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Fundraising Takes Over Center Stage
from Insight | May 2012
by NC REALTORS®
GET READY FOR THE DANCING, THE GLAMOUR AND THE GLITTER – YES, THERE WILL BE GLITTER! –BECAUSE THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL RPAC FUNDRAISER WILL BE “DANCING WITH THE R’S!”
Dancing with the R’s will be very similar to the ABC hit show “Dancing with the Stars,” but instead of Hollywood stars, the event will feature REALTORS® stars. Not only will this event be packed with fun and excitement, it also will include competition against the South Carolina Association of REALTORS®. While they’ll be peers during our joint 2012 Conference & Expo in Savannah, they’ll be our competition on the night of Sunday, Sept. 9, as we raise money for RPAC!
The RPAC Trustees will choose five couples to compete. Any dance style from shag to ballroom and even hiphop will be able to compete. The only stipulation is that one person in each couple has to be a REALTOR® member. Do you think you have what it takes to compete? The RPAC Trustees will select the couples from video entries that are submitted prior to June 1. If you would like to submit a video, or are interested in competing, please contact me at kmiller@ncrealtors.org. Just keep in mind – and an open mind! – that this is a great way to have fun while also making a significant investment in your profession.
Looking for a Few Good Men & Women
The RPAC Trustee Credentials Committee is taking applications for candidates for Regions 3, 4, 6 and 9 for three-year terms. In addition, it is accepting applications for two at-large positions for three-year terms.
Elections will be held at the NCAR Board of Directors meeting in September for regional trustees, and at-large positions will be appointed by the 2013 RPAC chairman in October. For more information and an application form, please email me at kmiller@ncrealtors.org. The deadline for applications is Friday, July 13.
Shifting gears (or perhaps dance steps), you asked and the RPAC Trustees have listened. A new policy is in place that will allow local associations to use some of their local candidate funding dollars available to help cover initial costs for RPAC fundraisers. Thinking about having that bowling tournament or golf outing fundraiser but need financial support to get you started? The new policy, “The RPAC Fundraising Partnership Program,” will allow local associations to apply for some of their local candidate funds available to be used for RPAC fundraisers and marketing materials.
If you aren’t familiar with how RPAC works, let me explain. Seventy percent of all money raised stays in North Carolina for use at the state and local level. The remaining 30 percent goes to NAR for use in federal campaigns, meaning that this money returns to the state in the form of contributions to our congressional candidates.
The amount of money available to help fund local candidates is based on how much money the local association has raised. Local associations automatically receive 20 percent of whatever is raised under its goal. If it reaches its goal, it receives 30 percent. And if it exceeds it, it receives 30 percent of the amount of its goal plus 40 percent of anything over goal.
The RPAC Trustees hope that giving another option to utilize these funds will help increase fundraising participation and overall investments to RPAC. To find out how much local candidate funding your association has available, or if you would like to apply for funding, please let me know. v
