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Unless otherwise noted, appointments are for one year

Association Headquarters & Staffing Needs Committee

Composition:  Chair, and four members; two must be Past Presidents, one is the current Treasurer.   Other than Treasurer, members serve one four year term.  Typically there is only one appointment made to this committee each year, due to staggered terms.

Description: The Committee is responsible for making recommendations regarding the needs of the physical building of the Association and working with the Chief Executive Officer in regards to staffing and employee benefits programs.

Staff Liaison: Dave Phillips

Commercial Industrial & Investment Committee

Composition:  Chair and Vice Chair, four to five members appointed each year depending on rotation and term limits. Those appointed serve a three year term.  Term limitation of two, three year terms.  Nineteen members.

Description: The mission of the Committee is to serve REALTORS® who buy, sell, lease, manage or appraise commercial, industrial and investment real estate by working with PAR to promote, educate, legislate and communicate commercial business to members. The CI&I Committee meets a minimum of three times a year, primarily at the regularly scheduled PAR Business Meetings. CI&I meetings usually include an informational presentation in addition to conducting the actual business of the committee. The business of the committee includes discussing topics of import to this segment of the real estate industry and, where required, making recommendations to the PAR Executive Committee. The committee is occasionally called upon by Specialized Practice Issues Subcommittee to review and provide input on proposed legislation or regulations. The CI&I Committee includes representation from the Commercial Overlay Boards, the Institute of Real Estate Management, the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® and the Certified Commercial Industrial Members.

Staff Liaison: Marty Manion

Convention Advisory & Marketing Group

Composition:  Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 35 members.  Additionally, all District Vice Presidents serve on this committee.

Description: The Committee assists with marketing the Triple Play Convention* to REALTORS® in Pennsylvania and recruits volunteers to moderate educational sessions and serve as ambassadors at the convention.  The Committee meets three times per year during the regularly scheduled PAR Business Meetings at the Harrisburg Hilton. 

* Triple Play is held at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, NJ in December each year.  This convention is developed in conjunction with the New Jersey Association of REALTORS® (NJAR) and the New York State Association of REALTORS® (NYSAR).  It serves three purposes for PAR: provides REALTORS with an opportunity to earn up to 14 hours of continuing education; creates networking opportunities with REALTORS® from across the nation and abroad; and serves as a source of non-dues revenue for PAR.

Staff Liaison: Meghan Tinkham

Credentials Committee

Composition: Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 15 members.

Description:  The Committee is responsible for the certification and registration of Directors and Alternate Directors and act as tellers at meetings of the Board of Directors. The Credentials Committee meets during the January Business Meetings. However, members of the Committee are required to be in attendance during all three sets of Business Meetings to assist in certifying and registering the Directors.  The Committee is also responsible for distributing the Member Response Systems (MRS) to the certified Directors Wednesday morning prior to the beginning of the Board of Directors Meeting. If the need arises for any additional meeting, members would meet by conference call.

Staff Liaison: Kim Smith

Keystone Analytics Committee

Composition:  Thirteen Trustees, one from each District, and the current chairs of the Legislative Committee, Realtors® Political Action Committee (RPAC), Realtors® Issues Mobilization Committee, and Business Services for Real Estate (BSRE) or a member so appointed by those committees/boards.  The appointees from the committees/boards have a one year term; the nine District appointees are for three year terms. Term limits are three consecutive, three year terms.

Description: To enhance and promote the objectives of PAR by providing survey research and related consulting services to members, local associations, and others who seek to use these services for political, marketing and other purposes.  The Committee approves all requests for survey research, data retrieval, and other advisory services provided in conjunction with any request or service.   The Committee meets several times a year and/or as needed. 

Staff Liaison: Jennifer Shockley

Diversity Committee

Composition: Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 25 members.

