{"id":2215,"date":"2007-11-12T09:28:59","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T16:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2007-11-12T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2007-11-12T16:29:45","slug":"working-from-within-the-nar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2215\/working-from-within-the-nar\/","title":{"rendered":"Working from within the NAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two premises to this post:<\/p>\n

1. We accept that the National Association of Realtors<\/a> is going to exist for the foreseeable future.
\n2. They have an existing infrastructure, including its 1.4 million members, that could potentially be leveraged to do great things.<\/p>\n

First, we need much more than a “massive media campaign,” as stated by Dale Stinton, CEO of NAR<\/a>. Not once does he mention improving the product (the Realtors)<\/em> – all the technology in the world will not improve the competence<\/em> of the professional.<\/p>\n

Greg and I disagree on this – rather than supplant the various associations<\/a>, I argue that working from within, in tandem with efforts from outside (read: the RE.net), may prove to be an even more effective strategy. Many in the RE.net recognize the opportunity to effect change; there may be great value in working, not necessarily with<\/em>, but on parallel paths with, some components of the NAR. I mentioned in the inaugural Bloodhound.TV effort that the NAR clearly does<\/em> recognize the impact and influence that the RE.net has on the industry – by choosing to assist in the BloggerCon<\/a>, the NAR is reaching out to the bloggers. From my experience, the leadership of the NAR and the local and state associations, wants to be led, but often don’t know where to begin.<\/p>\n

To lead, sometimes you just need to ask – or be asked.<\/p>\n

With some prodding by some people whom I respect greatly, I am going to put my money\/time where my mouth is and try to gain a seat on the Professional Standards committee<\/a> (requires login) within the NAR, which may be tasked with evaluating blogging<\/a>. This is the committee’s charge:<\/p>\n

To advise and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on matters relating to the Code of Ethics; upon request, the Committee advises member boards on interpretations on the Code; upon receiving notice of lack of enforcement thereof by member boards, the Committee inquires into the situation, seeks remedial action and, if necessary, brings to the attention of the Board of Directors or the proper official of the Association in case of failure or refusal to enforce the Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rather than discount the various associations, work Lead the leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-disintermediation","7":"category-supplanting-the-nar","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1883,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1883\/the-peoples-choice-award-voting-is-open-vote-for-your-choice-of-the-best-renet-posts-this-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":2215,"position":0},"title":"The People’s Choice Award voting is open: Vote for your choice of the best RE.net posts this week","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The voting for this week's People's Choice Award is open. 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