OMCAR 2024 COMMITTEES

Community Awareness: Responsible for engagement in meaningful consumer engagement activities annually, demonstrating the Association’s
involvement and/or investment in our community.

Grievance: The committee’s function is to screen ethics complaints to ensure that complaints are in proper form, filed within the time limit established by NAR and are otherwise procedurally correct. Criteria: Attend a training session.

Ombudsman: The committee’s function is to provide informal telephone mediation. In some cases, it can address and solve minor complaints from the public. The ombudsman can also solve inter-REALTOR® conflicts before they become serious problems. Some complaints do not allege specific articles of the NAR Code of Ethics and many times they are transactional, technical, and procedural questions that can be addressed by communication. Like a mediator, an ombudsman helps parties find solutions that everyone can be happy with.

Global: The Heart of Florida Global Real Estate Council of OMCAR shall work to be Florida’s premier full service REALTORS® serving global customers by sharing our knowledge and experience to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing cultural community within our market area, fostering global growth
of real estate business with knowledge acquired through training, networking and resource sharing.

Professional Development: Provides programs, continuing education courses, seminars, and other information to further the knowledge of membership. Oversees and plans orientation programs (to include Fair Housing) for new and reinstated members. The committee will consider input from the Commercial, Farm and Property Management Exchanges. The committee will also consider input from the Appraisers and Auction Councils.

Professional Standards: The committee is responsible for enforcement of the Code of Ethics and arbitrating disputes involving members relating to real estate transactions. Criteria: Attend a training session and previously served on Grievance Committee for three years.

REALTOR® Advocacy: The Legislative committee’s function is to monitor legislative matters at all levels of government that affect the real estate industry. To keep BOD and membership informed, effects liaison with legislators and recommends actions as necessary. Does not let personal or political goals impede the good of the Association. RPAC committee raises funds for the furtherance of political candidates and issues on non-partisan bases. The committee’s function is to monitor legislative matters at all levels of government that affect the real estate industry. To keep BOD and membership informed, effects liaison with legislators and recommends actions as necessary. Does not let personal or political goals impede the good of the Association.
• The committee also raises funds for the furtherance of political candidates and issues on non-partisan bases (RPAC event), provide and distribute information and communication from NAR & Florida Realtors® regarding the value of investing.

Realtor® Builder: The committee’s function is to strengthen relationship with Marion County Builders by creating programs and events that both memberships can participate in.

Strategic Planning: The committee handles long range planning for the Association to include examination of Association structuring and organization and such other tasks as designed by the Directors. Directors must annually review and discuss the Association’s plan. Plan must include an advocacy component and a consumer outreach component and that those components have actionable implementation strategies.

YPN (Young Professional Network): Offering young professional Realtors® in Ocala and surrounding areas opportunities to network and strengthen working relationships.