I think the first thing that I would want to see out of LERE would be a clear vision for what the organization really wants to accomplish. What it's goals are and how it plans to achieve them.
Having a great big organization of every single RE professional in the state doesn't do anyone any good if that organization doesn't actually accomplish anything.
Once those things are clearly outlined, I'd put together some sort of marketing materials whether it be electronic or hard and start to grow the organization with a massive blitz. We all work with Aggies (although there aren't many where I work), we all went to school with guys that are in RE, and we all have people we do business with that are Aggies. If the organization is poised for growth with a clear purpose, make it so that we WANT to get our fellow Aggie RE'ers involved in the organization.
The last STAMREP HH I went to was in probably October of 06. There are three Aggie retail brokers downstairs plus the guy I work for at my client is an Aggie. I didn't invite any of them because as far as I could tell, there was no point to it. How do you sell something to a friend if it doesn't really have any value?
I was in Houston one day having lunch with my Aggie boss and my Aggie broker. My boss had never heard of the organization and the only way my broker had was because he had been asked to speak at the 06 STAMREP meeting. The three of us talked then about what it would take to turn the organization into a valuable tool and force in the local industry.
I can't pull up the STAMREP website so I can't see who the local reps are. Southlake, are you BC, who put together the 06 HH at the Gingerman?
[This message has been edited by ChipFTAC01 (edited 1/4/2008 10:56a).]