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IREM Standing Committees
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IREM Committees
IREM Implementation and Advisory Boards
Audit Committee
Purpose:
- Oversee the Institute's internal accounting controls to assure that assets are safeguarded and transactions are authorized and properly recorded.
- Review the results of the annual internal audit, and meet with the auditors to discuss audit results and to prepare for Executive Committee, approval, actions deemed necessary as a result of audit findings.
Composition:
- Secretary/Treasurer as chair
- Three to four other members
Desired qualifications:
- Broad business and financial experience
- Knowledge of the Institute's operations
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Education Committee
Purpose:
- Contribute to the achievement of IREM's mission and strategic goals through scanning, research, planning, and monitoring relative to educational direction, activities, and issues.
- Develop strategies through planning, visioning, and market research, develop strategies for Institute education at its broadest level.
- Provide strategic direction for determining educational content, delivery methods, and growth of Institute education.
- Monitor the progress of education initiatives and recommend adjustments to the appropriate governance bodies and staff.
Composition:
- Chair
- Vice chair
- Additional members, whose backgrounds reflect a strategically relevant mix of IREM's education market including but not limited to those who are employers, sponsors of education, college students, delivery partners, employees of government agencies, chapter representatives, CPM Members, and non-designated members. The composition should include both faculty members and non-faculty members to the extent that they reflect the strategic direction of the committee's work; however, there are no specific seats allotted to faculty members.
Desired qualifications:
- Knowledge of Institute's educational programs and activities
- Extensive real estate management experience
- Past experience as an Institute chapter education committee chair
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Ethics and Discipline Committee
Purpose:
- Contribute to the achievement of IREM's mission and strategic goals through scanning, research, planning, and monitoring relative to ethics direction, activities, and issues.
- Periodically scan the membership and historical ethics enforcement actions to identify ethical practice issues facing property managers and suggest strategies to address issues.
- Recommend educational programs to enforce the codes of ethics and standards of professional practice.
- Review and recommend appropriate amendments to the codes of ethics and the policies and procedures involved in the enforcement of the code.
- Monitor progress of ethics initiatives and recommend adjustments to appropriate governance bodies and staff.
Composition:
- Chair--selected from among committee members
- Vice chair--selected from among committee members
- All members of the three ethics boards, plus additional members needed to meet the requirements of the strategic plan for any given year
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge of business ethics and/or the Institute's codes of ethics and professional standards
- Extensive real estate management experience
- Experience facilitating the Institute's ETH800 course
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Legislative and Public Policy Committee
Purpose:
- Contribute to the achievement of IREM's mission and strategic goals through scanning, research, planning, and monitoring relative to legislative advocacy direction, activities, and issues.
- Monitor, analyze, and formulate appropriate positions on current and prospective legislative issues affecting the management of real estate.
- Develop and disseminate Institute policy on all matters of federal legislation affecting the management of real estate.
- Provide guidance to Institute chapters on strategies and positions on state and local issues.
- Monitor the progress of legislative and public policy initiatives and recommend adjustments to the appropriate governance bodies and staff.
Composition:
- Chair
- Vice chair
- Additional members whose backgrounds reflect a balance of experience and expertise in IREM's targeted public policy areas.
Desired qualifications:
- Knowledge of and involvement with public policy issues pertaining to real estate management and related real estate issues at the federal, state, or local level
- Past experience as an Institute chapter legislative committee chair
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Membership & Credentialing Committee
Purpose:
- Contribute to the achievement of IREM's mission and strategic goals through scanning, research, planning, and monitoring relative to membership direction, activities, and issues.
- Evaluate research to determine sources and forms of membership, identify impediments to membership and solutions for overcoming those impediments.
- Establish the criteria and standards for certification by, membership in, or affiliation with the Institute (including but not limited to the CPM designation, ARM certification, AMO accreditation, Associate Member status, and other such memberships and affiliations as may be established).
- Provide strategic direction on identifying the benefits, services, rights, and obligations related to each class of membership, certification, and affiliation.
- Suggest strategies to enhance membership growth.
- Monitor the progress of membership initiatives and recommend adjustments to the appropriate governance bodies and staff.
