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RESO Meetings – We all need to pay more attention to this…

Matt Cohen has an excellent recap of the 1st day of the RESO meetings.  You can check it out at:

http://www.realtown.com/mattcohen/blog/rets-fall-2010-day-1

I tried making a comment on his post but the captcha image seems not to be working so I’ll make it here.

I think Bob Bemis is correct in that if RESO, doesn’t deliver MLS providers will find another way.

But I disagree that it won’t be a vendor solution.  Creating a standard where apps can be released nationwide thru multiple MLS providers at once is a huge incentive.

I’ve heard of several vendor iniatives towards this (a la an API) and I hope that some of these will be made more public at CMLS.  [Crossing my fingers and toes!]

Your CMLS checklist

CMLS is just a couple days away so I thought I would put together a quick check list for those of you attending:

1.  Check out http://CouncilofMLS.com.  It’s the official website of CMLS and has been recently updated with new content. Plans are to have the discussions at CMLS conference to be continued at the website afterwards.

2.  iPad.  While I’m still carrying my laptop I’m finding my iPad to be indespensible when attending conferences of this type.  It always on, easy to carry, allows me to check my e-mail, as well as an impromptu demo device.

3.  If your rocking your iPad than having a Verizon MiFi or something similar is a must. Hotel internet connections in meeting rooms are notoriously flakey.  Plus you have the costs of in-room internet access.  Trust me, its worth it.

4.  Get your Twitter on!  Follow the conference at http://Twitter.com/CMLSConference and don’t forget the hashtag #cmls2010

5.  Be ready to engage.  The best sessions are those that our interactive.

Oh, and an extra liver, if you have one!

I arrive tomorrow.  See you there!

gr

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