Association Executives Committee
2010 Chair: John
Nisbet, Santa Barbara
2010 Vice Chair: Randy McCaslin, Ventura County Coastal
Staff Coordinator: Lottie Elam
The Association Executives Committee (A.E.C.) provides a forum for
Association Executives to be informed on Association issues and
procedures. As appropriate, the A.E.C. shall provide recommendations
to leadership on issues of concern of the REALTOR® organization. (December
2003)
Association Presidents, Leadership Forum
2010 Chair:
Bobbie Nelson, Santa Cruz
2010 Vice Chair: Kimberly DiBenedetto, Monterey County
2010 Vice Chair: Wayne Woodyard, Laguna
Staff Coordinator: Lottie Elam
The forum informs and educates local Association Presidents so they can
effectively discharge their responsibilities. It also allows local
Association leadership an opportunity to inform appropriate C.A.R.
committees and C.A.R. leadership of their needs. As a forum, this is not a
policy-making body; however, it does refer appropriate matters to
committees for consideration.
Award Selection
2010 Chair: Leslie Munger, California Desert
2010 Vice Chair: Jeannette Way, Northern Solano County
C.A.R. Scholarship Foundation/C.A.R. Education
Foundation
2010 Chair: Kurt Kinsey, North San Diego County
2010 Vice Chair: Dianne Rath, San Diego
2010 Vice Chair: Nancy Troxell, Southland Regional
Staff Coordinator: Lynette Flores
The Trustees make scholarships available to students studying for a career
in real estate. The Trustees interview potential recipients, generate
scholarship funds and represent the C.A.R. Scholarship Foundation and the
C.A.R. Education Foundation during the California REALTOR® EXPO.
California REALTOR® EXPO Advisory
2010 Chair: Otto Catrina, Bay East
2010 Vice Chair: Rosanne Howard, Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles
2010 Vice Chair: Betty Taisch, San Francisco
Staff Coordinator: Betty Thomas
The mission of the committee is to serve in an advisory role to assist in meeting the objectives of the California REALTOR® EXPO Business Plan. Guidance and direction are provided in speaker selection, program development, and exhibitor relations. The Committee is a work and information dissemination committee. It reports to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. (July 1994)
Communications Advisory
2010 Chair: Diane Gantt, Pacific West
2010 Vice Chair: Gregg Pawlik, Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles
2010 Vice Chair: Bill Sloan, Orange County
Staff Coordinator: Anne Framroze
The mission of the committee is to serve in an advisory capacity to assist in meeting the overall communications and marketing objectives of the Association. The committee provides guidance for California Real Estate and Real Estate Technology magazines, media relations, car.org, various online communications vehicles, and Association-wide marketing and communications programs. The committee reports to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
Credentials
2010 Chair: Jolaine Merrill, Palos Verdes Peninsula
2010 Vice Chair: Billie Jean Chadwick, Lompoc Valley
2010 Vice Chair: Jackie Crowley, Palos Verdes Peninsula
Staff Coordinator: Rose Ann Birdwell
Description: The Credentials Committee is the First Point of Contact with all officers, directors, committee members and other C.A.R. members attending official C.A.R. Business Meetings. The committee expedites the registration process at C.A.R. Business Meetings and issues badges, registration information, political action & officer recognition ribbons, and other pertinent materials at the meetings and California REALTOR® Expo. In addition, the Credentials Committee members review and verify membership contact information with all officers, directors and committee members, and ensure the changed and updated information is provided to C.A.R. Membership Services and local Associations. Items needing to be updated may be added to from time to time, but should always include current email address, primary telephone number, preferred mailing address and current member photograph.
Mission: Competent, professional and friendly service to Volunteer Members is paramount. The committee members recognize their primary responsibility as the First Point of Contact is to greet Volunteer officers, directors and committee members and set the tone and pace for the ensuing meeting. It is recognized that many directors and committee members are attending the business meetings for the first time and will have additional questions and require extra explanations. Committee members will balance the need for additional information with effective crowd management when registration lines are the longest, always maintaining a professional and friendly demeanor while ensuring all needed information is communicated. Tasks include, but are not limited to, providing official badges, registration materials, schedules, political action & officer recognition ribbons, event entry tickets, providing facility directions and ensuring all members receive last minute bulletins and changes in a timely fashion. (January 2003)
CREPAC Trustees
2010 Chair: Irma Vargas, Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles
2010 Vice Chair: Mary Funk, Southland Regional
2010 Vice Chair: Mike Teer, Inland Valleys
Staff Coordinators: David Howard/Lisa Edwards
The mission of the CREPAC Trustees is to further the Association's political objectives by managing and operating non-partisan campaign funds capable of providing material support to California candidates for election to local, state and federal offices. The committee has independent decision-making authority with regard to expenditures of funds. It provides informational reports to the Board of Directors. (December 1992)
Defense Strategy Advisory
2010 Chair: Jeff Sposito, Contra Costa
2010 Vice Chair: Ann Throckmorton, San Diego
Staff Coordinators: Debra Ferrier/Nicole Briggs
The Defense Strategy Advisory Committee will serve to develop and recommend policies, procedures and programs to reduce claims against members, to enable members to obtain affordable Errors & Omissions Insurance, to reduce cost of defense and to identify risk management solutions. (January 2005)
Educational Services Advisory
2010 Chair: Mary Churchill, Inland Valleys
2010 Vice Chair: Virginia Field, North San Diego County
2010 Vice Chair: Kelvin Wong, Arcadia
Staff Coordinator: Albert Tran
The committee serves in an advisory role to assist in meeting the objectives of the Education and Training Services Business Plan. This committee will advise the staff on potential new programs to research that provide timely and legally correct education products to real estate professionals.
