The Washington times., 1922-06-24
SECRETARIES Of:
|. REALTY BOARDS
TOGETHER
Organization ls Perfected al
Recent convention-John
A. Petty Is officer.

The organization of the National
Association Of Realtor Secretaries.
according to John A. Petty. who was
recently elected its secretary.treas-
urer, was perfected at the annual
convention Of the National Associa.
ton Of Real Estate Boards In Kansas
City in the summer of 1920.
This organization was formed
primarily to establish a closer rela.
tionship between secretaries of real
estate boards In order that more CO.
operation might be developed. Prob.
lens In the organization and sub.
sequeht functions Of a real estate
board are much the same in every
city. Through the cooperative study
Of these problems. the secretaries
organization has been able to make
considerable progress in their solu.
ton.
At the recent convention held in
San Francisco definite steps looking
to the formation and development Of
the work OF this organization were
decided upon. II is expected that
as a result OF the action taken, the
work or secretaries. particularly in
the smaller, boards, will be greatly
facilitated and particularly In their
relations to each other.
To facilitate the intercha nxe OF
ideas and the transmission of infor.
nation, there has been established
at the headquarters Of the national
association In Chicago a secretaries
clearing house bureau. The purpose
OF this bureau is to supply local
boards with statistical informs ton
on the fundamental questions that
arise in board activities. Each, sec
retary files with the clearing house
bureau a report based on local con-
diuons, and these reports are tabu-
lated and the information collected
10 Transmitted In condensed form,
thereby eliminating the necessity for
writing to large numbers of differ
ent cities In order to secure intorma-
ton or statistical matter.
Generally speaking, the secretary
Of real estate board is the one who
initiates various activities and n also
primarily responsible for the con.
tinuance Of board functions. Realiz-
ing this, the secretaries' organiza.
ton Is preparing to assist the smaller
boards throughout the country in
their organization and development.
A special committee has about COM
pleted a booklet to be known as the
secretaries manual. This manual
has been compiled after close study
and contains the fundamentals Of
- ,.tS ~ n n
hoard and It's activities insofar as
these principles 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 organized. In this way II is ex.
pected that the methods Of hoard
work, as we'll as the initial plan OF
organization, will become more or
less standardized.
The information contained IN this
manual is based on the experiences
Of other boards that are meeing 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 apply.
ing the principals and policies that
have proven successful In other
cities.
The secretaries organization bclds
it's annual convention simultaneously
with that Of the National Associa-
ton Of Real Estate Board and the
entire time Is devoted to confer.
ences. At the recent convention. the
principal subjects discussed were
ethics, civic activities, membership
development, board meetings AMI Of.
flee management.
In February a mid.winter confer.
ence was held In the city Of Chicago
and the amount Of constructive work
accomplished at that meeting has
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