VCS Tech Support : 
By: Teresa Ellerby
For 2018, we completed seven greatly attended user group meetings.
Illinois meeting was held at the Holiday Inn Bloomington May 2nd & 3rd. We had 19 attendees with 12 different jurisdictions present.
Nebraska meeting was held at the Country Inn & Suites in Lincoln May 8th & 9th. We had 30 attendees with 13 different jurisdictions present.
South Dakota meeting was held at the Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center Cedar Shores in Oacoma June 26th & 27th. We had 47 attendees with 23 different jurisdictions present.
Missouri meeting was held at the Stoney Creek Inn & Conference Center in Columbia August 14th & 15th. We had 148 attendees with 41 different jurisdictions present.
North Dakota meeting was held at the Quality Inn (formerly the Comfort Inn) Bismarck September 18th & 19th. We had 80 attendees with 45 different jurisdictions present.
Iowa meeting was held at the Cedar Rapids Marriott in Cedar Rapids October 10th & 11th. We had 227 attendees with 94 different jurisdictions present and four from the Department of Revenue.
Minnesota meeting was held at the Holiday Inn St. Cloud October 17th & 18th. We had 70 attendees with 22 different jurisdictions present.
Thanks to all who attended.
Future User Group Meeting Topics Mentioned from the Evaluations
Updates
Grade & Condition
Sales Ratio
New Manual
Land Valuation
Appraisal tables and other areas of adjustment, depreciation tables, neighborhood adjustments, etc.
Comments On User Group Meeting
Lunch was excellent! Like the upbeat on the 50 years.
Very informative all Vanguard employees were very nice and helpful.
Very friendly, dedicated staff. Go Vanguard.
It’s great! Thank You!
Thanks for all your work thru the year!
Always enjoy the Vanguard user group meeting
Excellent conference. Staff does an incredible job with customer service. Thank you very much for the hospitality you all provide.
Fantastic! I always look forward to the great education and enthusiasm of all the Vanguard employees. Loved the commercials.