Executive
2010 Chair: Steve Goddard, South Bay
2010 Vice Chair: Beth L. Peerce, Southland Regional
Staff Coordinator: Rick Shumacher
The committee serves as an advisory committee to the president and oversees and assures that the business of the Association is carried out in accordance with the policies and instructions of the Board of Directors. Individual committees present recommendations to the Executive Committee before being submitted to the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee may make advisory recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to those committee reports.
Federal
2010 Chair: Kathy Mehringer, Conejo Simi Moorpark
2010 Vice Chair: Heath Hilgenberg, California Desert
2010 Vice Chair: Mike Clancy, Contra Costa
Staff Coordinator: Matthew Roberts
The mission of the committee is to monitor federal legislative and regulatory proposals and actions as they relate to the California's real estate industry and real estate market. It also reviews recommendations of C.A.R.'s four policy committees: Transaction and Regulatory, Land Use and Environmental, Taxation and Government Finance, and Housing to evaluate and coordinate Association policy on federal issues and proposals that have significant implications for the industry in California. The committee assists in advocacy of recommended policies to appropriate N.A.R. Committees and the public, and coordinates California directors' delegation efforts at N.A.R. meetings. It reports to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors (January 2010)
Housing
2010 Chair: LeFrancis Arnold, Rancho
Southeast
2010 Vice Chair: John Torres, Rancho Southeast
Staff Coordinator: David Milton
The Committee is a Policy committee. Its mission is to develop C.A.R.'s
housing policy agenda. It has original jurisdiction to evaluate housing
legislation and regulation in the following issue areas:
Common Interest Development - 2010 Issue Chair: Rana Linka, Southland Regional
Fair Housing, Equal Opportunity and Cultural Diversity - 2010 Issue Chair: Miguel Garcia, Montebello District
Housing Opportunity and Housing Policy - 2010 Issue Chair: Georgia Richardson, Oakland
Manufactured Housing - 2010 Issue Chair: Diane Conaway, North San Diego County
Multifamily - 2010 Issue Chair: Mike Riley, Bay East
Property Management - 2010 Issue Chair: Tica O'Neill, Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles
Real Estate Finance - 2010 Issue Chair: Winnie Davis, Southland Regional
Each issue area is managed during the Committee's meeting by an Issue Chair, under the direction of a committee Chair and committee Vice-Chair. The Committee reports to the Legislative or Federal level of government committee(s), as appropriate, and to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. (January 2010)
Housing Affordability Fund
The California Association of REALTORS® Housing Affordability Fund plays an
active role in addressing the ongoing housing affordability crisis facing
our state. The fund will raise and distribute funds and partner with
other groups to promote housing and homeownership and address all housing
opportunities locally and statewide. (June 2005)
IMPAC Trustees
The mission of the Trustees is to advance the Association's mission and
legislative objectives by managing and administering funds to support
advocacy, legislative and public educational efforts at the federal, state
and local levels that have an impact on real property in California. IMPAC
is a policy review and work committee. The Trustees report to the Executive
Committee and Board of Directors for information only, and are authorized
to make funding decisions without Director approval.(July 1994)
International Real Estate Forum
The forum's purpose is to maximize the ability of all C.A.R. members to
take advantage of the growing earnings potential associated with the
increasing globalization of the real estate business. It strives to
establish a significant leadership role for all levels of organized real
estate within the international real estate and business community and
hopes to attract and retain international real estate practitioners to the
REALTOR® community.
