Dec. 1: VAR AE Scholarship application. Please don't forget to include the letter from your Association President RCE Application. Submit your REALTOR® association Certified Executive (RCE) applicant data form (ADF) to be eligible to take the Spring 2009 RCE exam. Complete a one-minute application to see how close you are to obtaining the required points … Continue reading Deadlines, deadlines….
Year: 2008
In the past couple of months a few of you have invited me to speak to broker groups about the Virginia Homeowners Alliance and how their agents promoting it can help put money in their pockets. The response has been terrific. I've never seen brokers more enthusiastic about a VAR program. I'd love to come … Continue reading Pick & Choose: Loads of Virginia Homeowners Alliance Resources Available
http://www.VARealtor.com/LicenseeList Username: varae Password: dporlist List is current as of October 31, 2008.
I'm betting you're all dealing with the prospect of declining membership and scarcer financial resources for 2009, and looking for ways to maximize the dollars you do aim to spend next year. It's the same for VAR. As we finalize the 2009 budget proposal, we're looking for ways that we can achieve maximum impact but … Continue reading Info on 2009 Pro Standards Road Show
VAR will close at noon on Friday, December 19 for our staff Christmas Party. We'll also be closed December 25-26 for the Christmas holiday, and January 1-2, for the New Year holiday.
As we near the cutoff date for our room block at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel, it happens that we have filled the block. We have secured overflow accommodations for the night of December 2 at: Hampton Inn and Suites (located about 5 minutes away) 900 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22903 (434) 923-8600 Rate: $114.00 … Continue reading Running out of rooms at the Omni Charlottesville
Williamsburg broker Angela Dougherty loaned me a book the other day. I don't know if she intended it as a not-so-subtle hint or if she simply thought it was worth my time, but I know this: It's a great (and timely) read. The book is TRANSPARENCY: HOW LEADERS CREATE A CULTURE OF CANDOR by Warren … Continue reading A must-read for REALTOR leaders (and me…and you)
Here are lists of October REALTOR® Institute graduates and members who have recently completed all 16 online lessons for the Code is Good Business and have earned one hour of continuing education credit. Please download these lists and recognize these members in your association communications. Thanks.
Making plans to join us December 3 for this year’s Leadership Conference & Delegate Body Orientation? Don’t forget to register and reserve your room. This registration is completely FREE and VAR has negotiated a special rate of $99 per night that expires November 14 at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel where the event will be held. … Continue reading November 14-Last Day to Reserve Room
Structure & Representation WG Chairman Kit Hale has appointed Prince William Assn AE Denise Rosendaal to chair a small subcommittee charged with reviewing the VAR Bylaws and recommending to the full WG any cleanup and clarifying changes the Bylaws may need. (A separate subcommittee has been appointed to flesh-out a proposal on Policy Board structure/election … Continue reading Bylaws Cleanup Subcommittee meets this Wednesday
In case you're interested, the VLA Trustees have chosen sites for the four VLA retreats for 2009, as follows: January 13-15: Stonewall Jackson Hotel, Staunton April 21-23: Mariners Landing on Smith Mountain Lake July 21-23: Roslyn Retreat Center, Richmond September (at Convention): The Homestead, Hot Springs
Incoming VAR President John Powell and President-Elect Cindy Stackhouse met with VAR staff this past week to make 2009 AG and specialty group appoinments. In the coming week or so, John and Cindy will be phoning the chairs and vice-chairs to get their acceptance of the appointment, then the members of each AG or group … Continue reading 2009 AG/Specialty Group appointments forthcoming….
I truly hate to bring this up again. Truly. But once again, VAR's future participation in the Regional AE Conference (the annual event we've co-sponsored for the past few years with Georgia and North Carolina -- and South Carolina, too, though 2008 is their final year as a sponsoring state) is being discussed, and I … Continue reading Decisions to make about AE Regional
Maybe you need a little extra material for your next member newsletter. Or perhaps an MLS login message is more your speed. Whatever your preference, VAR has a few helpful suggestions for your next communication to members. Following are some blurbs you can use in upcoming member communications about VAR benefits your members can take … Continue reading VAR adds value (= content) to your next member newsletter
Hear last week's Q3 Homes Sales Report media briefing here.
We interrupt this blog for a personal query: Okay, my wife's folks are coming to town later this week, and I've been tasked with finding something tourist-y for the whole family to do on Saturday. It looks like we conveniently missed all the apple festivals, which seem to have ended last weekend. We've done Williamsburg, … Continue reading The in-laws are coming…
Next week (likely Wednesday-ish) we're planning to send an all-member email listing the Congressional and US Senate candidates RPAC is supporting in the upcoming election. The email will contain a photo of each candidate, as well as a brief (very) explanation of why RPAC is supporting that candidate. And of course we'll encourage members to … Continue reading You heard it here first: All-member RPAC endorsement email…
We're pondering a new format for our annual printed Leadership Directory (yes, some folks still seem to want a hard copy to hold on to). Traditionally (at least, recent tradition) the directory has contained rosters of the various VAR groups, and that's about it. For 2009, we aim to include those rosters, but are also … Continue reading New format for Leadership Directory?
For the time being, set aside concerns a few of you may have about the funding mechanism for the annual VLA class project, and help me think about exactly WHAT the assigned project might be for next year. The VLA Trustees meet soon, and it's a topic they'll discuss. I'd love to have suggestions from … Continue reading Weigh-In: 2009 VLA Class Project suggestions
I have been asked to point out the the reference to "Bad member addresses" in the previous post should have read "bad addresses for members." We, of course, don't have any "bad members," only "bad addresses." That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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