Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Awards Banquet- Realtor Days at the Dome- Updates

 Awards Banquet

Since our Awards Banquet has been delayed this year, we have extended the deadline for Circle of Excellence (formerly Million Dollar Club) and Awards Nominations.  Please review the Awards criteria and think about who you know that would be a great candidate.  We have extended the deadline for submission until Friday, March 26th! Click Here to view all the applications, which have also been emailed, please submit to Katie South; As to awards for production, the Circle of Excellence and Phoenix Awards annually recognize our members for production as below:

REALTOR® OF THE YEAR AWARD- CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: 

1. NOMINEE MUST HOLD REALTOR® membership in the local Board

2. These percentages represent importance of each of these aspects: 

·         REALTOR® Spirit –10% 

·         REALTOR® Business Accomplishments –10%  

·         Civic Activity –10% (7% for period of consideration and 3% for previous activity)

·         Local Board / Association Activity –15% (10% for period of consideration and           5% for previous activity) 

·         State Association Activity –50% (30% for period of consideration and 20% for         previous activity)

·         National Association Activity – 5% 5. Dates of activities must be shown. 

REALTOR® WORKHORSE AWARD- Selection Criteria: The purpose of this award is to recognize a REALTOR® who has gone “above and beyond the call of duty” in serving the Board on Board-related activities during 2020.   This award is not a standing award of the Board and is awarded at the discretion of the Awards Recognition Committee based on nominations received.

AFFILIATE WORKHORSE AWARD- Selection Criteria: The purpose of this award is to recognize an Affiliate who has gone “above and beyond the call of duty” in serving the Board on Board-related activities during 2020. This award is not a standing award of the Board and is awarded at the discretion of the Awards Recognition Committee based on nominations received

REALTOR® EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD- Selection Criteria: Goes to the person who has received to most Continuing Education (CE) Credits. 

REALTOR® Good Neighbor Award- Selection Criteria: The purpose of this award is to recognize an Realtor who has gone “above and beyond the call of duty”. Someone who has Volunteered for the organization or community in some way. 

AFFILIATE Good Neighbor Award- Selection Criteria: The purpose of this award is to recognize an Affiliate who has gone “above and beyond the call of duty”. Someone who has Volunteered for the organization or community in some way. 

REALTOR® OUTSTANDING NEW AGENT AWARD- Candidate Eligibility Criteria: The "Outstanding New Agent" award shall be awarded annually to a new agent whose name is submitted by his/her qualifying broker. The recipient of this award shall be selected by members of the awards committee. Qualifications:

- Agent must be a member in good standing with the Hall County Board of Realtors®

- Only the FIRST 12 months or less of the applicant's period shall be considered

- Applicant shall not have been previously licensed in Georgia or any other state

- A Broker submitting an application for an agent who has not been licensed for 12 months and is not selected as the recipient of this award previously, may re-submit the same application the following year, using only the first twelve months of licensure

 Circle of Excellence Realtor Awards

All transactions must have closed during 2020

 Active Member: Your GCI for 2020 was $60,000 or greater AND you do NOT qualify for any of the other  categories below (Year 1-9 of qualifying for Circle of Excellence)

 New Phoenix Recipient: This is your 10th year qualifying for a Board of REALTORS® Circle of Excellence

 Active Phoenix: You qualify for the Circle of Excellence during 2020 and you have already received  your Phoenix (Year 11-19 of qualifying for Circle of Excellence)

 New Silver Phoenix: This is your 20th year qualifying for a Board of REALTORS® Circle of Excellence

Active Silver Phoenix: You qualify for the Circle of Excellence during 2020 and you have already received  your Silver Phoenix (Year 21-29 of qualifying for Circle of Excellence)

 New Gold Phoenix: This is your 30th year qualifying for a Board of REALTORS® Circle of Excellence

 Active Gold Phoenix: You qualify for the Circle of Excellence during 2020 and you have already received your Gold Phoenix (Year 31-39 of qualifying for Circle of Excellence)

 New Platinum Phoenix: This is your 40th year qualifying for a Board of REALTORS® Circle of Excellence

 Active Platinum Phoenix: You qualify for the Circle of Excellence during 2020 and you have already received your Platinum Phoenix (Year 41-49 of qualifying for Circle of Excellence) 

The following rules will apply if accepted: 

1. Eligibility into the circle of excellence shall be based on gross commission income of $60,000 or greater, during the          qualifying year (January 1, 2020-December 31, 2020).  Gross commission income is the amount your company received       according to the settlement statement.

