membership and 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
• 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
• all serve one-year term

desired qualifications:

• knowledge of institute’s membership and certification programs
• extensive real estate management experience
• past experience as an institute chapter membership committee chair