In
celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the International Reciprocal
Trade Association and in order to recognize certain extraordinary
individuals that have served the Modern Trade and Barter Industry
since 1979, the IRTA Global Board of Directors has authorized the
Legends of Barter Award.
This
award will be presented to industry members that meet the award
criteria during the IRTA Convention that will be held October 1
through October 3, 2009, in Dallas (TX). The Legends of Barter Award
is an honor that recognizes those Modern Trade and Barter Industry
members who have served and helped to shape and define the Industry
over a period of ten or more years from 1979 to 2009 through
positive and identifiable actions. This is an industry wide award
and includes individuals from all industry sectors, including
commercial barter, corporate barter and the community currency
movement.
Honorees need not be IRTA members, current Industry members or
present at the IRTA Convention to receive this Award. Therefore
listed below in alphabetical order the following individuals are
hereby recognized for their extraordinary efforts during the past
thirty years in shaping and defining the Modern Trade and Barter
Industry.
Pascal Alexandre � Commercial Barter & Corporate Barter 1988-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; four years service IRTA
European Board; founding member IRTA European Board. He was one of
the first European exchanges to combine elements of commercial
barter with the corporate barter process.
Col. Bill Austin � Commercial Barter 1977-2000
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award. Twelve years IRTA Board
service, two terms president; chair of IRTA Ethics and Government
Relations Committees. Led in the creation of the IRTA Code of
Ethics; very active and productive in the lobbying efforts to pass
the Barter Bill of Rights.
Bob
Bagga � Commercial Barter 1992-2009
IRTA
Outstanding Achievement Award; seven years of IRTA Board service;
IRTA Global Board vice president, secretary and treasurer. Certified
Trade Broker; Ethics, Universal Currency, Marketing, and Bylaws
committees. Led several IRTA presentations and seminars;
participated in the creation and launch of the Universal Currency
system by taking a leading role in writing the UC Bylaws and
Regulations.
Ray
Bastarache � Commercial Barter 1984-2002
Two
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Awards; IRTA Mentorship
Award; numerous IRTA Barter Ambassador Awards. Ten years service on
IRTA Board, serving as president, vice president and treasurer.
Participated in and led numerous convention seminars and panels. Was
an early proponent of industry use of advanced technology; created
and successfully produced some of the first exchange management
software.
Terry Brandfass � Commercial Barter 1983-2009
Two
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Awards; IRTA Outstanding
Achievement Award; twelve years IRTA Board and North American Board
service. Numerous committees; UC Board of Governors; played a key
role in producing the IRTA Sales Training and Trade Brokering
Manual.
Lee
Anne Busman � Commercial Barter 1992-2009
IRTA
Ambassador Awards; four years IRTA Board service; IRTA membership
and Universal Currency Committees; IRTA Convention speaker; panel
participant. As a board and committee member, took an active role in
constructing and adopting policy and procedures within the Universal
Currency System.
Edgar S. Cahn � Community Currency 1980-2009
Authored �No More Throw Away People� and �Time Dollars.� Created the
concept of Time Dollars and founded TimeBanks USA, a local
tax-exempt currency which is designed to validate and reward the
work performed by volunteers and the disadvantaged in local
communities.
Perry Constantinides � Commercial Barter 1977-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; numerous IRTA
Ambassador Awards; twelve years of IRTA Board service. Served on the
IRTA Ethics, Membership, Government Relations, Convention, and
Finance committees; led several IRTA seminar and panels.
Participated in the founding of IRTA; was part of test case that
gave rise to 1099-B reporting.
Doug Dagenais � Commercial Barter 1981-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award. Presented extremely
effective and powerful seminars focusing on selling exchange
memberships; participated in several IRTA seminars and panels;
created the IRTA sale and sales management training manual.
Lois Dale � Commercial barter 1979-2007
Two
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Awards; IRTA Outstanding
Achievement Award; IRTA Ambassador Award. Fifteen years of IRTA
Board service; two terms IRTA Global Board President; seminar and
panel leader for several presentations on Media and Marketing.
Alan Elkin � Corporate Barter 1984-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award. Ten years IRTA Board
Service; president IRTA Corporate Council; founding member of IRTA
Corporate Council, central in creating bylaws and standards. Played
a significant role in establishing the IRTA Universal Currency
System.
Andrew Federowski � Commercial Barter 1991-2008
Member
Barter Hall of Fame. He was a leader in the early development and
use of online technology as a platform of operations within the
Modern Trade and Barter Industry.
Art
Goehring � Commercial Barter 1976-2003
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award and several other industry pioneer awards; 15 years of IRTA
Board service; was a founding member of IRTA and served on the first
IRTA Board. Chaired several IRTA committees, Ethics, Contracts,
Membership, and Governmental. He took a leading role in the
successful effort to secure the legal standing and win government
recognition of our industry.
