ULI COUNCIL MEMBER EXPECTATIONS

ULI Cleveland Product Council membership is a privilege desired by many local ULI members and the value of the Council experience is determined by the quality and participation of its members. Each Council member is therefore expected to be a committed participant of the Council, contributing as much value to the Council experience as they take home.

Your Council term is renewable at the discretion of the District Council’s leadership. To be eligible for another one-year term next ULI fiscal year, you must:

• Maintain an active ULI membership (Associate or Full) throughout the term of your appoint of this fiscal year
• Attend 3 out of 4 of the meetings for the fiscal year
• Follow the below principles:

COUNCIL PRINCIPLES 

• OPEN, HONEST, SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE: Come to Council meetings ready to participate openly and honestly with specific, detailed information and experience from your current practice. • CONFIDENTIALITY: Everything discussed within a Council is kept completely confidential by all Council members. This is the foundation that makes open and honest sharing of detailed information and experience possible. Violation of confidentiality will result in immediate expulsion from your Council.
• REAL DEALS, REAL NUMBERS: The key to truly valuable interaction between the Council members is the sharing of real deals and real numbers, as well as successes and lessons learned.
• RESPECT FOR OTHERS: Help make discussions productive and high value by engaging your fellow council members respectfully with your most relevant information and experience.
• NO SELF PROMOTION: Council members are all highly successful real estate professionals. Self-promotion and pitching do not add value for your fellow council members. Keep your presentations and discussions aimed at delivering real take home value for your peers, not your business.
• NO CELL PHONES OR DISTRACTIONS: It should go without saying that you cannot be fully engaged in your council while checking your email.
• ATTEND EVERY MEETING & ATTEND FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING: Each Council member has been chosen for the value that their unique background and experience brings to the Council. Missing a Council meeting or part of a Council meeting reduces the value for every other member of your Council. Your empty seat could be filled by someone else who has value to bring to the table.
• RECRUIT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST: Council members often come into contact with new leaders in the industry —both ULI members and non-ULI members — with exciting new products, ideas and best practices that will add greatly to the value of their Council. Bring these new leaders as guests to your Council, sponsor them for Council membership and work with your Council leadership to help them become future members.
• PARTICIPATE IN ULI AND ULI LEADERSHIP: Council members are expected to be active participants in ULI’s mission of providing leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. Your involvement in ULI provides excellent opportunities to network and to learn both within and beyond the boundaries of your industry segment.

A minimum of 10 and maximum of 30 Council members will be selected by the Council leadership. LPC Members are drawn from the full range of disciplines involved in the product type. Each Council seeks representation from the following:

• Development Firms and REITs
• Engineering and Construction Firms
• Financial Institutions including lending, investment, or institutional sales
• Professional Service Firms such as planning, architecture, economics, law,
• and brokerage
• Public Sector: city, county, and regional
• Academic and non-profit institutions