OCTOBER 2014

TREB's Annual General Meeting – October 21, 2014

Ditch Your Authenticator – Use Your Phone Instead

Meet Your TREB President and Board of Directors

Single Email Address for TREB Members

And More

ACROSST H E B O A R D

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Table of Contents

TREB’s Annual General Meeting – October 21, 2014

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Ditch Your Authenticator – Use Your Phone Instead

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Meet Your TREB President and Board of Directors

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Furniture Bank Housewares Drive Month – October 2014

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Single Email Address for TREB Members

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TREB President’s CP24 Interview on Home Ownership

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Representing Office Tenants: Preparing Tours and Offers Seminar –

November 12, 2014 Page 5

REALTORS® Support LOFT Community Services

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Revised Social Media Policy for Members Page 6

New Stratus Videos Page 6

New Demographic Maps in the Condo Corner

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TREB’s Annual General Meeting October 21, 2014

Ditch Your Authenticator – Use Your Phone Instead

This year’s Annual General Meeting, which will be held at the Toronto Congress Centre,

North Building, on October 21, 2014, will feature:• a Toronto mayoral candidates’ debate. The debate will be moderated by Gord

Martineau, Anchor, CityNewsTM. • an open forum discussion to get your feedback on a possible name change for TREB.• a mini trade show.Please view TREB President Paul Etherington’s video invitation above.

TREB will be launching its new MobilePASS – SafeNet technology to Members in November 2014.

MobilePASS is a mobile app that allows a TREB Member’s mobile phone to generate a password for authentication into New Stratus/TorontoMLS. You will be able to download the MobilePASS app on your iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry mobile devices.

MobilePASS is convenient and simple to use and your password will be at your fingertips on your cell phone. It also eliminates the need to carry a hardware authenticator or worry about a lost or broken one.

When the MobilePass App becomes available, you will simply download the app and call TREB’s Help Desk to register your MobilePASS.

Stay tuned for further details in November!

8:30 am Registration Desk Opens (Please bring your authenticator for registration.)

8:30 am - 10:00 am Continental Breakfast 8:30 am - 2:00 pm Trade Show 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Annual Meeting 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Open Forum 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Box Lunch (ticket required)

The Toronto Congress Centre, North Building (Ballroom) is located at 650 Dixon Road, Toronto. Click here for a map of the Toronto Congress Centre.

MobilePASS Authentication – Coming Soon!

TREB President Paul Etherington delivers an update on all things TREB in a complimentary one-

hour session on November 20 at 1:30 P.M. in the TREB Auditorium. Have a snack and have your say on the topics raised, including a poten-tial TREB name change, during the

Member Forum immediately following the update. Like all TREB events, this one promises to be a great opportunity to network with your peers.Seating is limited, so register today at (416) 443-8128. See you there!

Meet Your TREB President and Board of Directors

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Furniture Bank Housewares Drive Month

– October 2014

TREB has partnered with the Furniture Bank organization to host a Housewares Drive

throughout the month of October. The donated items collected will provide houseware essentials to recipients in need within our community.

All donations are gladly accepted at:Furniture Bank Receiving Area

25 Connell Court, #1Toronto, ON M8Z 1E8

To arrange a houseware items pick up through the Furniture Bank Social Enterprise Program, please call (416) 934-1229 Ext. #1 citing promo code TREB15 to receive your 15% TREB discount for the entire month of October.

See details for a list of appropriate items for donation.

Furniture Bank Contact:

NEVINE SEDKI

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, FURNITURE BANK

Phone: (416) 934-1229 (ext. 721)

www.furniturebank.org

Registered Charitable number: 87253 1843 RR0001

Essentially, everyone who has a computer has at least one email address. Many people have

multiple addresses for personal and business use. As Members of the Toronto Real Estate Board, you have another: your Trebnet address. The problem with having many email addresses is that you may be missing correspondence sent to a rarely checked account and this can be costly in a business like yours.

