Wednesday 9/24/2008
Immerging Issues Forum
A forum of 3 AE’s spoke to Realtor members about ways they had successfully worked into their associations for member communications/connections. VAR is currently struggling to connect with its members, the agent and the associations.
Laura Benjamin: Most effective assoc to agent reach out is one on one. When
agents have done 3/4 transactions the BOD will break bread w/them. BOD
communicates with brokers directly.
Personal connections equal customer service.
Sandra Mascall; Websites. Agents appreciate good web site. Meeting
education is included in dues. 10 meetings a year. Mass emails.
Dave Phillips; has reclassified what involvement in an assoc is. Not
just committees, it should include filling out surveys… On line
things. Short term projects are more appealing to members to volunteer
for. Effective engagement.
Newsletter hooks to agents link on DPOR for education. Cool.
Thoughts frm the crowd how VAR can connect w/members;
Work thru local assoc
Expand out reach meetings to local members on predetermined topic. Open to Q @ A.
Deliver more Lem Marshall webcasts. Monthly webcast on pertinent VA
focused laws or changes.
Integrate local assoc website into VAR, vice versa… So they didn’t
have to go to the state site. Same w/ NAR — cool.
Policy board members to do outreach meetings.
Send blog or newsletter ready stuff for local assoc to put in our publications.
Challenge that at dues time member appreciates rather than it is just
something they had to do. Feel the connection.
HRRA has staff who goes to offices an does broker and agent training.
Charlottesville has hired part time people to go to county admin
meetings (bos, planning) they write a summery and assoc puts in
newsletter.
– Laura S Flournoy 5:15 pm Sent from Gmail for mobile
AE Idea Exchange 5:30 pm
Talked about Rappattoni magic, a NRDS intergration tool used by most associations.
They would like to schedule a users group in VA at the February VAR Legislative Conference. Tuesday the 10th, the day ahead of the conference. Richmond 1:00 pm.
– Laura S Flournoy 6:15 pm Sent from Gmail for mobile
Thursday September 25, 2008 9:00 am
>> John Broadway gave RPAC fundraising rules and ideas, Raffles, Duck
>> Races.
>> Tom Wilson reported on the dues workgroup gets our bylaws in line w/
>> NAR. There goal wasn’t to make us need to chng our bylaws. Just to
>> get a grasp on VAR income. Earier anything happen as far as VAR bylaw
>> chng is 2010. Chris Todd said, VAR should reimburse to locals or
>>incentives for rebate for dues collection. Some state assoc do.
>> Special guest Anne Taylor. Anne will not be with VAR after the Conference. We took a >> pix. Gave her a gift of a nice digital camera and a card w/money.
>> AG leasion reports:
>> Ben Martin: IMAG. Imag did get to budget to the strat plan.
>> Overview of HOA. Website expansion. Realtor image fund is gone for
>> 2008. Increased budget for 2009.
>> Magazine will show case what assoc are doing in the community to
>> showcase R Image.
>> Dave Phillips: PPAG. Comercial realtor commission national
>> reciprocity… New concept moving forward. Exemption for comercial
>> practice, to be more spacific. Another chng to POA will exempt
>> auction sales from 3 day right of recission. site agent regulation on way.
>> Federal laws for mortgagae brokers. Homestead act has lots of
>> popularity allows locality to reduce value of home to cut taxes, or
>> raise other places. Not sure will beat it this year… Make only
>> aplicable to low income housing.POA act is not working.
>> Un-enforse-able for unmanaged associations. Assoc not complying. DPOR
>> legis to eliminate the “tracks” in courses. July 2009. Sign ordances-
>> there is a 3 day sign exemtion. If issue for you, ask L to contact VAR
>> leg council Chip Dicks.
>> Flo Freeman – Risk Management; road show changs or outline. VAR
>> revising legal hotline. Karen Bailey on. Awards workgrp. Push back
>> award deadline. GRI attendance is down. Reviewing cariculum updates
>> still. Did induct 3 new instructors. Inst. Credentials raised; must
>> have GRI, 6 yrs realtor expernce. GRI formal schedule not out yet.
>> Hope to have all modules by the first. Convention: 3 years in a row
>> in VaBeach. Start 2010
>> Denise Rosenthal on Policy Board:
>> Reports mostly to day. Looking forward to Core competencies report.
>> Governance workgroup will give seats to all associations on
>> committies. Chnging names to BoD and committes.
>> Lisa Noon talked askd if we had Q’s on Home Owners Alliance.
>> John Powell asked AE’s 4 support.
>>
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