Evening star., 1922-06-24
DEVELOP REALT0R
SECRETARIES BODY
Standardized Methods Ex.
pected to Facilitate
Boards Work.

Definite steps looking to the de-
velopment of the work of the National
Association of Realtor Secretaries
in San Francisco, according to John
A. Petty, executive secretary of the
Washington Real Estate Board, who
was elected secretarytreasurer of
the national organization at the con-.
vention.
The organization of the National
Association of Realtor Secretaries,
Mr.. Petty pointed out, was perfected
at the annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards in Kansas City In the sum-
mer of 1920.
The organization was formed pri-
marily to establish closer relation
ship between secretaries of real estate
boards in order that better co-opera-
tion might be developed. Problems
in the organization and subsequent
functions of a real estate board are
Through the cooperative study of
these problems the secretaries or
ganization has been able to make
considerable progress in their solu-
ton.
Work to BE Facilitated.
TITS expected that as result of
the action taken at the recent ses-
sfons the work of secretaries. par
ticularly in the smaller boards. Will
be greatly facilitated. particularly in
their relations with each other.
To facilitate the interchange of
ideas and the transmission of infor-
nation. there has been established at
the headquarters of the national as
ISOLATION in Chicago secretaries
clearing house bureau. The purpose
of this bureau is to supply local
boards with statistical information on
the fundamental questions that arise
In board activities. Each secretary
files with the clearing house bureau
a report based on local conditions. and
these reports are tabulated and the
information collected is transmitted
in condensed form. thereby eliminat-
ing the necessity for writing to large
numbers of different cities in order
to secure Information or statistical
matter.
Generally speaking, the secretary
of a real estate board is the one who
initiates various activities, and is also
primarily responsible for the contin-
uance of board functions. Realizing
this. the secretaries organization is
preparing to assist the smaller
boards throughout the country in their
organization and development. A
special committee has about COM
secretaries manual. This manual has
been compiled after close study and
contains the fundamentals of the or
ganization of real estate board and
its activities insofar as these prin-
ciples are applicable in general
way. 1t is the purpose to furnish a
copy of this manual to the secretaries
of all new boards as they are or
ganized.
Methods Standardized.
In this way it is expected that the
methods of board work as well as the
initial plan of organization will be-
come more or less standardized. The
information contained in this manual
is based on the experiences of other
boards that are meeting with success
In their work, and much of the time
and expense incident to the formation
and development of real estate
board will be saved by applying the
principles and policies that have
proven successful in other cities.
The secretaries organization holds
its annual convention simultaneously
with that of the National Association
of Real Estate Boards. and the entire
time is devoted to conferences. AT
the recent convention the principal
subjects discussed were: Ethics, civic