Starting on October 28, when Members log in to TorontoMLS/New Stratus, a pop-up box will appear asking them to choose a single email address. This email address will be used for all TREB communications, e-Commerce, copies

of listings sent to clients including Prospect Matches, and REALTOR.ca.

Choosing an email address is mandatory. You will not be allowed to access the MLS® System without making your selection and agreeing to the terms and conditions (click here to view a copy).

After you have selected your email address, you will be prompted to confirm it (or change it if you wish) every four months. This will ensure that all TREB Members have an accurate, live address on file.

Note: If you want to change your email address at any time in the future, you may do so through Manage My Profile.

Members who have asked the Help Desk to forward their Trebnet emails to other email accounts should be aware that these changes will in no way affect that arrangement.

Single Email Address for TREB

Members

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As REALTORS®, we believe that everyone should have a roof over their head and a home

of their own, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way. That is why TREB Members donated $468,000 in the past year to support shelter-based charities across the GTA. Here is one example of why we do it!

You can also find out more about LOFT Community Services at loftcs.org

REALTORS® Support LOFT Community Services

In case you missed it, watch TREB President Paul Etherington’s CP24 interview on why home ownership is

a great investment. TREB will be pushing this message over the next year to both Members and the public. Here are some highlights of our campaign:

• TREB spokesperson appearances on CP24 TV every other week this fall and

in spring 2015• CP24 to promote the message all day, every day, for the duration of our arrangement in multiple formats (e.g., video clips, promo boxes, etc.)• Online on CP24’s websites• Mobile• On CP24’s TREB branded webpage (interviews, related material, video

clips, etc.) and TREB’s public website torontorealestateboard.com • Social Media (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest)• President’s newspaper and magazine columns• Internally to TREB Members (intranet, online newsletters, etc.)

Feel free to share.

TREB President’s CP24 Interview on Home Ownership

Representing Office Tenants: Preparing

Tours and Offers Seminar – November 12, 2014

Join Ron Shaffer and learn about representing office tenants, market surveys, tenant inducements, short-

list selection, and after the tour. Click here for more information.

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Haven’t had the time to take a seminar or hands-on course on New Stratus? In this 1-hour video you’ll learn the basics to get you started using New Stratus. You’ll

also learn about the many opportunities you have for learning more about the MLS® System.

New Stratus Basics

The old expression “time is money” is true. New Stratus saves you time be-cause it’s streamlined with more efficient searches, double the number of search results over TorontoMLS, and the ability

to save accurate map shapes.Watch this brief video to learn how New Stratus can make searching for MLS® Listings more efficient and the many op-portunities you have to obtain training.

New Stratus Saves You Time

New Stratus VideosThe retirement of TorontoMLS on March 1, 2015 is fast

approaching. Now is the time to get up to speed with New Stratus.

If you choose to participate in any TREB sponsored social media networks, you are making

a commitment to comply with the guidelines set forth under this policy. Revisions (in bold and underlined) have been added to the policy to address the following, among others:

• Political campaigning

• Petitions

• Promotion of political views

Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with provisions under this policy. Click here.

Revised Social Media Policy for Members

New Demographic Maps in the Condo Corner

Suggestions & FeedbackIf you have content suggestions for Across The Board or comments about this publication, feel free to email us at acrosstheboard@trebnet.com

GET SOCIAL WITH TREB

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Six new demographic maps have been added to the Condo corner, and they’re not just for condo

practitioners. These maps cover the entire GTA and show you useful information such as:

• average household income• the percentage of the population renting• land use• median age of the population• population growth • retail density.

You can use this information to educate your clients on the areas they may be interested in living, and they can also be of value for marketing your services to targeted segments of the population.

To access the demographic maps:1. Click Condo Corner on the home

page of TorontoMLS/New Stratus. The Condo Corner appears.

2. Click the Maps icon in the Condo Corner. A pop-over window appears.

3. Select the demographic map of your choice.

While you’re visiting the Condo Corner, don’t forget about the other great resources found in this area such as the Condo Registry (a searchable database of condominium building names, corporation numbers, and management companies), information on condominium assignments, links to order status certificates, and more.

New Demographic Maps in the Condo Corner