Welcome to ECBOR - CHIPS July 2003

WHEN: Thursday, July 24, 2003
WHERE: Maplecrest Country Club, Goshen
COST: $8.50 per person for affiliates and guests
TIME: 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
SPEAKER: Mark Potuck
SUBJECT: Stress Management & Well Being

It's time to take a break from your busy schedule to attend July's membership meeting featuring Mark Potuck. Mr. Potuck will introduce some refreshing ideas to achieving and maintaining success without losing your mind and well-being. This entertaining program will begin following breakfast and a brief business meeting. Please plan to spend a little extra time at this meeting so you can enjoy the whole program.

RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST FOR BOTH REALTORS® AND AFFILIATES! Please call the Board Office, 875-3283 or drop us an e-mail at members@ecbor.com to let us know you are coming. Thank you.

NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY LAUNCHES

The Federal Trade Commission's much-anticipated National Do Not Call Registry is open for business. The Registry, which launched June 27, allows consumers to register to not receive telemarketing calls. All real estate licensees who cold call will now have to comply with the provisions of the National Do Not Call Registry. An exception in the registry allows practitioners to call contacts whose names are on the list as long as the practitioner and contact have an established relationship.

As the FTC defines "established relationship," calls can be made to contacts for up to 18 months after a business transaction and three months after an inquiry or application. Do Not Call list enforcement begins Oct. 1.

The FTC rules apply to calls made across state lines, but in a separate rulemaking, the Federal Communications Commission has extended coverage of the registry to calls made within a state. These federal rules constitute a floor and therefore supersede all less-restrictive state do-not-call rules.

Find out more about the FTC's anti-solicitation initiative and compliance issues in NAR's Field Guide to Anti-Solicitation Laws and Do Not Call Lists: http://www.realtor.org/libweb.nsf/pages/fg707.

To access the FTC's site, Go To: http://www.ftc.gov/donotcall.

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