April 2018

LOOKING AHEAD LARRY THOMAS, PCAM | CAI-NJ CHAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

T he next few months are very busy for CAI-NJ. I’d like to present some of these events in more detail in this months “Looking Ahead” article. Concerning the annual Legislative Updates sessions that CAI-NJ and our New Jersey LAC sponsor, we have more registrations than we’ve ever had. This is a great indication of the overall participation and interest shown by our members. It’s nice to see that there is a balance of managers, homeowner leaders and business partners finding interest in these pre- sentations. Please take a minute to review our monthly legislative column (page 8 this month), to keep current on what our LAC is focused on and what new legislation has been introduced that will impact all our residents that live in a common interest community. On page 14, you will find a detail of this year’s “Jules C. Frankel Manager Education Assistance Program.” The Board of Directors has expanded this year’s program to include the M-100 class. The scholarship award for the M-100 class is intended for managers that plan on attended the in-person class and cannot be used if you plan on taking the class on-line. This year’s M-100 classes are listed on the calendar on the facing page. I’d also like to bring all our readers attention to all the educational opportunities that our chapter offers to our members. Over

the course of the year we offer our managers over 40 hours of Continuing Education Units. Our credentialed managers need these CEU’s to maintain their designations. During April and May, we have three legislative updates and a Manager’s Roundtable slated for May 15 at the Seaview Stockton Hotel & Golf Club in Galloway Township. We recently had to add an additional session for our Lecture Series that detailed the changes to the New “Over the course of the year we offer our managers over 40 hours of Continuing Education Units.” Jersey Recreational Bathing Code. These changes have a big impact on the operation to our community pools. Thanks to Ben Basch and American Pools for presenting the seminars. To close out this article, I’d like to welcome back Laura O’Connor. Laura recently came back on a part-time basis (two days per week). As you know, Laura was out on maternity leave since late November. I’m sure that the Membership Committee, our LAC and our PAC (and me) are all pleased that Laura is back with us. n

Attention Managers: See pages 14-15 for details on the “Jules C. Frankel Manager Education Assistance Program,” offering scholarships and reimbursements for PMDP classes.

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