Description: The mission of the Committee is to promote and support equal opportunity and cultural diversity among practitioners and consumers in real estate in the Commonwealth. Members are currently redefining the goals of the committee based on a new strategic plan. In general this involves: 1) advancing the objectives of and developing an inclusive association by involving a diverse representation of members;  2) providing professional development, knowledge and support to real estate professionals and; 3) promoting the preservation of the right to own, transfer and use real property.  The committee meets three times a year during the PAR Business Meetings and periodically via conference calls. Members are frequently called upon to serve on a subcommittee to fulfill a specific objective.

Staff Liaison: Kim Shindle

Finance Committee

Composition: PAR Treasurer serves as Chair.  Those appointed serve a three year term.  Term limitation of two, three year terms. 

Description: To oversee the finances of the Association and the investing of its funds.

Staff Liaison: Jim Antonio

Grievance Committee

Composition:  Chair, Vice Chair and three members are appointed each year.  Those appointed serve a three year term.  Term limitation of two, three year terms. 

Description:  The Committee promotes awareness and education about the REALTOR® Code of Ethics and related enforcement processes.  The Committee also serves as a pool of potential panel members for ethics complaints and arbitration requests that may be directed to the state level.  Meetings are held (in conjunction with the PAR Professional Standards Committee) three times a year at the scheduled PAR Business Meetings.  Most meetings involve discussions about specific aspects of the Code of Ethics driven by topics suggested by the Committee and/or yearly changes to the Code.  Members of the Committee should be experienced current or past members of local Grievance and/or Professional Standards Committees.

Staff Liaison: Hank Lerner

Legal Action Fund

Composition: Chair, elected by Trustees.  Five Trustees serving five year terms, only one person appointed each year.

Description: The Legal Action Fund provides assistance to PAR, Member Associations, and individual members when they are involved in legal actions that have a significant impact on the practice of real estate.  Meetings are generally held during the scheduled PAR Business Meetings, but Trustees meet via conference call when necessary to respond to time-sensitive requests.

Staff Liaison: Hank Lerner

Legislative Committee

Composition: Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 65 members.  All members of Legislative Sub-Committees serve on Legislative Committee.

Description: The mission of the Committee is to systematically review legislative and regulatory initiatives for their impact on Pennsylvania’s real estate industry. The Committee meets during the PAR Business Meetings to review, discuss, and recommend specific positions on legislation and regulatory initiatives. Along with staff, Legislative Subcommittees identify issues which are forwarded to the Legislative Committee for consideration.  Subcommittees are: Business Issues, Land Use and Local Issues, and Specialized Practice Issues.  Terms are for one year and are appointed by the President.

Staff Liaison: Derenda Updegrave

Business Issues Subcommittee

Composition: Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 15 members.  All members of Legislative Sub-Committees serve on Legislative Committee.

Description: In general, legislative subcommittees are the “working groups” that review legislation and regulatory initiatives, and make recommendations for support or opposition of specific issues to the Legislative Committee.  Specifically, the Business Issues Subcommittee reviews legislation and studies issues that have a broad impact on the industry as a whole (i.e. licensure, taxation).  Members of the subcommittee are voting members of the Legislative Committee; terms are for one year and are appointed by the President.  The subcommittee meets via conference call prior to each regularly scheduled PAR Business Meeting and at other points during the year as necessity requires.  Subcommittee members are also asked for input on issues via email communication from staff.

Staff Liaison: Jennifer Shockley

Land Use and Local Issues Subcommittee

Composition: Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 15 members.  All members of Legislative Sub-Committees serve on Legislative Committee.

Description: In general, legislative subcommittees are the “working groups” that review legislation and regulatory initiatives, and make recommendations for support or opposition of specific issues to the Legislative Committee.  Specifically, the Land Use and Local Issues Subcommittee reviews legislation and studies issues that concern property rights (i.e. eminent domain, urban renewal).  Members of the subcommittee are voting members of the Legislative Committee; terms are for one year and are appointed by the President.  The subcommittee meets via conference call prior to each regularly scheduled PAR Business Meeting and at other points during the year as necessity requires.  Subcommittee members are also asked for input on issues via email communication from staff.

Staff Liaison: Elizabeth Hensil

Specialized Practice Issues Subcommittee

Composition: Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 15 members. All members of Legislative Sub-Committees serve on Legislative Committee.

