Four new directors were elected to the 2013 RAHB Board of Directors at the Annual Election Meeting held November 27 at the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Elected for a two-year term were:
Kim Alvarez
Rochelle Edwards
Gary Herron
Bill Lawson
The four new directors will join:
Bruce Moran, President
Tim Mattioli, President Elect
Sean Morrison, Vice President
Cameron Nolan, Immediate Past Chair;
Hank Balfoort
Donna Bacher
Dan Gies
Gloria Payton
to form the 2013 Board of Directors.
Watch January’s edition of REALINFO to learn more about your Board.
Members voted at the meeting to accept all amendments to the RAHB Bylaw and Rules and Regulations recommended by the Board of Directors. Full details about the amendments were circulated to members in the Annual Election Meeting package.
Ken Maynard of Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Service was the
lucky winner of 2013 RAHB dues draw.
The Open Forum and Annual Election Meeting also featured an update on the CREA Futures Project (see below), presentations of Karan Barker Memorial Scholarships (see article in this issue), an OREA Update presented by OREA’s Southern Ontario Director Ray Ferris, a brief look at RAHB highlights from the past year and the election and swearing in of the 2013 Board of Directors.
Results from the CREA Special Assembly Meeting
Three issues from the CREA Futures project were under discussion at the recent CREA Special Assembly meeting in Winnipeg:(a) a recommendation that CREA not pursue the proposal to make FSBO and non-MLS® data available on REALTOR.ca;
(b) a recommendation that CREA and the Futures Implementation Team (FIT) do the work necessary to create a separate technology business services corporation; and
(c) the creation of a Rate Your REALTOR® website.
Outcomes
(a) It was agreed that CREA will not pursue including FSBOs on REALTOR.ca. The FIT group looking into the matter was persuaded by legal opinions that to include non-MLS® data on REALTOR.ca would jeopardize CREA trademarks.(b) The recommendation for creating a separate technology company was referred back to the FIT team. It was decided that the group needed to present a fuller, more complete proposal before a decision could be made. The FIT group will present its proposal at the March CREA Assembly meeting.
(c) The discussion about a Rate Your REALTOR® website happened in working groups at the meeting and did not come forward as a recommendation. The FIT group studying the proposal will be using the information taken from the working groups to develop a recommendation for the March CREA Assembly meeting.