Traverse Area Association of REALTORS®

Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting

Date: 1/18/2013

Meeting was called to order byPresidentRandy Dye at 8:35 a.m. in the TAAR Conference Center.

Roll Call:Randy Dye,Mike Nagy, Dee-Dee Burch, Ken Kleinrichert, Beccy Janis, Austin Johnson, Meagan Luce, Matt Dakoske, Colleen Mageau, Catherine Barris, Steve Parafin and Jules Yates

Staff in attendance: Kim Pontius, JoAnn Overzet, Jennifer Kowal

Absent: Kathy Wittbrodt

Pledge of Allegiance

Motion to ratify the Agenda: Motion madeby Matt Dakoske, second by Beccy Janis, to ratify the Agenda. Motion passed.

Motion to ratify the Consent Calendar: Motion made by Matt Dakoske, second by Beccy Janis, to ratify the Consent Calendar. Motion passed.

Member Comment Period: No member comments.

Financial Report: Secretary-Treasurer Kleinrichert referred to the Board packet financials. Ken will be meeting with Meagan and JoAnn prior to the first Budget & Finance Committee meeting.Motion made by Matt Dakoske, second by Jules Yates, to approve the Financial Report. Motion passed.

EVP Report: EVP Kim Pontius reported on the great Awards event the night before. TAAR received its second $15,000 Smart Growth Grant from NAR for the Watershed Center and Boardman River Prosperity Plan. Kim has submitted another application for a grant for a survey in Elmwood Township to help in creating the township’s new master plan. He envisions more public policy REALTOR® Party grants.

New Board Member Orientation will be held Monday, January 21st, from noon until four in the small conference room at TAAR. Kim handed out pins for Affiliate of the Year Colleen Mageau, 2013 Board President Randy Dye and to the new Directors.

Meagan Luce is on the steering committee for the Corridor Plan and would like the Directors to check out the maps for the plan on line and give input if desired.

A Global (International) regional group is being formed in conjunction with NAR and CIPS training. One staff member and one REALTOR® member are being asked to participate in conversations. Jules moved, Steve Parafin second, to approve Stephen Karas as the REALTOR® member for international discussions.

Ways to find where people are coming from to purchase property in the TAAR area were discussed, including Forbes.com and Listhub.

MLS Report: Matt Dakoske reported that’s it’s crunch time for the new regional MLS. The group has been meeting monthly, subgroups more often. Kick off date for regional is March 18. A presentation was made at Clare-Gladwin Board. Group is pleased with Paragon process. Matt was told that Carl Stellin, REO Bellaire has volunteered to help.

Affiliate Ambassador Report: Colleen Mageau reported that the Committee recently added two new committee members, Butch Strait and Dick Edmond. In the past, when new Affiliate members visited TAAR for a new member tour they would be given a goody bag of trinkets from other members. The committee is looking into giving them an engraved gift of some sort, perhaps a business card holder or a travel coffee mug, to be decided at February’s meeting. Colleen represented the Affiliates in a recent meeting with WCR, TAAR, YPN and HBA to explore how the four groups could work together. A second meeting has not been scheduled.

New Member Approval: Ken Kleinrichert moved, second by Beccy Janis, to approve the new Provisional REALTOR® Members. Motion passed. Ken Kleinrichert moved, Matt Dakoske second, to approve the new AffiliateMembers. Motion passed.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

MLS Advisory Commission. Language was included in the packet to replace the MLS Committee language in the Policy Manual. The Commission will act as an advisory group from and to the Board of NGLRMLS, LLC Jules Yates moved, Cathy Barris second, to ratify the language as written for the MLS Advisory Commission. Motion passed.

Rental Website Report: Pontius included in the packet several articles on renting. There has been no meeting of the taskforce to date. Pontius has looked at models and other websites. Ken Kleinrichert is calling a meeting of the Rental Website Subcommittee with members to be Cathy Barris, Jules Yates, Ken Kleinrichert, Rick Stein, Stephen Karas and Dennis Pearsall. (Meeting has been set for February 5 at 1:30 p.m. in small conference room at TAAR).

Supra Statistics Report. Report presented in packet showing the drop off in usage of electronic boxes and keys. Jules Yates to head a task force to look into how to make the Supra program work. Task force to include former high users of system and Beccy Janis.

NEW BUSINESS

Approval of Bank Signatory. Jules Yates moved, Beccy Janis seconded, to approve the change of signers on the TAAR bank accounts to: Kim Pontius, Randy Dye, Ken Kleinrichert, JoAnn Overzet and Jennifer Kowal. Motion passed.

MMSi Membership Software Upgrade. Matt Dakoske moved, Colleen Mageau second, to move forward with upgrading the MMSI Membership and Accounting software. Motion passed.

TAAR Road Show. Randy Dye and Kim Pontius will be going on the road for three days, February 4, 5 and 6. They are looking for suggestions on locations for meeting with members. They are asking that Directors in the designated areas attend the meeting in their area. Suggestions made: go to individual offices; take a survey on what will come up for discussion in advance.

Travel Requests. Jules Yates moved, Matt Dakoske second, to approve Beccy Janis’ request for funding of her airline ticket to last year’s annual NAR convention. After discussion and a reminder that funds must be requested in advance, the motion passed.

Beccy Janis moved, Meagan Luce second, to approve the request by Matt Dakoske for funds to cover the cost of his attendance at Achieve. Motion passed. Guidelines for travel will be presented at the next meeting.

Introduction of Jennifer Kowal. Jennifer Kowal, Director of Membership Services/Professional Standards Administrator was introduced. Jennifer is also going to be handling the educational opportunities for TAAR as well as the Legacy Project, communication and outreach and web design.

Member Request. Dee-Dee Burch moved, Jules Yates second, to grant Jeff Hirsch’s request to take new member orientation in April and not be suspended until then. Motion passed.

Member Comment Phase: No comments.

For the Good of The Order: Kim Pontius presented Austin Johnson with a TAAR padfolio. NGLRMLS will be requiring that all Appraisers be full REALTOR® members.

Meeting was adjourned at 10:18 am.

Respectfully submitted,

JoAnn Overzet, Recording Secretary

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