GRRA 2010 Annual Meeting

Bill GuillBill Guill

2010 GRRA President2010 GRRA President

GRRA MembershipGRRA Membership

Members – 1607

Realtors – 1279 Affiliates/Associates – 71

Non Member Sales – 23 Institute Affiliates – 24

Secondary Realtors – 32 MLS Only 178

RCA Members – 206

Commercial Only – 77Resi-mercial – 120

Associates/Affiliates – 5Institute Affiliates – 1

Secondary Commercial Only – 3

Commercial Designations at the GRRA

Certified Commercial Investment Member – 623

REALTORS® Land Institute – 69

Carolinas Chapter Society of Industrial Office REALTORS® – 146

Institute of Real Estate Management – 125

2010 RPAC Participation by Office SizeTotal Participation 13%

% of members by office type:

Large Office 27%

Medium Office 14%

Small Office 7%

Our GoalsState: $19,635 Local: $22,000

Current total:

$20,349

2010 Top RPAC Contributors by Office Size2010 Top RPAC Contributors by Office Size

Small Medium Large

GRRA Staff Re/Max Realty Consultants

Allen TateGreen Valley

360 REALTY Re/Max of Greensboro

Yost & Little Realty

North Elm

Emerson Commercial Properties

Allen Tate North Elm

Keller Williams (Greensboro)

Greensboro Regional REALTOR® Foundation

501 c(3) – Charitable Arm of the Association with a separate Board of Directors

Contributions are Tax Deductible

RCSC & Foundation are working hand in hand to improve community service work

Greensboro Regional REALTOR® Foundation

2010 Contributions: $28,734.95

American Red Cross – Haiti Relief $250.00

The Salvation Army Center of Hope – Haiti Relief $250.00

Clara House $1,500.00

Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test $100.00

Gillespie Park Elementary – 4th Grade Field Trip $1,875.00

Greensboro Urban Ministry – Crop Walk $250.00

Guilford County Home Ownership Center $1,000.00

Housing Greensboro, Inc. $5,000.00

Inasmuch $750.00

Holiday for the Homeless - RCSC $3,259.95

Get A Kid Ready for School – RCSC $3,500.00

Greensboro Public Library Fund (2010 Summer Reading Program) $11,000.00

GRRA Board Contributions

2010 Contributions: $35,756

GRRF $12,500

GRRF – Memorials $700

GRRF – Summer Reading Program $5,000

Greensboro Beautiful – Great American Clean-up $1,000

Greensboro Partnership $5,000

International Civil Rights Center & Museum $5,000

Downtown Greensboro $1,210

NeighborWorks – Affordable Housing Program $3,000

Homes4NC (donated item) $220

Preservation Greensboro $500

Homes4NC $1,626.23

GRRA 2010 Accomplishments

•Board of Directors develops an 18-month, education-focused strategic plan at its retreat.

•Held 10 Brown Bags and 12 Coffee Talks and had 710 members attending

•Held 17 CE Classes with total students attendance of 1,792 (August 2009 – June 2010)

•Held a series of Web 2.0 and Social Media training sessions for our members on topics like Facebook, Twitter, Google Apps and more.

•President Guill and Mike Barr held focus groups with BICs/DRs of large, medium, small and single-member companies, sharing information and feedback, and conducted 10 visits to offices.

• News & Record Trade Agreement was renewed

•Created positive messages about the real estate market for you to relay to your clients and continued to be vigilant in our efforts to tell the real story of Greensboro real estate.

•Executed a contract with NFI Studios to develop a new GRRA.org and a community, My.GRRA.org. The site launched in August and is available to all primary and secondary REALTOR® members.

•Held the GRRA Election with 32.5% participation from our membership , an above-average level for comparable trade organizations

•Continued Greensboro Regional Realtors® Association influence at NCAR level as Kevin Green succeeds John Newman as NCAR RVP for Region 5.

•Our members raised $20,349 for RPAC

GRRA 2010 Accomplishments

•TREBIC began working to legalize signs in Oak Ridge

• Triad MLS launches DataChecker and AnnounceMyListing, with three more products – StatsPro, Property Panorama and Document Manager – slated to launch soon

• Asheboro joined TRIAD MLS  • Facilities Committee unveils new sign in front of GRRA, with plans for improved landscaping around the building to follow

• Applied for and received a grant for $3,000 from NAR’s Housing Opportunity Fund, which will fund financial literacy courses for new home buyers.

• Continued to improve our working relationship with the Greensboro Regional Realtors® Foundation and helped fund it

• RCSC once again reaches out to community with Get a Kid Ready For School, which collected more than $3600 for school supplies that were sent to Hunter, Sedgefield, and Washington Elementary Schools, as well as the Teachers Warehouse.

• RCSC/Red Cross Blood Drive collects 20 pints in August

• Volunteers assemble 180 care packages for Holiday for the Homeless

• Continued Management of Carolinas Chapter of Society of Industrial Office REALTORS® in addition to the NC-Certified Commercial Investment Member Chapter, NC-REALTORS® Land Institute Chapter and Institute of Real Estate Management Piedmont Triad Chapter

GRRA Upcoming Events

September 6 - GRRA closed for Labor Day

September 9 - New REALTOR® Orientation

September 10 - NC-CCIM Free Commercial CE Day — Mandatory Update and BICAR

September 10-11 and 17-18 – REALTORS® ‘R’ Rebuilding - Volunteers of all skill levels needed

September 16 – CE Day with Bill Gallagher – Mandatory Update and Foreclosures, Short Sales, REOs and Auctions

September 20-21 – NCAR Convention in Myrtle Beach, SC

September 21 – Triad MLS Facebook training

October 5 - GRRA Membership Luncheon - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Vendor Fair