MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND INFORMATION – April 2025
Taos and Angel Fire Tours
New Tour schedule for Taos and Angel Fire. Click here for April, May & June schedule.
New NAR Policy Multiple Listings Options for Sellers
Time to familiarize yourself and more info in the coming months. Click the Here to Q&A from NAR
Learn More about Cloud CMA
We need more responses! (Keep it or dump it?)
Please take a look at everything Cloud CMA has to offer before the board votes to keep or do away with this member benefit. This Program has been around a while and the association pays for it on a monthly basis.
If you missed the survey complete it now by Clicking Here.
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Announcing our very own (YPN Group) Young Professional Network
Young professionals networking, camaraderie and community involvement and much more.
Anyone interested contact Brittany Maes at buydirtnm@gmail.com Check out our new Facebook page to join.
REALTOR Safety Tip
Don’t use the “V word” When describing a listing, never say that the property is “vacant”. This may be an invitation to criminals or squatters.
Visit Nar.realtor/safety to learn more.
Save the Date May Membership Meeting
May 15, 2025 11:30 Membership Meeting in Taos. More details to follow.
Don’t miss this one. We will be voting on proposed Bylaw Changes that may affect you.
Proposed changes in Red.
Dues and Assessments
Section 3: Dues Payable, National and State association membership dues for all primary membership shall be billed in advance in October and must be received by December 31st. The remaining balance of local dues for primary members shall be billed quarterly on the 27th of the 1st month in the quarter and must be received by the 26th of the following month, or a 10% late fee will be added.
Board of Directors
Section 3: Board of Directors. The governing body of the Association shall be board of directors consisting of elected officers and six REALTOR® members of the association. One director position will be from Colfax County and the Red River area. These Directors shall serve a one-year term and will be elected by the entire membership and must be an active REALTOR® based out of an office of record in Colfax County or the Red River area and live in those areas.
Article XVI-Amendments
Section 1. These bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the members present and qualified to vote an any meeting at which a quorum is present.
Proxy voting is only allowed for Bylaw changes.
Like Us on our new ECAR Facebook Page
Check out our New ECAR Facebook page. Make sure to Like Us so you will receive new feeds from your association.
Member Benefit – Discounted Classes through MESA Real Estate Institute
Be sure to Click here to register for CE classes for Full ECAR REALTOR members.
The Enchanted Circle Wildfire Preparedness Series
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Up Close With Board Member Mary Emery
My first trip to the mountain west was in 1979 on a spring break ski trip during college. I was awestruck by New Mexico’s rugged beauty, rolling open vistas, rural villages, arts and theater communities, gentle climate, public lands, accepting culture and the great skiing. I was determined to move west from Wisconsin’s severe winters, and after college and did just that. I have now spent most of my adult years, 39 of them as a resident of the Taos area. I still marvel every day at how lucky I am to live in this special place. To me, this is the most beautiful place in the world.
Life is simpler here.
I started with Century 21 Success, LLC since entering real estate in 2003. Our office was opened by Norris Romero in 1979, and remains in her family today. Our agents feel like family to me, we work together with a cooperative attitude to best serve our clients. In 2019 we became into Taos Real Estate Group, after Century 21 dropped its smaller, rural offices. I currently serve a 3 year term as a Director on the Board of the Taos County Association of REALTORS. I was President in 2021.
Our daughter was brought up in the Taos school system, a 2015 graduate of Taos High School. She attended the Taos Charter School, a public charter school where we volunteered relentlessly to support her education. In retrospect, I feel that volunteering at her school was a valuable contribution I’ve made in this community. She worked hard, was accepted at Vassar College and earned her degree in Neuroscience in 2019. She earned her PhD in 2024 from the University of Michigan in Neuroscience, and is an Assistant professor of Neuroscience at Regis University in Denver. Her research is in the neuroscience of cocaine addiction.
One day while on the weekly Realtors Tour years back, I noticed a beautiful grand piano in a house we were viewing. In that moment I wished I could sit down and play something. That inspired me to start piano lessons in 2013, and I studied for 4 years. Although I had lessons in childhood, restoring what I know took a lot of effort. I love playing and practicing and mostly use it as a mental health conditioning for unruffling my brain from crazy real estate. I acquired an antique baby grand piano, sent it to New Jersey for restoration and now have a lovely instrument, and play daily. Maybe in the right moment, I can perform for my Realtor friends!
Each month we will be highlighting one of your 2025 Board Members:
Pat Kroblin, President
John Johnston, Immediate Past President
Linda Calhoun, Vice President
Robban Reynolds, Secretary
Jolie Jones, Treasurer
Jade Anaya, Director
Cimarron Dugas, Director
Mary Emery, Director
Annie Jo Lindsey, Director
Gabriel Traister, Director
Lisa Sutton, Director
Lisa Cancro, MLS Committee Chair
REALTORS® Political Action Committee
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