{"id":4028,"date":"2015-06-04T06:36:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T13:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realuoso.com\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2015-07-22T18:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T01:41:22","slug":"broker-public-portal-bpp-takes-another-step-forward-elects-executive-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/corporate\/broker-public-portal-bpp-takes-another-step-forward-elects-executive-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Broker Public Portal (BPP) takes another step forward, elects executive committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working towards launching a national broker\/MLS consumer-facing website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brokerpublicportal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" alt=\"broker public portal\">Broker Public Portal<\/a> (BPP) has announced today that they&#8217;ve elected an executive committee comprising of leaders from large, medium, and small firms, as well as MLS execs.<\/p>\n<p>First made public in January, the BPP project is funded by brokerages and MLSs who contributed $5,000 each to cover startup expenses and &#8220;gauge interest in the project,&#8221; which reached their fundraising goal of $250K in the first ten weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>Executive Committee elected<\/h2>\n<p>According to a statement, the first Executive Committee is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chairman: Merle Whitehead, CEO Realty USA<\/li>\n<li>Vice Chairman: John Mosey, CEO NorthstarMLS<\/li>\n<li>Secretary: Craig McClelland, Director Metro Brokers<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer: Paul Wells, CEO RE\/MAX Barrington<\/li>\n<li>At Large: Cameron Paine, CEO Connecticut MLS<\/li>\n<li>At Large: Chris Heller, CEO Keller Williams Realty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to contribute to this vital initiative,\u201d said Whitehead. \u201cThe resolve to introduce a new type of property search portal for consumers has never been stronger. Now that we have our new Board of Managers and Executive Committee in place, the talented team can advance the portal project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mosey opined, &#8220;It is a great example of how MLS&#8217;s and the broker community can work together to bring some balance back to the industry such that brokers have a new choice in how and where to display their listings. Moreover, consumers will now have a direct pipeline to the same kind of quality property information that their agents experience everyday when they sign on to their MLS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>The BPP Board of Managers<\/h2>\n<p>Nominations for the Executive Committee were drawn from the roster of the Board of Managers and duly elected by members of the board. Below is the full list of the Board of Managers:<\/p>\n<p><em>Large Firms<\/em><br \/>\nJoan Docktor \u2013 Fox and Roach<br \/>\nHoby Hanna \u2013 Howard Hanna Real Estate<br \/>\nChris Heller \u2013 Keller Williams<br \/>\nRobert Moline \u2013 HomeServices of America<br \/>\nMerle Whitehead \u2013 Realty USA<\/p>\n<p><em>Midsized Firms<\/em><br \/>\nRichard Haase \u2013 Latter and Blum<br \/>\nCraig McCelland \u2013 BHGRE Metro Brokers<br \/>\nDreyton Saunders \u2013 Michael Saunders<\/p>\n<p><em>Small Firms<\/em><br \/>\nChristina Ishabishi Bonner \u2013 Pacific Union<br \/>\nMitch Ribeck \u2013 Tropical Realty<br \/>\nPaul Wells \u2013 RE\/MAX Barrington<\/p>\n<p><em>MLSs<\/em><br \/>\nRebecca Jensen \u2013 Midwest Real Estate Data<br \/>\nJohn Mosey &#8211; NorthstarMLS<br \/>\nCameron Paine \u2013 Connecticut MLS<br \/>\nKirby Slunaker \u2013 REcolorado<\/p>\n<p>Many questions remain regarding the initiative, as does support and criticism, but BPP has been in the works for many years, and seeks to empower brokers. Today&#8217;s announcement advances their project, so we will continue watching their efforts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Broker Public Portal initiative continues to move forward in a climate of strong opposition and support. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335811,"featured_media":4029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[578,99,579,100],"class_list":["post-4028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","tag-bpp","tag-breaking-news","tag-broker-public-portal","tag-hot-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/BROKER-PUBLIC-PORTAL.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4028"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4491,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions\/4491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}