We Invite you ...
... to submit your request to participate in a business experience that will expand your sphere of real estate knowledge and your network of business contacts, while encouraging you to take the opportunity to make a difference in the decisions that could affect your career. By serving on one of the Committees, Task Force Groups, Forums, or in a Leadership Position, you have the opportunity to design your engagement in ways that connect to the Associations mission and to your own skills, passions, and abilities. We hope you will share our vision for 2021 and join our family of real estate leaders today!
We look forward to you participating in the committee appointment process!
Pat Weeks 2021 President,
Space Coast Association of Realtors
Brevard's Children & Families in Need Committee
Purpose: This committee is the fundraising arm for the Space Coast Association of Realtors Foundation. We need volunteers for planning and organizing, promoting and working at the fundraising events being self-motivated and working well with others is a plus for this committee.
Committee Chairperson: Melanie Schrader
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Budget & Finance Committee
Purpose: Prepares the annual Space Coast Association of REALTORS budget, and meets quarterly to recommend dues amounts, capital expenditures and budget modifications to the Directors. This committee will meet approximately four times. Needed skills are knowing how to read financials and working with numbers.
Committee Chairperson: Nancy Bartlett, 2020 Treasurer
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Commercial Investment Council
Purpose: To promote a comprehensive understanding of terms and procedures to aid REALTORS to better serve their Commercial clients. This shall be accomplished through training; marketing and networking with established Commercial REALTORS® in our area. To inform our members of the latest economic trends and conditions that affects the commercial market. Allow our members to promote and present their commercial properties to the membership. With your membership dues of $20 per year you will be able to post all your commercial listing to the 'Total Commercial' web site.
Committee Chairperson: Rusty Melle
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Commercial Services Task Force
Purpose: To identify Commercial services for the Association and addressing how to bring in more Commercial membership and involvement. To provide input to the Board of Directors about commercial services the association can provide to support our commercial members. This committee will also be in charge of the programs provided to the commercial investment council. At least 5 years of commercial sales, leasing, or management experience is the requirement to be a part of this task force.
Committee Chairperson: Rusty Melle
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Community Outreach Committee
Purpose: This committee will evaluate and recommend at least two community projects that the Association should be involved with and commit volunteers to address the needs of these projects. In the past this committee has organized beach clean ups and hurricane relief pack outs, received a grant and helped build a dog park, and host's animal supply drives and personal hygiene supply drives to name a few.
Committee Chairperson: Mike Artelli
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Global Committee
Purpose: To educate the REALTOR® family on how to conduct international real estate transactions with foreign nationals and understanding the cultural issues that are an integral part of working with global buyers and sellers. To find local business partners and introduce them to the association to help international transaction, i.e. loan officers who do business overseas.
Committee Chairperson: Rose Street
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Government Affairs Committee
Purpose: Identify legislation being considered locally, statewide, and nationally that affects property owners and inform our board of directors of the legislation. Creates functions to foster a good working relationship with our local elected officials.
Committee Chairperson: Robin Turner
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Grievance Committee
Purpose: Assists the Board in determining if an arbitration matter or ethics case should be forwarded to a formal hearing heard by the Professional Standards Committee.
Committee Chairperson Team A: Stephen Srein
Committee Chairperson Team B: Barbara Mihalik
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Leadership Academy **This is not a committee**
Leadership Academy is a year long leadership development program to enhance your professional skills.
Purpose: Leadership Academy is designed to assist REALTORS® who want to get involved, make a difference, grow their businesses and expand their leadership skills. Members will be mentored, inspired, empowered and motivated to become the successful leaders they know they can be. Participants may attend a FREC hearing, joining the association in Tallahassee and other behind the scenes Association events. Leadership Academy is limited to 10 people.
Committee Chairperson: Louise McLean
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Member Benefit Day Task Force
This task force's mission is to produce an event (one or two days) once per year to educate our members about all the benefits Space Coast Association of Realtors offers.
Committee Chairperson: Laura Hazlett
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MLS Committee
Purpose: To develop and enforce procedures and governing rules for the MLS to maintain the high quality of service provided by the MLS. This committee also reviews recommendations from MLS Users for implementation and also evaluates alternative services and modifications to the MLS computer system in an effort to enhance the MLS system for everyday REALTOR use. We need "boots on the ground" members who use the MLS daily and regularly. Fine-tuning, training and testing our MLS platform is a never-ending opportunity to get involved. If the MLS is something that you are interested in helping to maintain, please click the register button below to be part of this committee. You will meet approximately 12 times, one meeting per month.
Committee Chairperson: Kerry Ramage
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Professional Standards Committee
Purpose: Hears and decides complaints against REALTORS involving alleged violations of Code of Ethics. Hears and decides monetary business disputes between REALTORS® of different firms and REALTORS® and their clients. Knowing and following the Code of Ethics is crucial to keeping our profession respected and esteemed. Every member should serve on one of these two committees, Professional Standards or Grievance, at least once during their careers. Professional Standards training will be available before the first meeting. Committee Chairperson: Pat Padrick
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Professionalism and Education Task Force
Purpose: This group will meet monthly to assist in the development of quality education programming to increase members' professionalism and skills.
Committee Co-Chairperson: Mitch Ribak
Committee Co-Chairperson: Nancy Bartlett
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Property Management Forum
If you manage properties or are interested in property management this Forum is for you!
Purpose: Increases professionalism and income opportunities for all interested Space Coast Association of REALTORS® members through forums, round tables, and other educational events. The committee also provides resources and consultation on leasing and management issues to the general membership.
Committee Chairperson: Christine Lahiff
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RPAC (REALTORS Political Action Committee)
Purpose: Implements the annual RPAC fund-raising drives. RPAC is not the Democrat or Republican Party. It is the REALTOR Party where we put our money where our mouth is. Raising funds for lobbying efforts at the city and county levels. Lobbying efforts in Tallahassee and Washington DC has been used to keep the mortgage interest deductible, prohibiting cities and counties from charging individual real estate agents a business license fee and keeping "mega-banks" out of the real estate business. Raising awareness and money is a special gift that you may have - and we need you. Looking forward we need to continue fighting for our rights, and the rights of our customers, and educating Realtors and consumers on the legislation that may impact our livelihood and homeownership!
Committee Chairperson: Lynnette Hendricks
Committee Vice Chairperson: Lynn Whelpley
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Technology Committee
Purpose: Research and identify new technology that could benefit the Association or our members. This committee will also be tasked with keeping our membership informed about new apps that might help them in their day to day business.
Committee Chairperson: Omar Capellan
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YPN (Young Professionals Network)
Purpose: Provides a business networking environment for REALTORS® who are considered "young professionals" to share ideas and connect with each other to tap into the resources that can help them succeed. Researches and report/demonstrate technological products and services to the general membership at least two times per year. If you are under 35 (or feel like you're under 35) and want a place to volunteer, here it is! You are on top of technology, you're heart is for family and community and you can teach old dogs new tricks! We need you! Meetings will be once per month and it would be a great goal to report, teach, and/or demonstrate new technological products to the membership!
Committee Chairperson: Samantha Selig
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