Land Use and Environmental
The Committee is a Policy committee. Its mission is to develop C.A.R.'s
land use and environmental policy agenda. It has original jurisdiction to
evaluate legislation and regulation in the following issue areas as they
relate to real estate:
Property Rights
Land Use and Zoning
Environmental
Resources
Subdivision and Development
Each issue area is managed during the Committee's meeting by an Issue Chair, under the direction of a committee Chair and committee Vice-Chair. The Committee reports to the Legislative or Federal level of government committee(s), as appropriate, and to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. (January 2010)
Legal Action Fund Trustees
The mission of the Trustees is to proactively advance the Association's
mission and legal objectives by providing legal resources and/or financial
support concerning legal issues that will have a statewide impact on
REALTORS®, primarily in the areas of broker liability and practice and
private property rights. (July 1994)
Legal Affairs Forum
The mission of the forum is to provide attorneys representing local
associations and real estate firms with an opportunity to obtain and
exchange information that will help them more effectively represent the
association or firm. Forum members receive reports from C.A.R.'s Legal
Department, hear guest speakers and participate in roundtable discussions
on relevant legal issues. The forum is for information exchange, and
reports to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. (October
1993)
Legislative
The mission of the committee is to monitor and supervise the state
implementation of C.A.R. public policy in legislation and regulation; and
to evaluate policy recommendations that arise in C.A.R.'s four public
policy committees: Transaction and Regulatory, Taxation and Government
Finance, Land Use and Environmental, and Housing. The Legislative
Committee reports to the Executive Committee and the Board of
Directors. (January 2010)
Local Government Forum
The Forum monitors local legislative and regulatory actions and trends and
interprets for REALTORS®, local Associations and the public their impact on
the real estate industry and property ownership. The forum recommends
approaches to influence the course and form of local legislation and works
with the Legislative Committee in the formation of Association policy and
implementation of state-mandated legislation at the local level. It assists
Boards in the development of proactive strategies to address local
government housing policies. It also aids in establishing the
Government Affairs Directors program on an individual Board and/or
geographical basis.
Membership
The mission of the committee is to be responsible for retention and
recruitment of members, and the promotion of the benefits of REALTOR®
membership. It also makes recommendations for approval of Honorary Member
for Life applicants. The committee serves a valuable role in
monitoring membership policy developments at N.A.R. and assisting in the
dissemination of such information to local associations. The committee
identifies membership policy issues affecting local associations, studies
those issues and discusses possible responses. It may recommend as needed,
policy positions to the C.A.R. Board of Directors, including recommending
attempts to influence member- ship policy at the National Association of
REALTORS® to the best interest of California local associations. Further,
the committee may serve as a forum for the exchange of information
regarding membership services such as orientations at the local association
level. (March 1997)
MLS/Computer and Business Technology
The mission of the committee is to work to assure that REALTORS® remain the
primary provider of information about real estate. To that end, the
Committee: a) Promotes and adopts Model MLS Rules and policies that comply
with legal requirements and N.A.R. policy, b) Facilitates the exchange of
information between local Associations of REALTOR®-OWNED MLSs/Regionals and
disseminates information regarding legal developments which impact the MLS,
c) Oversees the Association's role as a clearing house in researching,
collecting, evaluating and disseminating new and emerging technology
enabling REALTORS® to manage all information necessary to successfully
complete a real estate transaction, d) Suggests policy regarding such
information and interacts with local Association-owned MLSs/Regionals to
promote such technology and information, e) Reviews products, acts as an
information exchange and support mechanism to REALTOR® computer user groups
throughout the state, assists in the development of computer courses given
by C.A.R., and conducts practical demonstrations and workshops in
conjunction with C.A.R. Directors Meetings. (January 19, 1995)
Nominating
The Nominating Committee may, but is not required to, place in nomination
the names of Officers and Directors For Life to be elected for the ensuing
elective year. The Committee is also responsible for the selection of
N.A.R. Directors from California. The Nominating Committee is
comprised of one voting member from each Region, selected by the C.A.R.
Directors from that Region to represent the Region, and one voting Member
at Large appointed by the President. The Committee is Chaired by the
Past President who served three years earlier, and the Vice Chair is the
Past President who served two years prior. The Immediate Past
President serves as a non-voting committee member, and each Region also
designates an alternate to represent the Region in the event the voting
representative is unable to serve. Alternates attend the meetings of
the Nominating Committee. Nominating Committee deliberations are
confidential.
The Nominating Committee establishes subcommittees each year as follows:
Director For Life Subcommittee -- to recommend nominations for the position
of Director For Life
N.A.R. Director Selection Subcommittee -- to recommend the selection of NAR
Directors from California and alternates
Question Subcommittee --to prepare questions to pose to candidates for
office
Teller Subcommittee -- to tally votes from the other Subcommittees and the
full Committee
Political Activities Fund
The mission statement for the Committee shall be "to enhance the California
Association of REALTORS® political and legislative effectiveness by
evaluating proposals and allocating funds in the following areas: member
education; enhancements to the Member Mobilization Program; and other
political activities.
