<p>Traverse Area Association of REALTORS®</p><p>Minutes of Broker Caucus</p><p>December 17, 2010</p><p>The President of the Board of Directors, Matt Dakoske, called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. on Friday, December 17, 2010.</p><p>PRESENT: Nancy Sorenson, Chris Stapleton, Rob Serbin, Brad Nichols, Rick Stein, Peter Read, Andrea Galloup, Matt Dakoske, Debi Dechow, Stephen Karas, Brent Nichols, Vicky Oltersdorf, Gloria Fisher- Fricke, Mike Schmidt, Christine Stapleton, Kathy Wittbrodt, John Martin, Matt Case, Jason Kudary, Jules Yates, Dennis Pearsall, Shelley Quinn-Becker, Mary Janik, Chad Brown, Kim Pontius, Bill Costley and JoAnn Overzet</p><p>Pledge of Allegiance</p><p>Matt Dakoske announced new 2011 President is Stephen Karas, President-Elect is Brent Nichols and Treasurer & Past President is Matt Dakoske. New Board members are Kathy Wittbrodt, Dee Dee Burch and MLS Chair Chad Brown.</p><p>Stephen Karas thanked everyone for the opportunity to be the President of TAAR. His theme will be Bridging the Gap in: Age demographics, economic recovery and market conditions and professionalism.</p><p>Kim Pontius facilitated the discussion which included:</p><p>RPR: Matt Case was a beta tester of the system and will be teaching classes on RPR at the TAAR Conference Center (one will be held directly after this meeting).</p><p>RES: Bill Costley has been named the Director of REALTORS® Education Services. He will be in charge of all education at TAAR. Broker branded classes will be offered.</p><p>EMMS/NAR Final Report: Six of the reciprocal boards banded together to take advantage of a study by Kevin McQueen, funded by NAR, to explore ways to share items like tax information, lockbox systems, professional standards, data, etc. Data sharing with all 12 Michigan Reciprocal Alliance Boards through RPR is also being discussed. A copy of the report is available from Kim.</p><p>Homingcloud.com: Pontius played a video of this website’s goal of replacing real estate agents with direct buyer to seller connection for buying and selling homes.</p><p>Lockbox Issue: The Memorandum of Understanding with Supra has been approved. Installation of new system will be on March 21st, with more information to follow and at least one “pre-installation” meeting being held to explain to everyone the process. Cost for keys will depend on type, current keys can still be used. Boxes can be purchased or rented from TAAR for no more than $2 per month. Old boxes will no longer work with the new system. </p><p>Awards & Installation of Officers: This event will be held at Travino’s on January 13th, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The 2011 President of MAR, Claire Williams, will be the keynote speaker. Dinner will be $15. Sponsors are Brady Painting, Corporate Title and WIN Home Inspections.</p><p>Habitat for Humanity Fundraiser: Dinner, show and auction at Williamsburg Playhouse on February 12th, $55 single, $100 double. Last year’s event was very successful and fun. Auction items are being sought.</p><p>Affiliate Ambassador Committee Update: Shelley Quinn-Becker announced that the committee is now larger and has changed the name of the Affiliate Wine & Cheese Party to TAAR After Hours, Food, Fun & Friends. Committee’s fundraiser to pay for all their events is the TAAR Golf Outing which will be held on August 5 this year. Quinn-Becker asked for the Broker’s support and suggestions for ways the Affiliate Members could be of help.</p><p>General Discussion Time: Several questions were asked about the new Supra program. At this time, there is no one day code, but that is in the works. The Board felt that the great savings over the other company’s products was more important to the members than the one day code at this time with the understanding that it is in development and should be deployed this year. There will be absolutely no sharing of keys, hefty fines will be levied for violations.</p><p>Mike Schmidt expressed concern about bringing the members’ costs down. He would like the Board to look into joining SWMRIC. That option and several others are being explored at the present time.</p><p>There was also a request for on-line voting in the future. A survey will be sent out asking members for feed back regarding on-line voting. Voting upon log in to Paragon will also be explored.</p><p>The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m.</p><p>Respectfully Submitted,</p><p>JoAnn Overzet</p><p>Recording Secretary</p><p>Meeting was adjourned at 11:42 a.m.</p><p>Respectfully submitted,</p><p>JoAnn Overzet</p><p>Recording Secretary</p><p>Meeting Date: </p><p>December 17, 2010</p><p>1 read</p>