2013a smashing success!


INAUGURAL MEETING AND LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE


The 2013 Inaugural Meeting was memorable with several notable elements — due to an overwhelming number of requests, the convention was held in Atlanta for the first time in more than 25 years; the first REALTOR


® ® face-to-face meetings with their legislators after the REALTOR Rally was held. Keynote speaker ®


Herschel Walker received rave reviews from attendees, and the week was capped off with the elegant President’s Gala. If you weren’t there, plan to join us in 2014 when the Inaugural Meeting & Legislative Conference returns to Atlanta. Don’t want to wait that long? We don’t blame you — check out our convention section in this magazine and plan to attend our Annual Convention & Expo this September in Destin!


1 Keynote Speaker Herschel Walker offered up many anecdotes from his gridiron days and kept the audience smiling throughout his Opening Session presentation.


2 More than 850 REALTORS


Rally at the Georgia Capitol on January 29, 2013.


3 Tim Adams (right) was awarded the Dick McCrudden Award for his dedication to the REALTORS


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Political Action Committee. 4 The Georgia REALTORS


® Hall


of Fame inducted its second class of honorees during the Awards Luncheon. L-R: Buddy Weston of Atlanta; Sally Hamby, accepting on behalf of her late mother, Sally Washburn of Atlanta; Jay Kaufman, accepting on behalf of his late father, John Kaufman of Brunswick; and Daniel Blackshear, Jr., accepting on behalf of his late father, Dan Blackshear of Albany.


22IGEORGIA REALTOR® ®


donned blue scarves and made their presence known at the REALTORS


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5 Brad Nix (left) received the 2012 President’s Award from 2012 GAR President Bill Boatman.


6 GAR’s leaders have been sworn in and are ready to serve through- out 2013!


7 GAR 2013 President Robin Lance stands with her husband Billy (far right) as she takes the oath of office from her parents, Savannah REALTORS®


Bob and


Roberta Bennett. 8 REALTORS


® from the 400 North


Board check out the view from the stage before the Rally kicks off.


9 Hinesville REALTORS seize the opportunity for a photo at the Rally.


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10 Barbara Kennon, 2001 GAR President, served as emcee of the Rally and got the audience fired up in support of homeownership and private property rights.


11 Georgia REALTORS waved ®


flags to display their support of the American Dream of homeownership during the Rally.


12 GAR President Robin Lance told the audience, “No one cares more about solving the housing crises in Georgia than REALTORS


do, and we want our legislators to move forward with policies that support housing.”


13 House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams applauded Georgia REALTORS


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of our state attain homeownership. Other elected officials who spoke to the REALTORS


® included David


Shafer, Senate President Pro Tem- pore; Rep. Roger Bruce of Atlanta; Rep. Virgil Flood of Tyrone; and Rep. Micah Gravely of Douglasville.


14 Georgia Governor Nathan Deal addressed the crowd, expressing his appreciation for REALTORS


® and


their dedication to preserving home- ownership in Georgia, despite the challenges of the recent economy.


MAY I JUNE 2013 Rally/Legislative Conference was held at the Georgia Capitol;


it was the largest GAR convention in four years, and the largest Inaugural Meeting on record. More than 850 Georgia REALTORS


came together for a week of networking, continuing education, and


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for helping the citizens


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