Paula: Your exposure to the porcess might be almost as importnant as the oucome. Your influence in the industry will help others be involved utilize the existing structure to effect change, and then the results might be something we prefer. At least we finally got to meet and hang out a little. That was at least a treat for me

Eric; You know how much I enjoy that edginess – and how glad I was to see you get to have that conversation. As ayoung industry leader, your input is not only valued, it is imperative.

Missy; Hanging with the Caulkettes is a treat at any time, and I was so happy to spend time with you and your daughters. Thanks for the props on the session. I’m thinking there might even be a book there- what do you think?

Joe: I never drink the koolaid – strictly a diet coke guy – and though I love the body snatchers reference ( loved the B&W verision best though) think of me more as one whjo borrows two of the seabee’s mottos “can do” and “The difficult we do immediately, but the impossible takes a little longer” (though I have seen that ascribed to the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII) – In any case, if we don’t try we don’t achieve.

Brandie: From a devoted Brandie Young fan – you were a highlight of the #Rebcchi experience. Really enjoyed talking and learning from a font of marketing wisdom. Your comment about sausage is why I prefer authenticity to transparency and think its even more important to be genuine than it is to be transparent- I may not want to watch the sausage being made, I I do want to be sure that its all beef! (Muah right back atcha!)

To echo Eric, I have to give a lot of credit to Dale. His addressing the group showed class, as did his matter-of-fact way of speaking (even when it didn’t seem to be what people wanted to hear).

Eric did make some pretty pointed statements, and it’s great that people felt empowered to do so.

I like to say “it’s never pretty to see how the sausage is made” … I’m sure NAR is no exception.

Signed,
Bill Lubin’s newest fan (muah!)

I did get to give some imput on the realtor.org make over. That was very nice too. I know they are working hard to make it more user friendly. I shared with them that I was doing a search on a topic a few weeks ago and had to give up there were too many articles to wade through to find what I needed.

They know that the majority of agents only go there to find help on a topic and I do believe that they are working hard to make it easier.

Your session was great…still been thinking about it in relationship to all the social networks I belong too, not RE related, not Twitter, or FB. Made me think what are my expectations and what is allowed into my computer.

Seriously though – organizations of this size who exist solely for the benefit of its members (or should) tend to be a lot better run than one expects. They are not the lumbering behemoth pushing down trees in the forest. I just wish there was a quicker resolution to Paula’s debacle.

It is great to hear first-hand accounts of NAR’s “good” side and to hear people whose opinion I’ve grown to respect (Bill) pull us back to earth and remind us the NAR is certainly not our enemy and they ARE a force for good.

Navy Chief, Navy Pride

He took time out of his day to step up to the plate and explained some of the great things that NAR is working on.

I so wanted to go to Chicago, but business kept me here. I may make Columbus.

I have been excited by some of the things I’ve seen NAR (and state and local as well) doing. I encourage it. I will always be a bit wary of it, hoping they get it right and don’t take too long in catching up. Of course, I’m one of those people that don’t understand all the inner workings, so that’s why I decided to try and get more involved. I can’t complain from the bench, if I don’t know what game is being played or how the plays unfold.

As for Benn’s comment about your evolution, I only know you as @billlublin, but I imagine Bill Lublin was once in the dark too (you started your story with it, which by the way, I found as an interesting look into someone I know). I think this says it best:

He is a Ninja CEO, blending the Web 1 and 2.0 world together in a fashion that stretches the fabric of the universe.

Your old school with the flavor of new school. (And no, I will not spell it “skool” no matter how much I should to get my point across.)