{"id":8541,"date":"2009-05-22T06:06:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T13:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8541"},"modified":"2009-05-22T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T16:11:27","slug":"is-nar-criminal-or-clueless-what-difference-does-it-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8541\/is-nar-criminal-or-clueless-what-difference-does-it-make\/","title":{"rendered":"Is NAR Criminal or Clueless? What difference does it make?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0 read the give and take between Greg and Mike DiMella<\/a> (full disclosure, Mike is a client) with interest, because I respect them both, and it is always interesting when smart people agree to disagree and do so with civility and eloquence and without resorting to the ad hominem.<\/p>\n

When that single MIBOR director derailed a policy change that went against them, even though it was unanimously approved by the NAR’s own technology committee, we were all left to discern a motive.<\/p>\n

Was this the result of a long-standing “criminal conspiracy” (Greg)? Is this an attempt by some local MLSs, who see Google’s handwriting on the wall, to remian relevant by competing with their own members (me)? Or was this a consequence of the realities of trying to pull coherent policy from the collective mind of a large membership organization in a timely fashion (Mike)?<\/p>\n

Its an interesting question, but the answer, it seems to me,\u00a0 is irrelevant in the discussion of what to do next.<\/p>\n

One thing we all agree on, I think, is that the MIBOR director used his knowledge of\u00a0 NAR parliamentary procedure to work the system to MIBOR’s benefit and to the detriment of brokers and agents.<\/p>\n

The prima facie evidence is that, at least for the next 6 months, Paula Henry is still being forced to dis-allow Google from indexing her site.<\/p>\n

That means the damage is real.<\/p>\n

Yes, it is contained to Indianapolis for the moment, but will it stay that way? My guess is that MIBOR will be huddling with other MLSs who share their control fetish over the next 6 months, and our friend the objecting director from Indianapolis will have a quorum come November.<\/p>\n

Now that NAR has proven itself to be subject to the whims of directors who are nostalgic for a paper-bound MLS that brokers kept behind their desks, modern brokers and agents need to aggressively defend their own interests because, clearly, the organization that is supposed to do that is not.<\/p>\n

I see signs of this happening now, with people getting fed up enough to get involved with their boards at the local level, but is that enough?<\/p>\n

Perhaps Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0 read the give and take between Greg and Mike DiMella (full disclosure, Mike is a client) with interest, because I respect them both, and it is always interesting when smart people agree to disagree and do so with civility and eloquence and without resorting to the ad hominem. 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