Description: In general, legislative subcommittees are the “working groups” that review legislation and regulatory initiatives, and make recommendations for support or opposition of specific issues to the Legislative Committee.  Specifically, the Specialized Practice Issues Subcommittee reviews legislation and studies issues of concern to particular segments of the industry such as appraisers, commercial practitioners, and property managers (i.e. landlord and tenant issues, wage attachment).

Members of the subcommittee are voting members of the Legislative Committee; terms are for one year and are appointed by the President.  The subcommittee meets via conference call prior to each regularly scheduled PAR Business Meeting and at other points during the year as necessity requires.  Subcommittee members are also asked for input on issues via email communication from staff.

Staff Liaison: Sylvia Lacerda

Professional Standards Committee

Composition: Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 45 members.

Description: The Committee promotes awareness and education about the REALTOR® Code of Ethics and the process involved in its enforcement. It also serves as a pool of potential panel members for the Association's Ethics and Arbitration Hearings. A Member Association, prior to referring an ethics complaint or arbitration request for review to this Association, shall exhaust all efforts to impanel an impartial tribunal to conduct either the original hearing or the appeal or procedural review.

Staff Liaison: Hank Lerner

REALTORS® Issues Mobilization Committee

Composition: Chair and Vice Chair are elected by the committee, four to five members are appointed each year depending on how staggered terms affect appointments.  Those appointed serve a three year term.  Term limitation of two, three year terms.  In 2010 appointments will be made from Districts 2, 3, 4, and 9 plus one member at large.

Description: The Committee is a standing committee involved in providing funding to conduct public advocacy campaigns.  The Committee is comprised of one member from each district, four at-large members, the immediate past chair, and the Pennsylvania member of the NAR Issues Mobilization Committee.  The Committee meets during regularly scheduled PAR Business Meetings, and via conference call between meetings as necessity requires. Terms are for three years and are appointed by the President. The chair, vice chair, and treasurer are elected by members of the Committee.

Staff Liaison: Elizabeth Hensil

REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC)

Composition:  Trustees elect Chair, Vice Chair and Treasurer  in January.  Eighteen Trustees (two from each District) with three year terms.  Term limitation of two, three year terms.  Appointments rotate around Districts.  In 2010 there will be one Trustee appointed from Districts 5, 6, 8, and 9.  There will be two appointments from Districts 1 and 3.

Description: This Committee is involved in providing funding for political candidates at the national, state and local levels.

Staff Liaison: Sylvia Lacerda

Standard Forms Feedback Panel

Composition: Chair and Vice Chair and the Chair and Vice Chair of Standard Forms Oversight Committee.  Approximately 50 members.

Description: The Feedback Panel is a standing subcommittee of the Standard Forms Oversight Committee.  The main purpose of the Panel is to facilitate member feedback on standard forms issues.  The Panel is larger than the Oversight Committee by design, with the intent of providing ideas and comments about standard forms from those who are not involved with standard forms issues on a regular basis. 

The Panel meets three times per year during the PAR Business Meetings to provide suggestions and improvements to the content of new forms, changes to existing forms, or concepts for new forms.  The Panel does not officially recommend action to the Oversight Committee, though the insights of the Panel are considered when the Oversight Committee makes decisions. 

Staff Liaison: Mike Barth

Standard Forms Oversight Committee

Composition: Chair, Vice Chair, approximately 25 members.

Description: The Committee is charged with the creation and improvement of PAR’s standard forms. It is the responsibility of the Committee to ensure that all of PAR’s standard forms remain legally compliant and continue to fill the needs of the members and marketplace. The Committee meets three times per year during the PAR Business Meetings to review, discuss and make decisions about the content of new forms, changes to existing forms, or concepts for new forms.  When necessary, the Committee will meet by conference call to follow up on issues discussed at the Business Meetings.

Staff Liaison: Mike Barth

Young Professionals Network (YPN) Committee

Composition: (Coming soon)

Description: (Coming soon)

Staff Liaison: Samantha Neely