Purpose:
The Communications and Public Relations Committee shall be charged with the responsibility to advise and recommend policy matters concerning communication vehicles including printed publications, on-line versions of information, and information delivered via current and future emerging technological methods.
Composition:
Number on Committee: Seventeen
Chairman: Appointed by the President
Vice Chairman: Appointed by the President-Elect
Makeup: Vice President of Member and Public Services, the Regional Directors, the Chairman of the Association Executives Committee and six At-Large members. The President and President-Elect are ex-officio members.
Restrictions: N/A
Term: One year for the Vice President of Member and Public Services and the Chairman of the Association Executives Committee
Two years (staggered) for the Regional Directors and the At-Large members
Limits: N/A
Quorum: Five
Reporting: Vice President of Member and Public Services, Executive Committee, Board of Directors
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Shall educate the general public on preservation of private property rights and/or Georgia Association of REALTORS® dedication to protect them
- Shall promote the best interest and act as the voice of the Georgia Association of REALTORS® to its various publics as follows: consumers, the Georgia Association of REALTORS® membership, political and property owners to determine and coordinate the needs of the various real estate communities; and to devise program and method of addressing such needs
- Shall oversee the publication of the Georgia REALTOR® magazine
- Shall develop programs of community involvement and improvement for the Georgia Association of REALTORS®
- Shall promote participation in such programs to the members of the Georgia Association of REALTORS®
- Shall promote programs to the general public to enhance the REALTOR® image
- Shall facilitate the formation of coalitions between the Georgia Association of REALTORS® and agencies designed to improve the quality of life in communities
- All requests for funds are to be channeled through the Finance Committee for inclusion in its report to the Executive Committee as to the budgeting impact of such funds requests
- Shall perform such other duties as directed by the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee or the President