| THE GADFLY |
| April 2016 |
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| Dates & Deadlines |
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 Independent Expenditure Deadlines
Primary or local elections this year? Deadlines for independent expenditures may be fast approaching. The following are the application deadlines for different expenditures still available through NAR this cycle:
- Polling: Nine weeks prior to election date.
- Mail: Four weeks prior to election date.
- Phones and Online: Three weeks prior to election date.
If you’re interested in running an independent expenditure campaign for a candidate in your area, please contact Mitchell Norton to get the process started. |
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April 15: Community Outreach Grant Deadline
Visit the REALTOR® Action Center to learn more about funding levels and grant regulations. |
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| REALTOR® Party Updates |
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Candidate Training Academy & Best Practices for Choosing REALTOR® Champions
There is still time to schedule these courses for your association in 2016! NAR has only five grants left to bring either of these courses to your association free of charge. You recruit the attendees and print the materials. The Candidate Training Academy is a day-long course to educate REALTOR®-friendly candidates on the ins and outs of running for office. The Best Practices for Choosing REALTOR® Champions educates your volunteer members on how to discern the best candidate for your association to support through proper questions, the interview process and other time-tested methods. Contact Kyle Lambert London for additional information and how to obtain one of these last spots. |
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Rental Housing Restrictions? Issues Mobilization to the Rescue!
As the U.S. home ownership rate has declined in recent years, rental occupancy has steadily increased. Whether in a vacation destination or a college town, rental properties can have a positive economic impact, but they can also create issues in a community. Citing reasons such as neighborhood character, renter safety and code compliance, local government regulation of rental housing is on the rise. Regulation can take the form of licensing/registration requirements, proximity restrictions, operational restrictions, occupancy limits, parking requirements, neighbor notification, numerical caps or even outright bans. NAR’s Issues Mobilization Program can provide the financial and technical assistance that you need to address rental restrictions in your locality, whether fighting an onerous proposal or proactively pursuing your own policy solution. For more information, please contact Julienne Uhlich at 202-383-1235 or Joe Maheady at 202-383-1006. |
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First-Quarter Broker Involvement Grant Approved
The Advocacy Leaders (REALTOR® Party Member Involvement Committee and Broker Involvement Council Chairs and Vice Chairs) approved five grants in this first quarter. The review committee met and focused their first quarter discussion and application selection on recruitment, retention, education and engagement of brokers and their agents. The questions they continually asked included: How much time is devoted to brokers? How many brokers and agents will be touched by this event? What is the follow up? How does the event tie into advocacy and the criteria? The next deadline is June 15. To fill out an application, go to: http://www.realtoractioncenter.com/realtors/brokers/grant/
The associations whose grants were approved are:
- Kentucky Association of REALTORS® / Broker Summit
- Mississippi REALTORS® / MS Regional Broker Roundtables
- North Central Penn Board of REALTORS® (PA) / Joint Association Legislative Luncheon
- Reading-Berks Association of REALTORS®(PA) / Broker Training Session with VIP reception with Berks County federal, state, local politicians
- Akron Cleveland Association of REALTORS® (OH) / Broker Forum
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Hot Topic Alert: Real Estate Crowdfunding
“Crowdfunding” is a term much in vogue recently. Traditional lending sources are bypassed with crowdfunded projects, allowing individual investors to directly evaluate a proposal based on their own criteria or financial interests. The system has populist appeal: in theory, crowdfunding enables those who would otherwise be denied access to capital to move forward with a crowdfunded platform.
Contact Adriann Murawski at 202-383-1068 for more information. |
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How Walkable is Your Community?
Walkable communities are becoming the latest trend in real estate, in which residents can walk, bike or take transit to grocery stores, shops, schools, work, cafes and parks. You and your members need to be aware of the impact walkable communities have on their business and real estate. Register for a free webinar on May 3 to get an overview of a walkable community; walkability’s impact on real estate; the demand for walkable communities; and one community's strategy to become more walkable. For more information, contact Holly Moskerintz at 202-383-1157. |
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Consumer Advocacy Outreach Updates
Want to know more about NAR’s Consumer Advocacy Outreach Program? This handout gives you a brief background on the program and its growth, including the development of NAR’s Consumer Advocacy Outreach Database that includes 7.5 million consumers email addresses from every state and many localities in the country. The database may be used by state and local associations to reach consumers on issues and consumer-focused programs. Also found in the document are several highlights on NAR’s new consumer facing web site on public policy issues, HomeOwnershipMatters.Realtor, which is available for use by associations and members. For more information, please contact Rick Miller for more information. |
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Update Your State’s GAD Listing
Please help us to keep your state’s listing of Government Affairs Directors up to date by visiting the GAD Directory. Once there, click on your state and list any changes by clicking on the “GAD Information Update” form at the bottom of the page. |
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| REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo |
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Changes to GAD Schedule for 2016 Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo
Please note the date and location changes below for GAD-specific meetings. All GAD-related meetings on Friday will be located at the Washington Hilton Hotel. And the GAD Reception has moved to Thursday evening! For more information, contact Kyle Lambert London at 202-383-1203. |
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GAD Briefing on Hill Visits
(GADs can obtain copies of talking points for hill visits here)
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lower Level
Room TBD
Federal Issues Update
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Lobby Level
Room TBD
GAD Reception
Thursday, May 12, 2016
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Lost Society (U-Street Corridor)
2001 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
GAD Institute Advisory Group Meeting
Friday, May 13, 2016
8:30 am – 10:30 am
Washington Hilton
Room: TBD
Government Affairs Directors Meeting
Friday, May 13, 2016
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Washington Hilton, Concourse Level
Room: TBD
State and Local Government Affairs Directors Breakouts
Friday, May 13, 2016
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Washington Hilton, Concourse Level
Rooms: TBD
GAD Professional Development Session: “How to Remedy Advocacy Apathy”
Speaker: Brad Fitch, Congressional Management Foundation (CMF)
The presentation will provide to professional advocates tools and strategies for working with grassroots advocates. It will offer information from CMF research to help GADs convince their supporters that their voice makes a difference. It will also offer motivation tools to turn citizen-slouches into citizen-SUPER-advocates!