Composition:
- Chair
- Vice chair
- Additional members whose backgrounds reflect a strategically relevant mix of the Institute's membership markets including but not limited to CPM, ARM, Candidate, and Associate Members, AMO firms, members from outside the U.S., non-members, younger members, college students, small- and large-market geographic areas, and dual designees with other associations.
Desired qualifications:
- Knowledge of Institute's membership and certification programs
- Extensive real estate management experience
- Past experience as an Institute chapter membership committee chair
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Nominating Committee
Purpose:
- Contribute to the achievement of IREM's mission and strategic goals through scanning, research, planning, and monitoring relative to leadership development activities, and issues.
- Identify, develop, and mentor leaders and potential leaders within the organization.
- Develop qualifications criteria and screen potential leaders for those criteria.
- Craft strategies for recruiting leaders.
- Identify and make recommendations for nominees to hold elective office in the Institute, which includes president-elect, secretary/treasurer, regional vice presidents, and governing councilors.
- Establish systems for and monitor the performance of individuals who hold IREM governance positions.
- Develop mentoring programs to enhance governance participant performance.
- Oversee succession planning for Institute leadership.
- Monitor the progress of leadership development and recommend adjustments to the appropriate governance bodies and staff.
Composition:
- Immediate past president/chair
- President
- President-elect
- Five other past presidents (traditionally the five immediate past presidents)
- Note: The secretary/treasurer sits on the committee during the October/November meeting as an observer
Desired qualifications:
- Experience as national Institute officer, as defined by composition
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Regional Vice Presidents Committee
Purpose:
- Contribute to the achievement of IREM's mission and strategic goals through scanning, research, planning, and monitoring relative to chapter and regional direction, activities, and issues.
- Using member needs assessment data and other scanning techniques, provide strategic direction to adjust as necessary the purpose, nature and structure of IREM's chapters and regions.
- Serve as the conduit for headquarters to local/local to headquarters communication.
- Provide strategic direction relative to local member needs based on interaction with chapters and regions.
- Monitor and support the activities of the chapters.
- Make recommendations to the governing council on the establishment and termination of chapter status, chapter jurisdictions and boundaries, and other chapter bylaws issues.
- Monitor the progress of chapter and regional initiatives and recommend adjustments to the appropriate governance bodies and staff.
Composition:
- President-elect/chair
- Vice chair
- All elected U.S. regional vice presidents
- A non-U.S. representative (Selection criteria to be determined.)
Desired qualifications:
- Experience as a regional vice president
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Diversity Advisory Board
Purpose:
- To monitor IREM’s efforts to attract and welcome a diverse membership – with a focus on ethnic diversity - to IREM through career advancement, education, and certification, and make appropriate recommendations for adjustments to IREM diversity program(s) as needed.
Composition:
- Chair
- At least five other members appointed by the president
- Members of this advisory board shall represent a diversity of membership
Terms:
- All terms are for one year and are renewable
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of IREM programs and services
- Knowledge of or experience with diversity programs
Staff Liaison:
- Diane Miller, Director, Governance and Executive Office
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Ethical Inquiry Board
Purpose:
- Performs initial review of all allegations of possible unethical or improper conduct that come to the attention of the Institute, determines whether there is reasonable cause to believe such conduct may have occurred, and prepares or forwards complaints to hearing as may be appropriate.
