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COMMUNICATIONS
The Communications Committee is responsible for coordinating the Good Neighbor Award and the promotion of REALTOR® Safety Week. The Committee also provides input pertaining to the usage of communication tools that support the mission, goals and objectives of the Association while maintaining a positive REALTOR® image. Those tools include (but are not limited to) the CAR website and REALTOR® Hotsheet e-newsletter. The Committee meets twice per year with additional meetings scheduled on an as needed basis.
GRIEVANCE
The Committee is responsible for making determinations as to whether there is any validity to a complaint that would justify holding a full hearing. Committee meets only when needed.
LEGISLATIVE/POLITICAL AFFAIRS
The Legislative/Political Affairs Committee is responsible for formulating public policy positions consistent with CAR's Statement of Policy, advocating the REALTOR® viewpoint on proposed bills or regulations and, in doing so, informing members and lawmakers of the effects of such legislation on property owners and our business. The Committee also encourages members to become involved in CAR's advocacy role. The Committee meets monthly during the legislative session (approximately 6-7 times a year).
POLITICAL FUNDRAISING
The Political Fundraising Committee educates REALTORS® on the importance of raising funds for RPAC and Issues Advocacy. Outreach efforts including working with local Association leadership to share the techniques that are most effective in raising funds and promotion of the Committee's mission through an informative Political Fundraising Newsletter. Committee meets approximately 5-6 times per year.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
The Committee is responsible for hearing Ethics and Arbitration cases properly coming before CAR. In conjunction with modernization of license law relative to the CAR Business Plan, the Committee will promote high educational and licensing standards for greater confidence from buyers, sellers and fellow licensees. This will be done through offering the PSCS certification/re-certification program every other year, comprehensive Ethics and Arbitration knowledge/case management throughout the State and coordination with the local Boards/Associations. Committee meets once per year with additional meetings scheduled on an as needed basis.
RISK REDUCTION
The Committee is responsible for disseminating information about risk reduction to our members, identifying potential areas of liability, evaluating new/existing risk reduction products and services, providing a platform that enables REALTORS® to stay informed as to the latest laws/regulations and ethics policies/changes governing their businesses, to review in-service contracts/forms and make recommendations to the appropriate authority, and to provide information to our members that will keep them safe, both physically and professionally. Committee meets twice per year with additional meetings scheduled on an as needed basis.
REALTORS® GRASSROOTS
The purpose of the REALTORS® Grassroots Committee is to strengthen REALTOR® member involvement in support of the Association's political, electoral and legislative endeavors at the local, State and National levels. This effort may include such things as the REALTOR® Champion program, enhancing member lobbying efforts for legislation supported/opposed by CAR or NAR, developing/maintaining an effective Political Contact Network (PCN), political education programs (i.e. Politics 101), increasing member response to "Calls for Action" at the local, State and National levels and encouraging overall REALTOR® grassroots involvement in political campaigns for those candidates endorsed by RPAC (i.e. "Five for Friends"). Committee meets 4 times per year with additional meetings scheduled on an as-needed basis.
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