LOCAL LEGISLATIVE DAY TEMPLATE
Prepared by the Southland Regional Association of REALTORS®
2006
The key elements of a successful local legislative day are:
- Give adequate time and notice to plan the event.
- Gain cooperation and participation from your local government officials.
- Coordinated transportation arranged by your local AOR or Regional Alliance.
- Social activity withyour members, government officials and their staff.
- Free food.
- Use of your IMPAC orBORPAC Funds.
The agenda should include the following options:
- Have your members attend the City Council or County Board meeting.
- Meet with various real estate related department heads.
- Office visit with City Council members or County Board Members.
- Meet with the Mayor, City Attorney, City Controller or other City/Countywide office holders.
- Guided tour of government facilities.
To ensure that your Local Legislative Day is a success, please also do the following:
- Have your LGR or Govt. Affairs Committee or sub-committee meet and brainstorm the idea. Introduce and approve a motion to plan, implement and fund a Local Legislative Day and recommend approval by your Board of Directors.
- Have your local BORPAC or IMPAC Trustees approve funding for the event.
- Send letters to your local official to participate in the event and request that they save the date and also invite them a minimum of six weeks in advance.
- Notify your participating members of the upcoming event, a minimum of four weeks in advance.
- Arrange transportation for participating Realtors; ride a train, charter a bus or carpool. Have your local transit agency help plan and arrange free or discounted transportation.
- Send a written request asking that your participating members be acknowledged during the Council/County Board meeting. Have your Board president be prepared to speak briefly.
- Publicize the event to your Govt. members, Affairs or LGR committee members – via email letters or your association newsletter.
- Take photos and get your members acknowledged in the local media outlets, send out a pre and post news release.
- Host a luncheon and/or cocktail reception at a venue near where the Legislative Day will be held.
For more information, please contact Mel Wilson, C.A.R.’s 2006 LGR Committee Chair and Southland Regional AOR’s Government Affairs Director at mel@melwilson.com or (818) 346-7362.
