from the Legislative & Business Meeting held in Frankfort:
- To amend the KAR Bylaws (Article VII: Officers, Section 2) by adding the following: To qualify as a year of committee service under this Section, a committee member must attend a majority of the committee's meetings for any given calendar year of service.
- A number of updates were made to the following parts of the Policies & Procedures. The most current version of the P&P will be posted to the KAR website next week:
- Part IV: Delegates, Delegate Body
- Part V: Committees and Task Forces, Roles and Responsibilities of the Committee Chairs
- Part VII: General and Miscellaneous Operating Policies
- Addendum added for the Nomination Form for Leadership Positions
- To change the name of the Communication/Public Relations Committee to a name reflecting an expansion of the committee's responsibilities to develop business tools and affinity programs beneficial for KAR members. The name change would come from the committee.
- To provide one local association additional time to complete minimum criteria established by NAR, with a June 1, 2011 deadline for compliance, and/or significant progress toward compliance demonstrated.
- The EVP become a Legislative Registered Agent.
- The 2013 Annual Convention be held at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.
- To purchase the Kentucky Legislative Services tracking and reporting service in the amount of $2500.
- To consider $1200-$1500 from the Issues Mobilization Fund to fund the printing of KAR Legislative Advocacy Publication, also known as the KAR Statement of Policy.
- To approve the following to the 2011 Personnel Committee: Tony Clark, Jayne Cox, Paul Fox, Larry Gillette, Ron Hughes, Brenda Loyal, Ann McDonald, Guy Montgomery, Rip Phillips, Kathy Sears, Jeff Smith, John Smither, Linda Sparrow.
- To approve the following to the 2011 KREC Selection Committee: Charles Ballard, James Collier, Linzie Craig, Carolyn Edwards, Helen Fardo, Gale Fulton, Jeff Smith.
- To approve Leslie Heath from Congressional District 1 as RPAC Trustee filling a term ending December 2011.