Get Involved – Help CAR Develop Policy Issues

Being the President-Elect of the California Association of REALTORS® (CAR) is no easy function. The 2012 officers met on Thursday and Friday (June 30th and July 1st, 2011) at CAR’s Los Angeles headquarters. We spent the entire two days working on CAR Leadership appointments. The talent pool is tremendous — a group of very successful and highly educated professionals across the State of California offering as volunteers to represent Policy Committees for our member organization.

There are four officers: 2012 CAR President LeFrancis Arnold, 2012 President-Elect Don Faught, newly-elected 2012 Treasurer Chris Kutzkey, and Executive Vice President Joel Singer. This year’s team chose leadership appointments with the organization in mind. We struggled with many appointments. Who would be the right person to lead? Who had earned the right? Staff input weighed-in heavily on the choice as well as recommendations from Past Presidents, Liaisons, and peers. We looked at the players from last year, 2011, and tried to be fair. Which Vice Chair should ascend to the Chair and why?

Our great State organization, CAR, must help lead the Real Estate industry back to prosperity. Since our member benefits help the REALTOR® stay at the center of the Real Estate transaction, we must continue to support REALTOR® politics and get involved. I fought hard for you, my REALTOR® friends, and I placed you in leadership wherever I could. CAR does have policy that requires you to be on a committee before you chair that committee or issue. My recommendation is for you to hang in there and help CAR develop policy issues.

AUTHOR:  LeFrancis Arnold, CAR 2011 President-Elect, LACBOR Past President —                               www.LeFrancisArnold.com and LeFrancis’ On The Move (blog) …