GREATER TAMPA REALTORS MINUTES BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. April 16, 2018

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1 GREATER TAMPA REALTORS MINUTES BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Attendance: Mari Colgan (President); Dan Hazy (President-elect); Joe Perez (Immediate Past President); Darlene Davenport (Treasurer); Bob Pasquarello (Secretary) Ruth Bryson; Carl Shenning; Anthony Canizares, John Daux, Marvin Gordon, Marie Gregorio, Nico Hohman, Bridget Jenkings, Brad Monroe, Jay Quigley, Ashley Christie, Ellie Lambert, Lea Lagueux Absent: Staff Attending: Dennis MacDonald, CEO, Brenda Rabbitt, COO, and Laura Izzo, CFO. Guests: Jack Rodriguez, Andy Scaglione, Merri Joe Cowen I. Call to Order at 9:31 a.m. by President Mari Colgan. II. III. IV. Pledge of Allegiance led by Lea Lagueux Inspiration given by Lea Lagueux Anti-trust read V. Approval of Minutes a. The minutes of 3/19/18 were approved after the following changes are made: i. Add Meet N Greet to International notes for which country will be highlighted ii. Correct spelling of Lea Lagueux name on page 5 iii. Realtor Builder had a meeting on 4/4/18 VI Financial Audit Results Sam Lazzara of Rivero Gordimer presented the 2017 annual audit and highlights. An unmodified opinion was issued and no items of materiality were noted. VII. Consent Agenda Moved and seconded to approve the items on the consent agenda. (Carried) a. Approval of New Applicants Moved and seconded to approve the new applicants. (Carried) b. MFR Talking Points Bob Pasquarello VIII. Officer Reports a. President i. Mary McCall resignation was ratified ii. A new NAR Director will be selected at the pleasure of the board. Should GTR go back to the applications filed on time from prior year or select someone today.

2 Page 2 of 6 Candidates from prior year are Tina Harris, Jo Easton or Carlos Fuentes, who was late in filing his application. Consensus is to go back to those that applied in prior year. A paper ballot was taken and Jo Easton was elected. iii. Ratification of Diana Kurtz and Mari Colgan for MFR appointments iv. Announcement that Mari Colgan is running for DVP against Adam Greenville from East Pasco. Board is all in favor. v. This Thursday is our General Membership Meeting, 9am-12:30 pm at Stetson vi. Nomination and election of two members to serve on the nominating committee. Barbara Jordan, Jay Quigley, Marvin Gordon and Brad Monroe nominated. Jay Quigley and Marvin Gordon were elected. b. President Elect Nothing to report c. Vice President Nothing to report d. Treasurer Total assets, $11.7M, Cash on Hand $1.4M. Very healthy. Had a great 17 with our Baird Investments. We are in a different market this year. Rudy Fernandez will be attending the April Finance meeting to advise Finance as to what GTR should do with our existing portfolio e. Secretary Nothing to report IX. Committee Action a. Bylaws Dan Hazy Minutes 3/20/18 Consensus: By consensus, the committee recommended the revised Reimbursement Policy be brought before Finance/BOD for review FINANCE RECOMENDS FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON THIS CONSENSUS

3 Page 3 of 6 b. Professional Development - John Tomlin/Jay Quigley 3/13/18 Minutes 4/10/18 Motion: Motion was made to request the use of one (1) Tampa Bay Times ad for Graduate Realtors Institute recognition. The committee would like to recognize the graduates and highlight the importance of Professional Development. A discussion was had as to how many ads we have and what those ads are already designated for. Officers are recognized and award winners are recognized in the ads currently. Should other designations be also recognized? Answer, GRI is all encompassing vs a specific designation, International for example. c. Engagement Task Force Joe Perez Meeting 4/2/18 FINANCE RECOMENDS FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON THIS ACTION A discussion was had regarding as to if the entire amount needs to be spent. Will members really attend these meetings? Broker visits and monthly mixers are not that costly, classes should be reconsidered % of our membership is in Pasco, we need to have a presence in Pasco.

