<html><body><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The 9th works for me, as does 3 pm on the 8th.</div><div id="ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line" dir="auto"><br></div><div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" dir="auto"><div dir="auto">George</div><div dir="auto">Sent from my mobile phone 206-437-5869</div></div><div dir="auto" id="mail-editor-reference-message-container" class=""><br><hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%"><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>From:</strong> Paul Hofmann <paul@agltg.com><br><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, July 31, 2025 9:58:27 AM<br><strong>To:</strong> Paul Hofmann <paul@agltg.com>; George Peters <execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com>; '2025 Dues Review Committee' <2025duesreviewcommittee@washingtonlandtitle.com><br><strong>Subject:</strong> RE: [2025duesreviewcommittee] 2025 Dues Review Committee<br></div><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 29, 2025 12:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> George Peters <execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com>; '2025 Dues Review Committee' <2025duesreviewcommittee@washingtonlandtitle.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [2025duesreviewcommittee] 2025 Dues Review Committee</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:windowtext">Can we put a kickoff meeting on the books for the week of September 15-19th?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:windowtext">The industry has undergone significant changes, with underwriters management shifting to a broader regional approach and no longer being an active part of WLTA, agents like myself
covering a wider range of counties, and the overall consolidation of the title industry. Given these shifts, I believe it’s time for us, as an association, to re-evaluate our perspective and adapt our approach to better align with the evolving industry landscape.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:windowtext">I’d like everyone to review the attached materials and come with ideas for a framework that you think could work. There are no bad ideas - let’s be creative! I remember the last
time we worked on this project. It was a real challenge, and it could have been part of what sent Jack Lancaster into retirement.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:windowtext">Tuesdays are always an open day for me, intentionally. However, I will make myself flexible that week because we have some real work ahead of us.</span></p>
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<<a href="mailto:2025duesreviewcommittee-bounces@washingtonlandtitle.com" style="color: rgb(157, 69, 79); text-decoration: underline;">2025duesreviewcommittee-bounces@washingtonlandtitle.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>George Peters<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 28, 2025 10:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> '2025 Dues Review Committee' <<a href="mailto:2025duesreviewcommittee@washingtonlandtitle.com" style="color: rgb(157, 69, 79); text-decoration: underline;">2025duesreviewcommittee@washingtonlandtitle.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [2025duesreviewcommittee] 2025 Dues Review Committee<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none">Good morning all. This is a reminder that you are on a committee to review the WLTA’s dues structure, particularly with respect to how dues for agent
members are calculated and how all dues (agents and underwriters) can be equitably allocated between and among all members.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none">Paul Hofmann, Chair (agent)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none">Roger Johnson (agent)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none">Megan Powell (underwriter)</span></p>
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you should have gotten an email Friday notifying you of the creation of the listserv and your addition to it.)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none">Attached are the list of WLTA members showing 2025 dues. There are 3 documents:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none">BACKGROUND:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;color:windowtext; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-ligatures:none">The current dues structure dates to about 10 years ago, created by Jack Lancaster. Note that the WLTA’s year in January
to December, so the budget is adopted near the end of the year, dues are calculated and invoices prepared by the end of December and emailed to members on January 1 or 2. The contact information for dues purposes are shown on the attached lists.</span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;color:windowtext; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-ligatures:none">The formula adopted provided that underwriters would pay 70% of the budget for dues, and agents would pay 30%.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;color:windowtext; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-ligatures:none">The 70% share paid by underwriters would be further allocated based on publicly reported income. This information is
available on the ALTA’s website. Note that the full year is not available when the dues are calculated, so the income that is used is for the full previous year that is reported. Thus, when the dues for 2025 were calculated, the only full reported year was
for 2024.</span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;color:windowtext; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-ligatures:none">The 30% share paid by agents would be further allocated among agents based on the population of counties served by that
agent. (NOTE: It was deemed important in that income for agent members would not be reported or available for disclosure; it is not public like underwriter income.) As an alternative approach, Jack created a population range as shown on the attached agent
list. Each year when dues are calculated, the percentage increase/decrease from the year before is applied to each range number.</span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;color:windowtext; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-ligatures:none">The number of independently owned agents has been significantly reduced over the years. A small agent might be acquired
by another agent, or an agent of any size might be acquired by an underwriter. The WLTA bylaws state that FOR DUES PURPOSES an agent is considered part of an underwriter if that agent is more than 50% owned by that underwriter. Thus, while such an agent is
shown in the WLTA directory as an agent member, it does not pay separate dues.</span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;color:windowtext; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-ligatures:none">This reduction in the number of dues paying agents (as shown on the agent dues list; see the “x’d” out entries) does
not reflect the original intent of the dues structure. This is not to say the dues structure then or now was good or bad, or better or worse – only that it was considered equitable then and is not equitable now based on the original formula.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:windowtext; mso-ligatures:none">The committee should start its deliberations. One function might be to contact other associations around the country. (As my personal comment: Note that
some associations’ membership might be based on individuals. This would be a complex and difficult formula to work with. Aside from trying to maintain a database of individuals, invoicing and collecting dues, employees of companies might not all be dues paying
members, for example. It would appear that maintaining membership our structure of company members would be more practical.)</span></p>
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