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August 17, 2007
 The Board of Directors of the Sussex County Association of REALTORS® has approved the following slate of officers for the year 2008:
This is only an approved proposed Slate of Officers — not the elected leadership for the upcoming year. Individual ballots will be sent via email in September. Balloting for 2008 will be using our secure on-line service. According to our By-Laws, under Article XI Section 4, Election of Officers and Directors, it states: "The Board approved Slate of Officers shall be noticed to each member eligible to vote no later than August 10. Additional candidates for the offices and directorships to be filled may be placed in nomination by a petition signed by at least five percent (5%) of the SCAOR membership in good standing. The petition shall be filed with the Executive Vice President by noon on the 31st day of August, which is the last working day of the month. The Executive Vice President shall verify that signatures are authentic and that the petitioners are members in good standing of the Sussex County Association of REALTORS® and they meet SCAOR voting eligibility requirements, and will place any additional candidates on the ballot." Please print and post in your offices, the attached proposed Slate of Officers and related by-laws allowing additional candidates for petitions filed by noon, August 31.
If anyone has any questions, please call the board office at 302-855-2300. OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY
Please join SCAOR in extending sympathy to former SCAOR Treasurer, Tammy Hadder, at the passing of her mother-in-law. Tammy is active on RCS and Education committees, and serves on the DREC Education committee. She is a REALTOR® with ResortQuest. WHO'S WHO AT THE SCAOR BOARD
All staff may be contacted at 302-855-2300 or email us: Ruth@scaor.com, Barbara@scaor.com, Kristi@scaor.com or TracyLee@scaor.com.
Everyone's saying, "it's a really bad market." They shake their heads and think that maybe they should consider getting a part-time job until the market comes back. Well, that's one approach. I think that we are made of stronger stock than that, though. Here are some ideas to get you thinking >> ON THE SAFE SIDE
To be on the SAFE SIDE, please review the MLS Rules and Regulations to eliminate errors in the system that could lead to MLS violations and fines. To print out a copy of the rules, simply click on "standard forms" in InnoVia. Click on "2005 MLS fine system-rev07-04.pdf" for a complete list of MLS violations and fines associated with them. For the latest version of the MLS Rules and Regulations, click on "2007 MLS Rules.pdf." These rules and regulations have been submitted and reviewed by NAR and are in full compliance with National Association policy. 
Radon Disclosure Delaware law now requires that the seller of any interest in residential real property, including a dwelling, disclose information about radon hazards to the buyer. The buyer must acknowledge the seller's disclosure. The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services has provided us with a "RADON Rights, Risks and Remedy for the Home Buyer" document that must be presented to the seller, along with a Radon Disclosure, at time of property listing. Both documents will also become available at the Delaware Real Estate Commission website under "forms." A buyer must be provided with the seller's disclosure and the "RADON Rights, Risks and Remedy for the Home Buyer" document. The Radon Disclosure, signed by both the seller and the buyer, is now a state required document that should be included as a part of the Agreement of Sale.
SCAOR has implemented new agreements and requirements that pertain to any Member or Participant that displays the listings of other firms on their websites. We refer to this exchange as Internet Data Exchange (IDX). The data for this exchange is supplied by our MLS provider for use in website display. As the Participant, you should make sure that each agent within your firm that displays the listings of other firms has entered into these new agreements. As the Participant, you are accountable for the compliance of your agents through your acceptance of their IDX agreement. If you did not complete our prior IDX agreements and your Internet service provider is supplying you with IDX, completion of these new agreements was due prior to this Wednesday, August 15, 2007. Subsequent to that date, you are subject to a compliance fine. Do not wait any longer if your forms are not submitted. If you have previously executed IDX agreements, we ask that you now complete these new agreements and forward them to SCAOR at your earliest convenience.
2008 DAR SLATE OF OFFICERS
All DAR members are invited to attend the annual election of Officers at the General Membership meeting on Thursday, September 13, 2007, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Baycenter in Dewey Beach. Listed below is the slate of officers for 2008. The term of office shall begin on January 1, 2008.
ETHICALLY SPEAKING...
Standard of Practice 16-7 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Did you know there was a listing of answers and instructions for Frequently Asked Lockbox Questions? Find them here at the SentriLock Q&A Archive >>
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