4 Page 4 of 6 d. Government Affairs Brad Monroe Meeting 4/6/18 X. MFR/MLS update Bob Pasquarello a. Selected Colliers as the Leasing Agent for the new space b. Rebranding and new names for the MFR. From approximately 100+ names the list was narrowed to 20+. The rationale for re-branding is that the emphasis has been changed to expansion, therefore the name should be more inclusive. The MLS grid will ultimately reduce the cost of the MLS. XI. Management Report a. Building Update March expenses were reviewed. b. East Pasco Association of Realtors from Adam Grenville was discussed. Positive thoughts came out of GTR s meeting with East Pasco. East Pasco recognizes that GTR has a lot to offer their existing members. This seems to be a natural fit to GTR s desire to expand into Pasco. East Pasco charter would dissolve and be absorbed by GTR. (name would be Pasco Realtors, a division of Greater Tampa Realtors). General consensus of the Board is to move forward on negotiations. c. Potential Pasco Office Suite Search/Engagement Task force. In the past Board meeting it was stated that GTR s own location 1,700-2,500 sf would be best. d. GTR Store Task force. The best location for the store was determined to be on the same wall as the coffee station in the Tech lounge. Single items will be displayed and inventory will be pulled as requested by members. Amazon fulfillment is being looked into as well. e. CPAR lockboxes. CPAR - Lock boxes are currently nor being reciprocated with CPAR. i.e. GTR purchased lockboxes can t be re-programmed with CPAR. There is an unspoken agreement with GTR and West Pasco/PRO to do this. At the time the unspoken agreements was set up CPAR didn t have Supra. Now that they do have Supra does GTR want to reciprocate with CPAR, and in addition anything we have in place with PRO/West Pasco should be put into writing

5 Page 5 of 6 Motion made (Joe Perez) and seconded (Brad Monroe) that we don t have an agreement for Supra lockbox with CPAR but do have an agreement with PRO and West Pasco. Rationale: Proceed as we have done in the past Discussion was had that it s not good representation of GTR to not participate with CPAR while participating with others. The reason we participate with the other two associations is that they are not actively seeking to recruit our members. A task force needs to be created to look at the pros and cons of doing or not doing this with any or limited associations and if there are any legal ramifications to this. A task force was created consisting of Ruth Bryson, Marie Gregoria, Darlene Davenport, Lea Lagueux, Bob Pasquarello (Failed) f. Supra policy - Another loop hole in the new Supra code policy was discovered and needs to be closed. New language will be run by David Rankin. XII. Director Committee Reports a. Affiliates Bridget Wilson 4/14/18. Golf Tournament is being held May 3, RCF will contribute 5 gift cards. b. Appraisal Joni Henderson/Bob Pasquarello no meeting c. Awards Shannon Damschen/ Marvin Gordon 3/22/18 d. Building Committee - Nico Hohman/Dan Hazy 4/3/18. Should we have a Grand Opening of Building and should a task force be assigned. Nico Hohman, Bridgette Jenkings, and Carl Shenning are on the task force to plan the Grand Opening. e. Communications - Jacqueline Brown/Joe Perez no meeting f. Finance Darlene Davenport 4/11/18 g. Housing Opportunities Ashley Christie April 11, 2018 h. International Lynn Richey/Ruth Bryson 4/9/18 i. Installation Darlene Davenport no minutes j. Orientation Susanna Madden/Ellie Lambert no meeting k. Professional Standards Mary Odum no meeting l. Property Managers - Barbara McGinnis/ Ashley Christie no meeting m. REALTOR /Attorney Tina Harris/Carl Shenning 4/5/18 n. REALTOR /Builder Alberto Baalbaki/ Anthony Canizares. They are capping the amount given back to the Association at a maximum of $15,000. Clarification needs to be gotten from the Builder Association o. REALTOR Commercial Alliance Vicki Raspa/ Nico Hohman 4/4/18 p. RPAC Ellie Lambert 4/08/18. As of 4/15/2018 $137,194, 15.47%. Auction started 4/16/18 and goes through 4/19/18, $194,773 is the goal. $31k was pledged at the step up event. q. Strategic Planning Dan Hazy/Joe Perez no meeting r. Tech Committee Lea Laqueux no meeting. The Tech Expo went wonderfully this year with a lot of positive feedback s. YPN Corey Richardson/John Daux 4/10/18. Real Mix will be held in GTR auditorium on April 19 in conjunction with the International Comm.

6 Page 6 of 6 XIII. XIV. Announcements a. Women s Council. District event will be held in conjunction with District 13 on Friday, April 27 10:30am 1:30pm b. Other Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m. Next meeting to be held May 16, 2018