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December 2008 Scottsdale Full Conference

Posted October 13th, 2008 by madams

RESO/RETS Conference

Full Conference Agenda (tentative)

December 3rd - 5th, 2008

Firesky Resort & Spa

4925 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ

General Information

Breakfast - Breakfast will be provided on Thursday and Friday.

Lunch - Lunch will be provided all three days of the meetings.

Special Event Dinner/Reception - Instead of a cocktail reception on Wednesday night, a chili cook-off has been arranged with a Western dinner to follow. This event was held at a previous meeting and was a lot of fun. A bus will be provided to get to and from the event.

Details below

Dinner - Attendees are responsible for their own dinner arrangements on Thursday. Typically, attendees gather in the hotel and groups head out to try the various restaurants in the host city. Don’t be shy.

Accommodations - NAR negotiated a group discount rate for a block of hotel rooms. Attendees are responsible for the cost of the hotel room and any other costs.

Travel - Attendees are responsible for their own travel arrangements.

Compliance Testing Debug Support - There are 30 minute slots for either server or client compliance. These slots are assigned on a pre-attendance registration form. Walk-up compliance may be handled if there are open times.

  • Participants should be on-site 30 minutes prior to their assigned time slot to set up.
  • Client compliance tests must bring their client software already loaded on their laptops.
  • Additional slots may be added if demand exceeds the number of available slots.

Plugfest - The Plugfest is an open workshop for client vendors and server vendors to test their inter-operability. This is a popular event where some of the best technical staff from the industry meet to help each other connect using the RETS specification.

  • Server vendors will sign-up before the event to provide clients with an idea of who will be there to help.

RETS Radio - A new feature to answer Questions and Answers will be held with participation from the attendees and off-site participants.


Day 1, Wednesday, December 3rd

10:30 – 12:00 (Closed Session)

  • RESO Chairs and Board Meeting - The chairs of the workgroups and the board will meet to discuss the meeting and other items of business

12:00 – 1:00 - Lunch

1:00 – 2:30

Technical Track 1

  • Syndication Workgroup - The workgroup will meet to continue working on the syndication schema set.

Technical Track 2

  • Transport Workgroup - The workgroup will meet to continue working.

2:30 – 2:45 - Break

2:45 – 4:15

Business and Technical Track 1

  • New to RETS - A session where people, especially MLS staff learn about the meeting and RETS in general from peers. The second half of the session will be a working session to improve the introductory session.

Technical Track 2

  • Schema Workgroup - The workgroup will meet to continue working on the schema schema set.

4:15 – 5:15

  • RETS Exhibition - Developers are given the opportunity to provide a short demonstration and talk about applications related to RETS. Unlike previous years, this session will be the elimination round to narrow the field to two or three interesting applications that will be presented to the entire RETS-WG meeting for final voting for the most interesting application.
  • As in previous years, a small prize will be awarded to the application deemed most interesting by your peers.
  • A sign-up form will be provided to assist the presenter in organizing this event. Please check the appropriate box on the RETS registration form. Developers should expect 5 – 10 minutes to describe their application and to demonstrate the application running. This typically involves 3 – 10 PowerPoint slides and a few minutes of the application running.
  • An LCD computer output projector and an internet connection will be provided.

5:45 – 9:00

  • Chili Cook-off and Reception - A chili cook-off has been arranged with a Western dinner to follow. This event has been held at a previous meeting and was a lot of fun. A bus will be provided to get to and from the event.
  • The chili cook-off is a team event where teams of 8 or 9 use the supplied ingredients to try and make the best chili, as judged by the restaurant staff. Cocktails will be served during the cook-off. It is in a relaxed setting at a cowboy bar and restaurant. After the cook- off, we will enjoy a Western style dinner with steak, chicken and all the fixings.
  • RESO will cover the cost of the bus, dinner and cocktails.

 

Day 2, Thursday, December 4th

8:00 – 8:30 - Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 - All

  • Opening Remarks, Agenda Review and Board of Directors' Report

9:00 – 10:15 - General Session

  • RESO, RETS, & NAR MLS Issues & Policy Committee Policy Statement. A general information session to answer the common questions about the relationship between RESO, RETS and the Policy Statement.
  • Report from Workgroups. The workgroup chairs will provide a short summary of the work that they have completed and the plan for work for the coming trimester.
  • Discussion on proposed RESO Bylaws. Bylaws for the new RESO corporation will be discussed along with the changes expected starting in 2009.
  • Intellectual Property Policy Discussion. A report on work to provide an Intellectual Property Rights Policy for RESO.

10:15 – 10:30 - Break

10:30 – 12:00

Business and Technical Track

  • Certification Workgroup - The group will discuss the methods to ensure that systems are certified.

12:00 – 1:00 - Lunch

1:00 – 2:30

Technical Track

  • RETS 1.8 Document Discussion - The proposed document structure for the RETS 1.8 document will be discussed.

Business Track

  • RETS Perspectives - A session to provide attendees with different perspectives on current industry trends and needs. Audience participation will be encouraged.

2:30 – 2:45 - Break

2:45 – 4:15

Technical Track

  • Change Proposal Question and Answer - Interested parties will participate in a question and answer session where the audience can ask questions of the subgroup presenting the change request.

Business Track

  • Implementation Forum - An open discussion where MLS operators, Associations, Brokers and Vendors talk about business processes, procedures, and practices in implementing and supporting RETS.

4:15 -5:30 - General Session

  • RESO Bylaws and Intellectual Property Policy voting
  • Change proposal voting
  • Acceptance voting -Media Schema
  • Acceptance voting -Syndication Schema update
  • Acceptance voting -Syndication Report
  • Summaries and Day 2 Wrap-up
  • Next meeting announcement and April 2010 location.
  • Interesting Applications Presentation

5:30 - Adjourn

  • Dinner on your own


Day 3, Friday, December 5th

8:00 – 8:30 - Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 - All

  • Opening Remarks and Agenda Review

8:45 – 10:15

Business Track

  • Marketing and Education Workgroups - An open forum to discuss ideas to promote RETS in the industry. Technical Track . Update Workgroup. Discussions on the new document format and issues related to the implementation of the enhanced update features.

Technical Track

  • Update Workgroup - Discussions on the new document format and issues related to the implementation of the enhanced update features.

10:15 – 10:30 - Break

10:30 – 12:00

Business & Technical Track 1

  • RETS.ORG website - The re-engineered http://www.rets.org site will be discussed. Active participation is desired to provide feedback to the changes and what additional features would be useful.

Technical Track 2

  • Compliance Testing and Plug-fest - See description above

12:00 – 1:00 - Lunch

  • Trimester meeting wrap up and meeting adjourned.

1:00 - 2:30

Technical Track

  • Compliance Testing and Plug-fest - Continuation of the compliance testing and plug-fest.