Composition:
- Chair – selected from among the board members
- Vice chair – selected from among the board members
- At least seven but no more than nine members, at least one of whom shall be an ARM
- Member and one of whom shall be the executive CPM Member with an AMO firm
Terms:
- All terms are for three (3) years, on a staggered-term basis
- All members are ex officio members of the ethics and discipline committee
Desired qualifications:
- Knowledge of the Institute's codes of ethics and professional standards
- Extensive real estate management experience
- Previous participation on one of the other ethics boards
- Experience facilitating the Institute's ETH800 course
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Education Conference Advisory Board
Purpose:
- Provide guidance in developing the content of the IREM Education Conference
- Identify relevant and appropriate topics and speakers
- Develop relationships with allied professionals for sponsorship, networking, and exhibiting opportunities
Composition:
- Chairman
- At least five others
Terms:
- All terms are for one year, or until completion of the program
Qualifications
- Interest in real estate management professional development and continuing education
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Ethics Hearing and Discipline Board
Purpose:
- Sets and holds hearings on matters forwarded to it by the board of ethical inquiry and, in the event of a finding that a violation of the code of ethics has occurred, determines the appropriate action to be taken
- Summarizes and publishes the decisions of the board as it deems appropriate
Composition:
- Chair – selected from among the board members
- Vice chair – selected from among the board members
- At least nine but no more than 15 members, at least one of whom shall be an ARM Member and one of whom shall be the executive CPM Member with an AMO firm
Terms:
- All terms are for three (3) years, on a staggered-term basis
- All members are ex officio members of the ethics and discipline committee
Desired qualifications:
- Knowledge of Institute's codes of ethics and professional standards
- Extensive real estate management experience
- Experience facilitating the Institute's ETH800 course
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Ethics Appeal Board
Purpose:
- Hears any appeal to a decision by the ethics hearing and discipline board that is requested by a respondent when the decision is adverse to that respondent, or by an outside party complainant when the decision is adverse to that complainant.
- Summarizes and publishes the decisions of the board as it deems appropriate.
Composition:
- Chair – selected from among the board members
- Vice chair – selected from among the board members
- At least seven but no more than nine members, at least one of whom shall be an ARM
- Member and one of whom shall be the executive CPM Member with an AMO® firm
Terms:
- All terms are for three (3) years, on a staggered-term basis
- All members are ex officio members of the ethics and discipline committee
Desired qualifications:
- Knowledge of Institute's codes of ethics and professional standards
- Extensive real estate management experience
- Experience facilitating the Institute's ETH800 course
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Faculty and Grader Management Board
Purpose:
- Select qualified individuals for consideration as IREM faculty members
- Develop criteria for faculty selection
- Develop and monitor training programs for new faculty and continuing training for existing faculty
- Monitor and evaluate faculty performance and take appropriate steps to mentor or discipline faculty who fail to meet performance standards
- Identify, train, and monitor the performance of management plan and MPSA graders
Composition:
- A mix of faculty and non-faculty
Terms:
- Three-year staggered terms
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge of IREM and its education programs and curriculum
- Teaching experience
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Federal Housing Advisory Board
Purpose:
- Provide guidance in developing programs for and communicating with IREM members who manage HUD‑subsidized or ‑insured properties
- Provides members to meet with HUD, rural development, and other governmental bodies and reviews their directives
Composition:
- Chairman
- At least five members appointed by the president to meet with governmental agencies
- Any number of corresponding members serve an advisory role
Terms:
- All terms are for one year
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in management of government insured or subsidized housing
Staff Liaison:
- Charles A. Achilles, Vice President, Legislation and Research
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Income/Expense Advisory Board
Purpose:
- Provide guidance in developing IREM's annual statistical analyses of the operating income and expenses of real properties
Composition:
- Chair
- At least five others
Terms:
Qualifications
- Interest and involvement in industry research
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Industry Standards Advisory Board
Purpose:
- Develop, disseminate, and review and update as appropriate guidelines for the delivery of real estate management service.
Composition:
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- Others appointed by the IREM president
Terms:
Qualifications
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Knowledge of industry standards and practices among real estate management organizations in the delivery of management services.
- Extensive real estate management experience
Staff Liaison
- Nancye Kirk, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
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International Management Advisory Board
Purpose:
- Provide expertise and advice to IREM officers regarding business of international operations.
- Determine strategic initiatives for international programs.
- Analyze and quantify the components of international business operations, including but not limited to:
- Identification of markets and strategic partners and the extent to which services will be provided to those markets and/or strategic partners.
- Review and recommendation of the methods for delivery of administrative support to the various international markets.
- Ongoing monitoring of business operation performance, including but not limited to profitability of initiatives, dues collections, education fees collections, chapter performance and partner performance.
- Review and determine if and how IREM policies, procedures and programs shall be modified for the international market; implement those policy, procedure, and program modifications accordingly.
- Recommend annual travel and time commitments of officers to promote and enhance those IREM international initiatives which generate the best return and most efficient use of travel time.
- Assist in development of annual international budget.
Composition:
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- Others appointed by the IREM president
Terms:
Qualifications
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Knowledge of industry standards and practices among real estate management organizations in the delivery of management services.
