WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

The Egyptian Board of REALTORS®, Inc. welcomes the following REALTORS® who have applied for board membership in April, May & June of 2008:

Maria Taylor, Pisoni Real Estate, Herrin
Zorica Antink, Zorica Antink, Centralia
Phillip Boner, Paul Wilson Realty, Marion
Samantha Cheek, C21 House of Realty, Carbondale
Patricia Covey, C21 House of Realty, Marion
Crystal Davis, Cross Davidson Real Estate, Mt. Vernon
Patricia Dix, Pat Dix, Carbondale
Amy Gibson, Real Estate Connection, Carrier Mills
Julie Hill, American Dreams Realty, Flora
Cheryl Leadingham, McCollum Real Estate, Benton
Danny Reagor, United Country American Real Estate, Metropolis
Joshua Reagor, United Country American Real Estate, Metropolis
Larry Robinson, Southern Illinois Real Estate, Eldorado
Lois Rowland, C21 Gold Team, DuQuoin
Pamela Tippitt, McCollum Real Estate, Benton
Brian Wood, Cross Davidson Real Estate, Mt. Vernon

MEMBER NEWS:
Several new member offices recently opened in the EBOR jurisdiction: Pat Dix in Carbondale, Sharon Kissner in Mt. Vernon, Zorica Antink in Centralia and Kam Harmon (Emerald Realty) in Marion. Joshua Reagor, United Country American Real Estate, is now open for business in Metropolis. Teresa Camarato recently started a branch office of Property With TLC LLC in Christopher.

EBOR IS AWARDING SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS : Click here to view/print the rules and entry form to win one of seven scholarships. The scholarships awarded include 2-GRI I, 2-GRI II, 2-GRI III and one e-Pro. Sandy Minsky is donating one of the GRI I scholarships in memory of her parents. Only entries received in the board office by noon, July 21, 2008 are eligible to win. Winners must be present at the RPAC Auction/General Membership Meeting July 22, 2008.

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CODE OF ETHICS TRAINING- Deadline: December 31, 2008

Between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008, every REALTOR® is required to complete 2 1/2 hours of Code of Ethics training. REALTORS® who have completed this training as a requirement of membership in another association are not required to complete additional ethics training until the next four year cycle. Failure to comply with this required ethics training is a violation of a membership duty for which the member’s primary association will suspend membership until the training is complete.

When NAR reviewed the active members in NRDS, they found approximately 267,000 members with a Code of Ethics course in their Education record. This would leave approximately 996,000 members who have not yet taken the cycle 2 course. Because NAR is trying to avoid tens of thousands of members all trying to access realtor.org the last week of December (like what happened at the end of cycle), we encourage all members to get their COE training as soon as possible to prevent a ‘melt down’ on realtor.org.

EBOR's Code of Ethics CE Class September 24, 2008 with instructor Kim Daugherty will satisfy the membership requirement as well as give the attendees 3 hours of CE credit. To get free COE training (does not count for CE credit, just fulfills the NAR membership requirement) go to www.realtor.org, scroll down and click on "Take Code of Ethics Training".

Completion of any of the following training between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008 fulfills the COE requirement for Cycle 2:

• Attendance at New Member Orientation (no CE credits)
• Successful completion of Continuing Education Home Study Course in Ethics
• Successful completion of Continuing Education class co-sponsored by EBOR & IAR
• Successful completion of Online COE training through NAR (free with no CE credits)