Governance Subgroup Needs Volunteers
This subgroup will explore the Hierarchical AI Governance & Machine-Readable Usage Rights proposal, specifically to extend it to support expressing general (non-AI) governance rules through a Web API in a standard way. The focus of what are expected to be 2–3 meetings will be high-level, identifying realistic and common examples of governance items that are communicated downstream today. The goals for the subgroup are to:
- Identify Examples: Document high-level, realistic data governance use cases that lack standards for communication downstream (e.g., copyright terms).
- Narrow the Strategy: Determine whether it’s best to keep AI and non-AI governance as separate concepts or commingled together.
The more detailed and technical work will then be handed off to other workgroups. Volunteers that are familiar with these systems from various perspectives include MLS administrators, MLS vendors, data aggregators and other end users. | JOIN THE SUBGROUP
The Research & Development Workgroup analyzes business cases to assess appropriate involvement of RESO in creating standards to solve identified issues.
The group sits at the top of the funnel of future RESO efforts, serving as the entry point for new potential products.
RESO certification began in the R&D Workgroup, showing that this workgroup provides one of RESO’s most vital community efforts.
The Process
In order to determine which business cases to focus on, questions include:
- Is it within RESO’s mission, capabilities, and priorities?
- Is there significant demand from key stakeholders?
- Is there a measurable potential outcome?
- Would the potential return on RESO resource investment be worth it?
If the community finds merit in the business case, the business case may be referred to a specific RESO workgroup or an outside organization such as a policy issue for the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) or a best practice topic better served by the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS).
Join the R&D Workgroup
The key to the success of the R&D Workgroup is industry expert input. Members have a seat at the table of the decision-making process while also learning how RESO works to benefit their firms and the real estate industry at large.
The Research & Development Workgroup usually meets on the 1st Thursday of every month at 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT. | JOIN A RESO WORKGROUP
Greg Moore
Research & Development Workgroup Chair – Greg Moore, CTO, RML
Greg has decades of high-level real estate experience at MLSs in California and Oregon, and he currently sits on RESO’s Board of Directors. His exciting and fulfilling personal life ironically takes place in Boring, Oregon with his wife of 30+ years.
John Breault
Research & Development Workgroup Vice-Chair – John Breault, Vice President, MLS & Member Services, Rhode Island Association of REALTORS® and State-Wide MLS
John has more than 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, where he has held numerous positions with several real estate associations and MLSs. He is an active participant with CMLS, is a member of the NAR MLS Issues and Policy Committee, serves on NAR’s MLS Association Executives Advisory Board, is part of the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership’s HELIX Advisory Group and currently serves as the Secretary for the RESO Board of Directors.