2. If two or more agents within the same company received a commission on the same transaction, the GCI shall be divided in   accordance with the division of the commission within the office.  Two agents within the same office cannot both claim the   entire GCI on any transaction.

3. If the applicant worked for more than one real estate firm during the qualifying year and needs to count GCI from more than one firm in order to meet the qualifications, the applicant must obtain an “Affirmation of Gross Commission Income” signed by the Broker of all other firms for which GCI will need to be counted.  Alternatively, the Applicant may provide a copy of a 1099 for commission income received during the qualifying year indicating that the minimum GCI of $60,000 has been met.

4. Applicants must submit an application no later than March 26, 2021 and be current with all Hall County Board of             REALTORS® dues at time of application. Applicant must also have been a member in good standing of the Hall County Board of REALTORS® during the qualifying year and be a member in good standing of the Hall County Board of REALTORS® at time of application.

5. The application must be signed by the Applicant and the Applicant’s Broker.

6. It will be the sole responsibility of each member to keep copies of applications or past plaques for proof of active membership when receiving a Phoenix award.

7. All applications from each member company shall be delivered to the office of the Hall County Board of REALTORS®’s office at 615 Oak Street, Suite F, Gainesville GA 30501, no later than March 26, 2021.

8. Approved Members of the Circle of Excellence will be recognized at the Hall County Board of REALTORS® Awards Banquet 2021

9. TEAMS - The Circle of Excellence does not distinguish between teams or non teams. Only individuals who received commission income paid through their company or broker in an amount that was based upon gross commissions which were equal to or greater than $60,000. for the qualifying year will be considered to have met the qualifications for the qualifying year.  So if there is a team with 5 agents all working on the same team – all five agents would qualify if each agent was paid commissions based on a gross commission income of $60,000. each – which would mean the team would have generated a minimum of $300,000 in gross commissions for the company based on sales closed during the qualifying calendar year. There can be no double counting of commission dollars.  So if a two person team generated a total commission of $115,000 then either one or neither of the team members would qualify, depending on the allocation of commission dollars.  In this case it would be impossible for both team members to qualify. 

REALTOR Days at the Dome 

Don't forget to get registered for the GAR's REALTOR Days at the Dome, it will be hosted virtually this year on March 4. We will have more information for you as it comes available.  Beverly Williams, our Government Affairs Chair will provide membership with an update after the event.

Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta GA - photo credit GAR

March Membership Meeting

Our March Membership meeting will be conducted via Zoom, Mar 18 at 1 pm. ,This is one you don't want to miss!  Katie will send more information soon and a reminder the day prior.

Topic: March HCBOR Membership Meeting
Time: Mar 18, 2021 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83230699128?pwd=Qnp4THFsVEJaeElLWDVMRmE0c0dEZz09 

Meeting ID: 832 3069 9128
Passcode: 451382

GAR Inaugural Conference is Mar 22-25

I hope you will ALL consider joining in the fun, camaraderie and learning at the upcoming GAR Inaugural Conference at Jekyll Island - Participate in person or virtually. Hotel information is here. We have the whole Jekyll Island Convention Center, to allow for proper social distancing. Lots of continuing education and networking opportunities. If you're interested in the agenda, click here. There's a First Time Attendees Orientation for those of you who haven't yet attended one. I hope to see you there! Also, if you have not checked out the Georgia Association of Realtors (GAR) website, I encourage you to do so. So much valuable info! Thank you, Laura Smith, for agreeing to chair 'On to Conference' committee. If you have any questions about conference, either I or Laura Smith can help.

Continuing Education/Designations

We have Continuing Education (CE) opportunities for you! If you would consider volunteering as a Certified GAR Facilitator, please click here for more info. It's easy to get certified and it would be a great help in seeing that our members get valuable CE. A detailed list of our upcoming education is below. We will let you know about any changes, updates and additions as they come along. 

All students must register through the following links:

Please visit the GAR  Course Calendar  so that students may now register, online, for the course.  
Please visit the GAMLS Self- Enrollment center to register for any Online classes through GAMLS.

*Each GRI class will have a 15-minute break in the morning and another 15-minute break in the afternoon, along with a 1-hour lunch break each day. The other GAR CE classes will have a break as needed (typically in the middle- based on time of course)

The business day before the class date, we will email the Zoom login information and student materials to you and the students.


*If you want to visit our website, click here: also be sure to like our Facebook page. We look forward to seeing you in October!  For our Local COVID updates, please click HERE.

2021 President
Hall County Board of Realtors
770.540.3788



Association Executive
615 Oak St. 
Gainesville GA
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