- Extensive real estate management experience
Staff Liaison
- Nancye Kirk, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
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International Services Advisory Board
Purpose:
- Identify, develop, and monitor mechanisms to serve the specialized needs of international members.
- Make recommendations on the establishment and termination of international chapter and regional status, international chapter and regional jurisdictions and boundaries, and other bylaws and related issues affecting international chapters and regions.
- Approve, monitor, and oversee the activities of international chapters and regions; and identify, develop, and monitor mechanisms to serve international chapters and regions.
Composition:
- Chair
- Vice chair
- Chairman of the International Business Practices Forum
- One representative from each country in which IREM has a chapter or chapters organization (note: as of 4/2006: Brazil, Canada, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea)
- Any and all regional vice presidents from outside the U.S.
- At least one at-large international member (e.g., member form a country without a chapter)
- Up to 10 US members
Terms:
- All are one-year renewable terms.
Desired Qualifications
- Interest and involvement in real estate management at an international level
- Prior participation or involvement in IREM’s international programs as a national or chapter officer, instructor, or representative of a US chapter with a chapter friendship agreement.
Staff Liaison:
- Leah Misbin, Manager, International Operations
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Student and Academic Outreach Advisory Board
Purpose:
- Provide guidance and be a resource in identifying strategies and tactics for outreach to colleges and students
- Develop materials and programs to implement college outreach strategies.
Composition:
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- At least five other members appointed by the president
Terms:
- All are one-year renewable terms.
Desired Qualifications
- Interest and experience in college and university real estate management programs or student and academic outreach.
Staff Liaison:
- Justin Sewell, Administrator, Career Services
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Journal of Property Management (JPM®) Advisory Board
Purpose:
- Provide guidance to staff in developing editorial and advertising policy.
- Review and approve suitable editorial matter for the Journal of Property Management.
Composition:
- Chair
- At least five other members
Terms:
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with publications
- Depth of knowledge in a content area
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Governing Council
Purpose:
- Serve as a resource for identifying member and industry issues for development of Institute strategy
- Receive and act on recommendations from the executive committee
- Final authority on decisions affecting Institute bylaws, policy and budget matters
Composition:
- President
- President-elect
- Secretary/treasurer
- Regional vice presidents
- 75 elected at-large members
- 13 elected ARM representatives, one from each region
- IREM chapter presidents (U.S. and international)
- IREM Foundation president
- Members of the Institute's executive committee
- One representative named by NAR
- Past national presidents
- Any other members of the executive committee not named above
Terms:
- At-large member terms are for three (3) years, on a staggered-term basis
- ARM representative terms are for two (2) years
Qualifications:
- Broad knowledge of the Institute's goals, bylaws, policies, and programs
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Executive Committee
Purpose:
- Conduct the affairs of the Institute in accordance with the policies and instructions of the governing council.
- Develop the strategic plan by selecting and prioritizing strategies and approving programs and budgets.
- Recommend to the governing council an annual operating plan and three-year strategic plan.
- Manage strategic plan implementation.
- Implement strategic plan adjustments throughout the year, to take advantage of unplanned. opportunities and to adjust strategies and initiatives which are not producing the anticipated results.
- Oversee the business management of the Institute.
- Receive and act on the annual external audit report.
Composition:
- President
- President-elect
- Secretary/Treasurer
- IREM CEO as a non-voting member
- Immediate past president
- The Institute's representative to NAR's executive committee
- IREM Foundation president
- Senior vice presidents
- At least one ARM Member
- At-large members, as many as is necessary to result in 20 members on the
executive committee, to provide a diversity of perspective and/or specialized
expertise as compatible with the strategic plan. At-large members may be Associate
Members, Candidates, ARM Members, or external experts provided non-IREM members
shall serve without vote.
Desired qualifications:
- Knowledge of Institute activities on a broad scale
- Extensive real estate management experience
- Past experience on Institute committees
- Past experience as an Institute chapter leader
- Specialized expertise and/or experience in any area of IREM strategic planning
- External perspectives which will enhance strategic planning
- Connections and/or contacts which would be of use in furthering IREM goals and programmatic outcomes
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