Steve Goldbloom � Commercial Barter 1984-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award. Ten years IRTA Global
Board, two terms as president, two terms as treasurer, one term as
secretary; IRTA UC finance committee. Participated in and led
numerous convention seminars and panels. Took lead in developing the
Universal Currency system; accomplished positive results in both the
Corporate Barter and Commercial Barter sectors of the Modern Trade
and Barter industry.
Thomas Greco � Community Currency 1987-2009
As an
economist, professor and author, he writes and consults on monetary
exchange alternatives, including private credit clearing systems,
complementary and local currency. Has authored three books: �New
Money for Healthy Communities,� �Money and Debt: A Solution to the
Global Crisis� and his latest, �The End of Money and the Future of
Civilization.� Has made several presentations during IRTA
conventions and is active worldwide working with and developing
Community Currency systems.
Susan Groenwald � Commercial Barter 1981-2003
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; fifteen years IRTA Board Service as president, vice
president, treasurer, and secretary. Played a significant part in
the lobbying effort in Washington, to pass Barter Bill DC 1982-83.
Was central in establishing and forming the Universal Currency
system.
Allan Hackel � Corporate Barter 1954-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award; IRTA CBC Lifetime
Achievement Award. He is considered the �founding father� of the
Corporate Barter industry and is credited with the invention of the
accounts receivable concept that is to this day the basic principle
of a Corporate Barter Transaction.
Reiner Husemann � Commercial Barter 1989-2009
Two
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Awards; ten years IRTA
Global Board service; founding member of IRTA European Board; two
terms as president of IRTA European Board; chaired IRTA Website and
Marketing committee. He has introduced one of the first
International web based trading platforms that includes a loyalty
element. He continues to actively support a single currency that
would include all members of the Modern Trade and Barter industry.
Phillip Ronald Keister � Commercial Barter 1973-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; served as vice
president of the first IRTA Board; many committees and seminars. One
of the founding members of IRTA; responsible for design of IRTA
logo.
Maurya Lane � Commercial Barter 1991-2009
IRTA
and NATE Ambassador Awards; fifteen year member of IRTA and NATE.
Assumed a leadership role in assisting and training new industry
members; led convention seminars and participated in panels. She has
actively supported unity within the Modern Trade and Barter
industry.
Bernard Lietaer � Community Currency (over 25 years of service)
Has
twice been a speaker at IRTA Conventions. An economist author and
professor; authored �The Future of Money� and the forthcoming �Of
Human Wealth.� He is credited with coining the phrase �complementary
currency� and has worked with leaders of the sector to further the
use of Community Currency.
Michael Linton � Community Currency 1983-2009
IRTA
convention speaker; founded LETS (Local Exchange Trading System) a
community oriented trading platform that allows its members to
manage their own parallel currency system. Today there are thousands
of LETS communities worldwide.
Richard Logie � Commercial Barter 1991-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; IRTA Outstanding
Achievement Award; six years of IRTA Board service; six years
service and current president of IRTA European Board; chaired the
IRTA Community Currency Committee. He continues to be a leader in
promoting the Community and Complementary Currency movements within
the Modern Trade and Barter industry structure.
Sergio Lub � Community Currency 1980-2009
Keynote speaker in 2002 at the First International Community
Currency Conference in Koriyama, Japan. Created the Friendly Favors
Living Directory Network, which is being used by over 100
organizations and is interconnecting 50,000+ people in 150+
countries. Has traveled worldwide with Thomas Greco on behalf of the
Community Currency movement.
Don
Mardak � Commercial Barter 1984-2009
2009
Barter Hall of Fame; two IRTA Outstanding Achievement Awards; NATE
Gary Monkman Memorial Award; ten years IRTA Board service; two terms
as president of NATE Board. Presently serves on IRTA Board;
participated as a founder of the NATE currency system Banc.
Recently been a spokesperson ambassador for the barter industry to
many media outlets and investor conferences.
Michael Mercier � Commercial Barter 1978-2009
Nineteen years IRTA Board service, current vice president; four
years NATE Board, past president; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award; NATE
Distinguished Service Award; several seminars and committees.
Chaired the IRTA Government Relations committee that created model
legislation for presentation to Congress that led to the U.S.
government recognition of the Modern Trade and Barter industry; has
worked continuously for industry unity.
Bob
Meyer � Author and Lecturer 1979-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; NATE Lifetime Achievement Award. Founder and publisher of the
BarterNews Magazine which has become the major voice of the Modern
Trade and Barter Industry; Bob has introduced the barter concept to
thousands of business owners and entrepreneurs. He has authored and
published the FastStart program that continues to educate business
and individuals about our industry.
Harold Rice � Commercial Barter 1976-2009
Two
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Awards; two NATE
Distinguished Service Awards; 18 total years of Board service; six
years IRTA Board; 12 years NATE Board. As a CPA he has held the
treasurer position in both IRTA and NATE. Central in shaping
bookkeeping, accounting procedures and best practices within the
modern Trade and Barter industry.
