Executive Committee responds

Major action was taken last week by the Executive Committee to respond to the lower than expected membership of the Florida Association of Realtors. While the FAR is in a strong financial position with well over $10,000,000 in reserves, it was necessary to trim our budget nearly two million dollars to stay that way and to properly manage the members assets. As I've always said, Member Services are the most important way that serve our members; we did not cut back on these tools. If you notice anything it will be that one issue of the Florida Realtor will not be published sometime in the Fall. Our incredible staff in Orlando and Tallahassee have done an incredible job in making sure that every dollar our members pay in dues is used as efficiently as possible. As we look forward to beginning work on the 2009, we'll continue to strive for better and more efficient ways to deliver our products and services. We all want to be successful.