterCard   3 Digit Code:________

Credit Card Number:_____________________________________________________ Expires on:_______________________

[  ]  Please attach a resume      E-MAIL for documents to be shipped_________________________________________________

I authorize payment  of $ 225.00 to be made to my check or credit card as indicated above, which includes the correspondence course

modules. the final and first year membership and listing in the Residential Energy Assessment web site, once program is complete.

Signed_______________________________________________________________________ dated__________________

All materials are to be e-mailed to: profmerrell@optonline.net  

or Mailed to: Merrell Institute,  1461-16 Lakeland Avenue, Bohemia, NY 11716

or faxed to:  631-563-7719

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International RE Institute

Official Address of all Associations Managed by NPS Inc.

810 N. Farrell Drive, Palm Springs, California, 92262

Direct Telephone and Fax Number for all Associations listed below:

Phone: 760-327-5284  ~  Fax:  760-327-5631

http://www.assoc-hdqts.org/

Brent Felstead, Executive Director  brent.felstead@assoc-hdqts.org

International Real Estate Institute

The WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION

(760) 327-5284  Extension 252
Fax Number for all Associations listed below:

 Fax:  760-327-5631

Alternate Telephone Number/ Voice Mail (760) 650-9949

  info@irei-assoc.org

Association of Construction Inspectors

Official Address of all Associations Managed by NPS Inc.

810 N. Farrell Drive, Palm Springs, California, 92262

Direct Telephone and Fax Number for all Associations listed below:

Phone: 760-327-5284  ~  Fax:  760-327-5631

http://www.assoc-hdqts.org/

Brent Felstead, Executive Director  brent.felstead@assoc-hdqts.org

Association of Construction Inspectors

The WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION

(760) 327-5284  Extension 252
Fax Number for all Associations listed below:

 Fax:  760-327-5631

Alternate Telephone Number/ Voice Mail (760) 650-9949

   info@aci-assoc.org

Housing Inspection Foundation

Official Address of all Associations Managed by NPS Inc.

810 N. Farrell Drive, Palm Springs, California, 92262

Direct Telephone and Fax Number for all Associations listed below:

Phone: 760-327-5284  ~  Fax:  760-327-5631

http://www.assoc-hdqts.org/

Brent Felstead, Executive Director  brent.felstead@assoc-hdqts.org

Housing Inspection Foundation

National Association of Review Appraisers/Mortgage Underwriters

Official Address of all Associations Managed by NPS Inc.

810 N. Farrell Drive, Palm Springs, California, 92262

Direct Telephone and Fax Number for all Associations listed below:

Phone: 760-327-5284  ~  Fax:  760-327-5631

http://www.assoc-hdqts.org/

Brent Felstead, Executive Director  brent.felstead@assoc-hdqts.org

National Association of Review Appraisers and Mortgage Underwriters

The WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION

(760) 327-5284  Extension 252
Fax Number for all Associations listed below:

 Fax:  760-327-5631

Alternate Telephone Number/ Voice Mail (760) 650-9949

info@naramu.org

National Association of Review Appraisers and Mortgage Underwriters - NARA/MU is the only association that services the review appraisal industry. It provides its members with the latest industry standards, guidelines, regulations, industry trends, review forms and much more. Established in 1976, NARA/MU is the leader within this industry and has over 2,500 members.

National Association of Real Estate Appraisers

 National Association of Real Estate Appraisers 

The WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION

(760) 327-5284  Extension 252
Fax Number for all Associations listed below:

 Fax:  760-327-5631

Alternate Telephone Number/ Voice Mail (760) 650-9949

info@narea-assoc.org

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Founded in 1966, the National Association of Real Estate Appraisers ("NAREA") is a professional organization of real estate appraisers.  NAREA is one of the largest professional associations in the United States.  Management believes that NAREA has earned the credibility and public trust needed when affiliating with a professional organization.  Management believes that the Code of Ethics and Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice ("USPAP"), to which members must adhere, provides the industry with the assurance it needs when accepting an appraisal report from a NAREA designated member.  Along with the regular nationwide seminars and an annual Appraisal Expo Conference, members receive bi-monthly newsletters, appraisal guidelines, updates on regulations, the Annual Membership Directory, legislative monitoring of the issues affecting the appraisal industry and much more.

http://www.assoc-hdqts.org/