Annette Riggs � Commercial Barter & Community Currency 1981-2009
Began
her career with 10 years experience in the commercial barter sector.
She transitioned into the community currency sector; now operates a
commercial barter exchange in Bolder, Colorado; has presented
Community Currency seminars during both the 2008 and 2009 IRTA
conventions. She is an educator and valued speaker who is
contributing her unique vision and commitment to both the Community
Currency and Commercial Barter segments of the Modern Trade and
Barter industry.
Mary Ellen Rosinski � Commercial Barter 1986-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; IRTA Outstanding
Achievement Award; six years of IRTA Board service, current IRTA
treasurer; past IRTA North America president; Certified Trade Broker
and Marketing committees; several presentations, including marketing
and accounting, 1099 reporting. An advocate for small exchanges and
IRTA inclusiveness of qualifying industry members.
Debbie Schramm (Arcabascio) � Commercial Barter 1991-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; four years IRTA Board
service; North American Board; IRTA Convention and Marketing
Committee; participated in several IRTA convention panels and
seminars. She was very active and effective in providing training
and education for trade directors and brokers.
Jack Schacht � Commercial Barter 1980-2005
Several industry Awards; fifteen years of NATE Board service
including president; several NATE committees; was keynote speaker
and led numerous seminars and convention panels. He was one of the
first to combine media and corporate barter into the commercial
barter sector.
Sally Selbman � Commercial Barter 1986-2001
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award. Led seminars on trade
accounting and collection; served on several committees and panels;
was instrumental in establishing IRTA standards of accounting and
bookkeeping procedures.
Wayne Sharpe � Commercial Barter 1991-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; six years IRTA Board service; five years IRTA Australia Board
service; participated and led several panels and seminars. A
charismatic figure, Wayne has built Bartercard into a 70,000
business member commercial barter company. He continues to promote
the Modern Trade and Barter process as a viable way for businesses
to deal with current economic conditions.
M.
Sirri Simsek � Commercial Barter 1989-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; ten years IRTA Global Board service; founding member of IRTA
European Board; IRTA Ethics Committee. Authored an educational book
titled �Moneyless Trade: Barter.� First to apply swipe technology to
barter transactions; is working directly with the Turkish government
in securing standards of barter system operations for the benefit of
all barter clients
Walther Smets � Commercial Barter 1996-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; four years IRTA
European Board service; founding member of the IRTA European Chapter
and Board. Pioneered the integration of loyalty programs and swipe
technology into Modern Trade and Barter exchange systems
Paul Suplizio � 1978-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; known as a founder of the Modern Trade and
Barter Industry. As the first IRTA Executive Director and, over a
period of 12 years, he formed and founded the IRTA, Corporate Barter
Council, IRTA Europe and IRTA Australia. He worked with U.S.
Congress and government agencies to secure the Barter Bill of Rights
and the Revenue Ruling 82-52 that solidified the legal standing of
the Modern Trade and Barter industry.
Arthur Wagner � Corporate Barter 1984-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award; eight years of IRTA Board
Service; president IRTA Corporate Council. Member of the Ethics
Committee of the IRTA Corporate Council, and served on the task
force that created the Corporate Barter Sector�s first code of
professional ethics and standards.
David Wallach � Commercial Barter 1976-2009
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; three IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Awards; twenty-two years of IRTA Board service, current IRTA
president. Numerous committees and seminars. Central in defeating
California legislation that would have crippled the industry; first
to integrate media with commercial barter; created the IRTA
Operation Outreach Program.
Steve Webster � Commercial Barter 1978-2007
Member
Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award; twenty years Board
service five years NATE Board with one term as president, 15 years
IRTA Board with one term as president. Chair of IRTA and NATE
Certified Trade Broker Committees; leader of several seminars and
presentations; founder and creator of the IRTA and NATE consolidated
Certified Trade Broker program that is utilized industry-wide.
Steve White � Commercial Barter 1983-2009
IRTA
Outstanding Achievement Award; served on NATE Board including
appointments as president and chairman; founder of the NATE
Technology Committee; pioneered technological advancements within
the Modern Trade and Barter industry. Consolidated ITEX and BXI, two
of the largest commercial barter companies, when they had severe
problematic issues thereby stabilizing the North American market of
our industry.
Scott Whitmer � Commercial Barter 1982-2009
Three
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Awards; numerous IRTA
Ambassador Awards; twenty years of IRTA Board service including two
terms as president; many committees and seminars. While IRTA
president, he played a key role in the founding of Universal
Currency.
Ronald Whitney � Commercial Barter 1993-2009
IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; served on IRTA and NATE
Boards of Directors; IRTA Executive Director since 2007. Appointed
to IRPAC Advisory Committee 2006; has impacted IRS policy on
withholding and 1099-B reporting and developed vital industry
contact with the agency.
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