Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS® and Multiple Listing Service

Feb
10

CCIMLS Board of Directors Meeting

Virtual

Wednesday, February 10 2021

10:00am - 12:00pm EST

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Agenda

  1. Call to Order
    10:00 am EST
  2. Approval of Minutes
    5 mins
    10:00 am
    1. MOTION: To approve the minutes of the December 10th, 2020 CCIMLS Special Called Board of Directors Meeting

      Click Here for Minutes 

  3. Reports
    20 mins
    10:05 am
    1. Motion to approve the following reports as presented
      1. MLS Membership Report

        Click Here for December 2020 Membership Report 

      2. MLS Violation Report
      3. MLS Advisory Group Report
    2. Staff Updates
      1. Correspondence

        A letter from Movementum Real Estate requesting a change to the bylaws to allow non-REALTOR participants

        Note; Whenever threatened with litigation over only allowing REALTOR participants, NAR has a prescribed set of actions MLS staff should take:

        1. Explain why the policy is in place
        2. Inform the brokerage they can appeal to the MLS Board
        3. Bring the appeal to the MLS Board

        NAR's Overview of REALTOR-Only Participation Access to the MLS

      2. Contingent Status Change Rollout
      3. Survey Results

        Click Here to View Survey Results

        We only had 97 responses despite our outreach. Our Association annual survey in the fall had a lot more. However, there are some good takeaways especially in the comments of suggested improvements that we will work on.

  4. MLS Business
    85 mins
    10:25 am
    1. Mandatory Listing Submission

      How would you like us to interpret mandatory listing submission?

      • The listing agent has to subscribe
        OR
      • Any Residential, Land, or Multi-Family  listing a participating broker takes in Barnstable, Dukes, or Nantucket counties and the Town of Wareham
    2. Buyer Agent Attribution
      1. Arbitration Decision

        Question for the Board

        Should staff change the buyer agent attribution on a closed listing if through an arbitration hearing a different broker was determined to be the procuring cause broker for the transaction?

      2. Unrepresented Buyer
    3. MLS PIN Sync Project
    4. FlexMLS Contract

      Contract for FlexMLS ends March 6, 2022.To switch vendors, we would need to give notice by December 5, 2021 or it automatically renews year to year.

      Board to Make One of the Following Decisions in 1st Quarter of this year:

      • Allow year to year renewal to kick-in
      • Negotiate renewal
      • Evaluate other options or offering multiple options
    5. Public Records Product

      Staff recommendation is a motion:

      • Motion to direct staff to put together a task force appointed by the President to evaluate alternatives to bring back to the Board with a recommendation prior to June 1
    6. Clear Cooperation/Coming Soon
  5. Adjourn 

Minutes Tab

Call to Order

A meeting of the Cape Cod & Islands Multiple Listing Service Inc. Board of Directors was convened by Emily Clark, President at 10:02 AM on February 10th, 2021 via Video Conference. A quorum was present, and the following actions were taken. 

Approval of Minutes

MOTION: To approve the minutes of the December 10th, 2020 CCIMLS Special Called Board of Directors Meeting

Made by G. Kiely, seconded and carried.

Reports

Motion to approve the following reports as presented

Made by G. Kiely, seconded and carried.

MLS Membership Report

MLS Violation Report

MLS Advisory Group Report

MLS Business

Mandatory Listing Submission

MOTION: Made by G. Kiely, seconded and carried to require Participants in the MLS to enter all listings affiliated with their firm that are located within the mandatory listing area to CCIMLS. If the listing agent is not a member of CCIMLS, the Participant will list "non-member" as the listing agent. 

Staff will look at areas of existing policy that needs to be updated related to this motion and will present to the Board at a future meeting. 

Buyer Agent Attribution

Arbitration Decision

Unrepresented Buyer

Adjourn 

The meeting was adjourned at 12:10 PM. 

Attendance

Members

Name Attendance

Nick Blair

Anne Blatz

Mary Boivin

Mary Boivin

Ryan Castle

Emily Clark

Marissa Cyr

Brian Greer

Johnny Mowad

Marcia Stirling

Jay Thompson

Natalia Weiner

Guest Members

Name Attendance

Greg Kiely

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