Changing the Way NAR Elects a President
By Maura York
More than 100 REALTORS® filled the Marriott Wardman's Thurgood Marshall Ballroom East Tuesday morning for the first of two NAR Election Forum sessions (the second is 2 p.m. Thursday in the same location).
NAR First Vice President Vicki Cox Golder and NAR Past President Cathy Whatley facilitated the discussion on election reform recommendations, which NAR's Board of Directors referred back to the Nominating Committee at last November's REALTORS® Conference & Expo. Since then, the Leadership Team has bundled like recommendations and divided them into two groups: non-controversial and those warranting additional discussion.
Not surprisingly, only two brief questions arose among the six non-controversial motions, while the four other recommendations elicited a bit more conversation.
Some wondered whether a proposal to reduce the importance of endorsements would really generate multiple candidates, and if doing so would skew the decision of the Nominating Committee members. Proponents of the measure asserted that more candidates would be encouraged to run if the perception of one candidate having a lock on the race was diminished.
Other issues included length of service for regional representatives on the Nominating Committee and a proposed Candidate Audit Work Group that would expand on the Nominating Committee chair's current duties of reviewing and interpreting candidates' legal and financial audits.
The Nominating Committee will review the 10 recommendations and decide which, if any, to bring before the Board of Directors.
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