AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

REALTOR® of the Year (also known as “ROTY”) is the highest honor the Alaska REALTORS® awards to one of its members. The ROTY award is recognition of an active member of the association who has provided outstanding service to their organization, their profession, and their community during the year nominated. The award is presented annually to a REALTOR® nominated by his or her peers and selected by the ROTY Awards Committee — which is an impartial panel made up of the past five (5) ROTYs and chaired by the previous years’ ROTY. The recipient is also recognized nationally at the National Association of REALTORS® Annual Meeting and Convention.

The Awards Committee reviews all nominations, taking into consideration each nominee’s involvement in the community and participation in local, state, and national levels.  Local associations can submit their local association REALTOR® of the Year for consideration.

All nominee’s will be judged on spirit and business accomplishments, including but not limited to past awards received; participation in their local associations, responsiveness to local, state, and national Calls-to-Action; investments made to the REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC), and/or, annual production. There are no minimum levels of participation, investments, sales, etc., required to be eligible.

 

Nominee Eligibility 

The following criteria for selection of REALTOR® of the Year include:

• REALTOR® Spirit – exhibits high principles, faithfulness to laws and regulations of Code of Ethics and embraces furthering the principles of good real estate practice among others and the general public.
• Civic Activity – participation in civic and service clubs, charitable activities, political action, fraternal or religious groups, etc.
• Local Board Activity – held Board offices and/or committee participation, and actively engaged in actions which serve membership overall (i.e., education, membership engagement, committee assignments).
• Association Activity – held Alaska REALTORS® office, and/or committee participation, including attendance at state conventions.
• National Association of REALTORS®– held national office, and/or committee participation on a national level.
• Business Accomplishments – recognized for good business conduct; service to clients; and imaginative and creative advertising programs.

 

Nominees overall need to be in good standing with both the local and state associations at the time of nomination, selection, and when the award is presented at the Annual Convention. Members cited for an ethics violation (handled by Alaska REALTORS®) or a license law violation (handled by Alaska Real Estate Commission) within the past two (2) years may be ineligible. This would be based on confirmation from Alaska REALTORS® or AREC.

 

In addition, previous year’s ROTY nominees may be nominated again if the person who nominated them previously would like to re-nominate them a second year.  Previous REALTOR® of the Year (ROTY) award recipients are not eligible;

 

Selection Process 

 

• The ROTY Committee will consist of the past years’ ROTY and five (5) previous ROTY awardees. The Committee will solicit nominations from local associations, as well as from individual nominations.
• Nominations need to be received by August 15 of each year. The nomination will consist of a completed nomination form, and a letter providing a brief biography pointing out the exceptional qualities of the nominee.
• The ROTY Committee will elect, by majority vote, the Alaska REALTOR® of the Year for the current year.

Nominations can be completed online below, or PDF applications can be emailed to info@alaskarealtors.com.

Nominations must be received by the Alaska REALTORS® office and/or the ROTY chairperson by 5:00 p.m. on August 15th.