Friday, May 13, 2016
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Washington Hilton, Concourse Level
Room: TBD |
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EHO & EAH Help Meet a Core Standard and Provide a Member Benefit at the Same Time
Stop by the Expanding Housing Opportunities (EHO) and Employer-Assisted Housing (EAH) classes during the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo to learn more about offering these courses, which satisfy a Community Outreach Core Standard requirement. Students who take the EHO class learn to better leverage partnerships and resources to expand housing opportunities. Those who take the EAH class learn all about EAH and how to work with a team to approach employers so they can offer their employees an EAH benefit—education, counseling and/or financial assistance. Both classes will be held Tuesday, May 10, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (drop in at any time). |
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Public Opinions: Congressional Impact and the 2016 Elections!
Peter Hart and Bill McInturff are well-known and well-respected national pollsters for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively. Join them at the Federal Legislative & Political Forum in Washington, D.C. on May 10 at 8:00 am, as they discuss the general mood of the country and the impact it is having on the 2016 presidential and congressional elections. Examining the latest polling data, Hart and McInturff will share their insights on the key changes, trends and top issues shaping this election cycle and what they might mean for the 2017 national agenda. Learn more at http://www.realtor.org/educsessmid.nsf/allpages/16MYFedLegPolForum or contact Kara Beigay at 202-383-7520. |
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| RPAC News |
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RPAC Major Investor Recognition Deadline for 2016 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo
Make sure you’re recognized as an RPAC Major Investor in time for the 2016 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo so that you can wear your Major Investor lapel pin proudly in D.C.! All RPAC investments need to be submitted to the NAR Finance Office no later than Friday, April 15, 2016 to meet this deadline. Please contact Kanoa Naehu at 202-383-7509 with questions regarding your Major Investor status. |
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RPAC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The RPAC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is open to all meeting attendees. Come cheer on your colleagues as they receive this prestigious honor! The ceremony will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2016 from 5:30-6:30 pm in the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Please contact Kanoa Naehu at 202-383-7509 for more details. |
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RPAC Fundraising Forum
Looking for some new ideas to put the “fun” back in fundraising? Attend the RPAC Fundraising Forum on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 3:00-5:00 pm at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Featuring live demonstrations and interactive events, the Forum will provide you with new RPAC fundraising ideas to bring back to your state. Please contact Rheana Thornton at 202-383-1286 for more information. |
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| NAR’s Economist Outlook |
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Message from the GAD Chair
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Jenny Reese
GAD Chair
Nevada Association of REALTORS®
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I can't believe it's almost May. That means the 2016 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo is quickly approaching. This year, NAR has scheduled all of the GAD-specific meetings at the Washington Hilton. If you haven't booked your hotel yet, you may consider staying at the un-official “host hotel” for the GADs.
I highly encourage you to stay for the Professional Development Session on Friday, May 13 at 2:30 pm, following the GAD Meeting and the State and Local Breakout Sessions. Brad Fitch, CEO of the Congressional Management Foundation in Washington D.C., will focus on member mobilization, a much requested topic in the GAD Institute evaluations. For details, see the piece on “How to Remedy Advocacy Apathy,” in the GADFly stories to the left.
Also, please note that the GAD Reception is now on Thursday, May 12. I know there are a few of you who have your association reception, but I hope you'll be able to stop by.
Last, but not least...the GAD Institute registration opens in early May. The registration fee is $500 and will increase to $550 for a late registration. There will be three optional courses (space is limited) starting on Wednesday morning, preceding the opening session. These courses are free of charge, but will require your commitment through pre-registration.
If there are topics you would like to see addressed during the May meeting, please email me at jenny@carraranv.com.
Thanks! I look forward to seeing those of you who can make it to D.C. in May!
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SAVE THE DATE
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GAD Institute
Wednesday, July 15 – Saturday, July 18, 2016
Registration Opens:
Early May
Registration Fee: $500; $550 late registration
Optional, free courses will be available to pre-register for on the morning of Wednesday, July 13. The Institute will conclude on Saturday morning. |
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