{"id":3025,"date":"2008-04-26T20:30:41","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T03:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2008-04-26T20:30:41","modified_gmt":"2008-04-27T03:30:41","slug":"an-nar-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3025\/an-nar-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"An NAR Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0recently found myself in the unenviable position of taking a good long look in the mirror.\u00a0 Not your typical mirror on the wall (although I often find that to be\u00a0no picnic either), but the metaphysical mirror; the “pot calling the kettle black” kind of mirror.\u00a0 I often comment on posts (lately they have been Barry’s<\/a>) decrying what I perceive to be criticism without construction.\u00a0 But as soon as the topic turns to our beloved NAR (a favorite around the BloodhoundBlog), I join the nattering nabobs of negativism<\/a>.\u00a0 Barry’s post on the NAR’s recent attempt at a technological video <\/a>is\u00a0the latest example.\u00a0 At last count there were\u00a066 comments and I am in there at least twice with some snide sizzle and no meat.\u00a0 (Hello pot, you’re black!)\u00a0 But there are also some comments from Ian Smith, one of the people vested with producing the video.\u00a0 He came into what can only be described as hostile territory and acquitted himself quite well.<\/p>\n

So here is what I propose.\u00a0 The contributors, commenters and readers of BloodhoundBlog may very well constitute the premiere brain trust in RE2.0.\u00a0 We complain, sometimes with great vitriol, that we would like to see more from the NAR and here is our chance.\u00a0 I challenge as many of you as possible to step up in the comments to this post and offer your services to Ian for the production of these videos (I’ll start if off below).\u00a0 I imagine we have many experts here abouts: video, editing, graphics, music, writing, production, agent advice, technological advice and so on.\u00a0 Ian, your challenge is to get whatever bureacratic sign-offs you need in order to open the project up to some expert volunteer help.\u00a0 The progress will be reported from time to time right here on BloodhoundBlog and we can all take a hand in improving that which we so often pillory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0recently found myself in the unenviable position of taking a good long look in the mirror.\u00a0 Not your typical mirror on the wall (although I often find that to be\u00a0no picnic either), but the metaphysical mirror; the “pot calling the kettle black” kind of mirror.\u00a0 I often comment on posts (lately they have been Barry’s) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"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":[19],"tags":[145],"class_list":{"0":"post-3025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-technology","7":"tag-nar","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":221,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/221\/confronting-the-consequences-of-our-privileged-status\/","url_meta":{"origin":3025,"position":0},"title":"Confronting the consequences of our privileged status . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"NAR Board of Directors, 1909Point:As it stands right now, MLS systems and data exist purely for Realtors and members. 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