Professional Standards
The mission of the committee is to strive to promote knowledge of and
compliance with the N.A.R. Code of Ethics in order to elevate the industry
to its highest professional, ethical ideal. It reports to the Executive
Committee and the Board of Directors. (July 1994)
Public Policy Issues Forum
The Forum is designed to provide an opportunity for education, information
and networking regarding public policy issues that may be related to
discussions in the various public policy committees. Topics, guest
speakers, discussion opportunities and presentations are selected that will
be the most topical and of the greatest use and interest to attending
members. The Forum will focus on issues related to the public policy
development of C.A.R. and to the greatest extent possible will not overlap
with non-policy forums (Member-Director, REALTOR®-Consumer, Forum on Forms,
DRE Commissioner's Public Forum). The Forum does not consider action items
or make motions, and has no reporting responsibilities. (January 2010)
REALTOR® Action Fund (Formerly Political Affairs)
The mission of the committee is to provide education and training for
politically involved REALTORS® to develop appropriate structures for
effective communication with elected officials at each level of government;
and to provide support for REALTORS® in the areas of fundraising, education
and the Member Mobilization Program. The committee's primary function is to
raise funds through the REALTOR® Action Fund, train local associations and
to provide political education to local members, as needed. (February
2010)
REALTOR® Risk Management and Consumer Protection Forum
To provide a forum to identify trends and issues that may be, or are,
putting REALTORS® and/or their clients at risk, to educate REALTORS®, and
to provide information to other C.A.R. Committees as appropriate.
(October 2003)
Sergeant-at-Arms
The chairman of the committee is the C.A.R. Sergeant-at-Arms. Committee
members are appointed to assist in seating guests at luncheons, banquets,
directors meetings and EXPO general sessions. Members are classified as
assistant sergeant-at-arms and act as official greeters, in addition to
distributing materials for meetings and voting cards at directors'
sessions. Members may be assigned to take tickets at closed functions.
Standard Forms Advisory
The mission of the committee is to serve in an advisory role in meeting the
objectives of the Standard Forms Business Plan. The committee reviews
existing forms for legal accuracy and relevancy, provides input in the
development of new forms, and advises on policy issues to ensure that the
Association is positioned to respond quickly and effectively to emerging
legal requirements, new legislation, changing business practices and
consumer trends. (July 1994)
-- The Forum on Forms provides the Standard Forms Advisory Committee with a vehicle for gathering and distributing information related to the creation and development of C.A.R.'s Standard Forms. Input received at the Forum on Forms is carefully evaluated by the Committee and is crucial to the Committee in meeting its core mission goals.
Strategic Planning and Finance
The committee coordinates the planning and budgeting activities of the
Association. It is responsible for setting the long term
direction for the association by identifying critical issues of importance
to REALTORS® based on an analysis of member needs and driving forces
affecting the evolution of the real estate market and brokerage industry.
The committee also works to ensure the financial viability of the
Association. It reviews financial statements, recommends policy changes and
reviews and approves proposed expenditures recommended by other committees
that are not part of the current budget. It is responsible for developing
the annual program objectives and budget which is then presented to the
Board of Directors for their approval. The committee meets at each
Directors meeting, receiving input from all other committees on issues of
concern to the Association, and between meetings as needed. It consists of
two subcommittees, Finance and Strategic Planning. The Chairman of the
Committee is the Treasurer and Committee members serve staggered three-year
terms.
Taxation and Government Finance
The Committee is a Policy committee. Its mission is to develop C.A.R.'s
government finance and taxation policy agenda. It has original jurisdiction
to evaluate legislation and regulation in the following issue areas as they
relate to real estate:
Commercial Investment
Government Finance
Property Tax
Transaction Tax
Each issue area is managed during the Committee's meeting by an Issue Chair, under the direction of a committee Chair and committee Vice-Chair. The Committee reports to the Legislative or Federal level of government committee(s), as appropriate, and to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. (January 2010)
Transaction and Regulatory
The Committee is a Policy committee. Its mission is to develop C.A.R.'s
overall policy agenda as it relates to the practice of real estate. It has
original jurisdiction to evaluate transactional issues, legislation and
regulation in the following issue areas:
Licensure
Liability and Risk Management
Transactional
Each issue area is managed during the Committee's meeting by an Issue Chair, under the direction of a committee Chair and committee Vice-Chair. The Committee has jurisdiction over issues that are potentially real estate related that do not fall into another committee's jurisdiction. The Committee reports to the Legislative or Federal level of government committee(s), as appropriate, and to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. (January 2010)
Revised: March 26, 2010
