RESO Governance

Posted March 2nd, 2007 by administrator

2009 RESO Board of Directors

  • Patricia Bybee (Metrolist, Inc.) - Chair
  • Paul Stusiak (Falcon Technologies) - Vice Chair
  • Kristen Carr (Bridge Interactive Group)
  • Sergio Del Rio (T4Bi)
  • Jaison Freed (FBS)
  • Paul Hethmon (Clareity)
  • John Holley (NTREIS)
  • Chip McAvoy (MarketLinx)
  • Dan Mills (MarketLinx)
  • Mark Wise (Threewide Corporation)
  • Mark Lesswing (NAR)
  • Chris McKeever (NAR)
  • Executive Director: Myron Adams (RESO)

 See 2009 Meeting Minutes Here

Business Committee Standards Committee
  • Chip McAvoy (MarketLinx) - Chair
  • Kristen Carr (Bridge Interactive Group) - Vice Chair
  • Patricia Bybee (Metrolist, Inc.)
  • John Holley (NTREIS)
  • Mark Wise (Threewide Corporation)
  • Mark Lesswing (NAR)
  • Myron Adams (RESO)
  • Dan Mills (MarketLinx) - Chair
  • Paul Stusiak (Falcon Technologies) - Vice Chair
  • Sergio Del Rio (T4Bi)
  • Jaison Freed (FBS)
  • Paul Hethmon (Clareity)
  • Gina Accawi (Falcon Technologies)
  • Ryan Bonham (Transparent Technologies)
  • Steve Clarke (MarketLinx)
  • Shawn Meissner (Move), Inc.
  • Paula O'Brien (Ronin Technologies)
  • Frank Tadman (MLSListings, Inc.)
  • Chris McKeever (NAR)
  • Myron Adams (RESO)

Schedule of Events

Governance Document

Version 1.3.4 of the Governance Document can be downloaded here (past versions).

Finally…here is your opportunity to make a difference, become involved, drive your industry in the right direction.

For detailed Workgroup Information visit the Workgroup Responsibilities page

If you are interested in acting as Chair, Vice Chair or Scribe please review the Requirements

 

Workgroups

Standards

Syndication
The Syndication Work Group will focus on create a standardized listing data and transport specification that makes it easy for brokers to syndicate their listings to multiple sites.

Compliance Testing
The Compliance Testing Workgroup is responsible for developing tools to test the compliance of RETS implementations.

Data Schemas
The purpose of the group is to define the XML Schemas for instance documents that contain MLS information. Data is the heart of the standard and this workgroup has been one of the most active in recent months and promises to continue to be so in the coming months as the Property schema is being finalized for voting at the April meeting.

Update
Making listing entry easier and reducing the amount of duplicate listing entry for brokers and agents are key goals for the Update workgroup.

Transport
The mission of the Transport Workgroup is to provide technical processes for analyzing extensions to transport methods in current and future versions of the RETS specification.

 Business

Certification
The Certification Workgroup is responsible for providing direction to the Compliance Testing Workgroup regarding what compliance tests are necessary for certification as RETS compliant. This Work Group's primary objective for the next 90 days is to help MLSs adopt the NAR MLS policy for RETS to be adopted by the end of 2009.

Outreach & Education
Build excitement and awareness through Education and Outreach around the RETS Standard and how it benefits REALTORS® and the Real Estate Industry.

Each person interested in becoming a Workgroup Participant must join the Workgroup via a Sign Up form placed on the Workgroup page on RETS.org. Each Workgroup page displays the Sign Up form. Once participants have registered, the Workgroup participants will nominate and vote for a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Scribe. If you are interested in acting in one of these roles, please post your interest to the forum for the workgroup you are interested in leading.

Now is the time to become involved in RETS. RETS affects every person in the real estate community, don’t sit by and let others make decisions for you. Let your voice be heard, take action and become involved. There has long been a misconception that progress on the RETS specification can only be made by technical people. While most of the nuts and bolts depend on technical minds, the general direction in which RETS moves is also driven by the community who depends on it. As with any product, the users of the final product see things differently from the creators.