Committees & Task Forces
ARMLS® encourages its Subscribers to volunteer for service on one or several ARMLS Committees and Task Forces. Committee appointments are by the Board of Directors with input and suggestions from the local REALTOR® Associations. Subscribers interested in volunteering should make their intention known to their local Association Executive. ARMLS seeks the help of the local Association Executive to fill vacancies for new and ongoing committees. Get location and contact information for the local REALTOR® Associations. The following list contains the current committees and task forces which, from time to time, may change. Executive Committee - This committee is composed of one (1) rotating Director chosen alphabetically by last name for each regularly scheduled meeting, the CEO, plus, to the extent they are also serving as Directors, the President, President-elect, Treasurer and the immediate Past President.
Finance Committee - This committee reviews and makes recommendations on matters that relate to financial aspects of ARMLS operations. This includes, but is not limited to, such things as budget preparation, fees, major expenditures, investments and performs other tasks as requested by the Board of Directors. MLS Committee - This committee monitors the operation of the MLS services that are provided by ARMLS. The major duties of the committee include, but are not limited to, the following: -
Identifying and reviewing changes to the ARMLS services and making recommendations to the Board of Directors as appropriate -
Assisting with the design and implementation of changes to existing services and the installation of new services -
Considering appeals of fines that are assessed against subscribers for violations of the rules -
Performing other tasks as requested by the Board of Directors
Task Forces - The President may appoint a task force and a chairperson for any specific purpose and set a time certain by which the task force is to report back to the Board of Directors. The chairperson, with advice of the President, shall select the members of the task force. Task forces serve at the pleasure of the President and may or may not be reappointed or continued with each annual change of officers. Bylaws and Corporate Policy Task Force - purpose is to review and recommend changes in the ARMLS Bylaws and Policies to Board of Directors. Data Sharing and Distribution Policies Task Force - purpose is to recommend changes to current IDX and VOW rules and policies as well as the data distribution policies. They also investigate, research and propose systems that can share MLS data with other Arizona Associations throughout the state and give recommendations to the Board of Directors. Data Security and SSO Task Force - purpose is to identify data and access security risks associated with the flexmls system and to make recommendations to the ARMLS Board of Directors that are intended to mitigate or eliminate those identified risks; to investigate a single sign-on solution that would allow Subscribers to move easily between password protected sites without the need to log into each site. Technology Committee - purpose is to identify and evaluate new technologies, products and services that ARMLS may want to make available to the users. RULES and MLS Policy Committee - purpose is to review on a periodic and ongoing basis the ARMLS Rules, Regulations, and Policies that affect the operation of the MLS system and for making recommendations to the Board of Directors and the Shareholder Associations for changes to those rules, regulations and policies. Officers of the corporation who are not directly appointed may participate in committee meetings at any time with full participation rights and privileges. Lockbox Task Force & Office Transition - purpose is to negotiate a contract extension with GE Security for Supra lockbox and electronic key service. Contract Listing Task Force - purpose is to review current ER/EA listing agreements and recommend changes and updates. They will be looking at language required by new VOW rules. They will also look at other examples of agreements across the state, starting with Tucson. |