Annual Meeting of the Berkshire County Board of REALTORS and the Multiple Listing Service at the Country Club of Pittsfield. Join us for an update on what is happening in our industry and enjoy a fast-paced and exciting event – IN PERSON! You’ll leave wide-eyed and amazed at the number of things happening that affect your business and how you can serve your clients and thrive in the year ahead. Register now to be entered into a drawing for a FREE membership and a YEAR of MLS access on us! Doors open at 8:30 a.m. for a breakfast buffet (aka, bacon bacon bacon), meeting to begin at 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
Country Club of Pittsfield
639 South Street | Pittsfield, MA 01201
Breakfast / Doors @ 8:30 a.m.
Meeting Starts @ 9:00 a.m. (ish)

We were fortunate to have many existing board members and committee volunteers step forward for consideration for a position on the Board and/or MLS this year.  While the nominating committees couldn't tap everyone who volunteered, they did honor past service and balanced representation. At this time, there is only the election of officers and directors on the ballot for this meeting. We will also present a state of the Board and MLS update and the 2025 budgets. Proposed slates - Those in blue are up for election, those without highlight have unexpired terms:

• REALTOR Right to Vote: Those holding membership in the Berkshire County Board of REALTORS are considered a voting member, and therefore this meeting is offered to you at no cost. There are no proxy ballots for the Board of REALTORS, each attendee REALTOR receives one ballot.
  
  
• Additional Nominations for Ballot: Board of REALTORS: Additional candidates for the offices to be filled may be placed in nomination by petition signed by at least ten (10%) percent of the REALTOR® Members eligible to vote. The petition shall be filed with the Chief Executive Officer at least two (2) weeks before the election. The Chief Executive Officer shall send notice of such additional nominations to all Members eligible to vote before the election. The election of officers and directors shall take place at the annual meeting. Elections shall be by ballot and all votes shall be cast in person. The ballot shall contain the names of all candidates and offices for which they are nominated.
  
  
• MLS Participant Right to Vote: Those holding participatory membership in the Berkshire MLS are considered a voting member, and therefore this meeting is offered to you at no cost. In the event the broker in charge, which we call the MLS Participant or Designated REALTOR (DR) for the firm is unable to attend the annual meeting, a REALTOR® substitute from your office may be appointed by the Participant no less than twenty four (24) hours prior to the meeting to vote on MLS issues. An email response to this message or to Sandy@BerkshireRealtors.org with your intent to assign a proxy would suffice for this notice but please seek confirmation of receipt of this message. Also note that we have to call final counts to the facility in on October 18th and will not be able to accommodate additional counts for breakfast.
  
  
• Additional Nominations for Ballot: MLS: The names of additional proposed nominees may be added to the list selected by the Nominating Committee by a petition submitted to the Secretary of the Service by 10% of the Participants of the Service, with said petition received not less than 7 days prior to the date of meeting of the Participants to select nominees for Officers and Directors. The names contained in such petition, if duly received and certified, shall be presented in writing to the Participants at the meeting to select nominees as additional nominees for consideration for such office as specified in the petition. In addition, nominations may be made from the floor at the duly noticed meeting of the Participants to select nominees for Officers and Directors and, if seconded, shall be added to the list of proposed nominees.