April2017

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

T hank you to all of our members who attended our Awards Dinner on February 16th at the Palace at Somerset Park. It was great seeing everyone and especially recognizing our members that have devoted their time and experience in furthering our chapters goals and initiatives. The Awards Committee chaired by Stephanie Weigand, Esq. and Dori Novick did a fabulous job, and it was great seeing our members dress up in their favorite disco themed outfits. We had a very busy March in presenting timely pro- grams to our membership. This is our third year that the Legislative Action Committee (LAC) presented their regional Legislative Updates. These events are very well attended and the LAC brings these updates to four regional locations around the state. There are several pending bills that if passed will have a direct impact on our community associ- ations and our common interest homeowners. Our Political Action Committee (CA-PAC) has launched its 2017 fundraising campaign and has already met with several of our New Jersey lawmakers requesting that they support our efforts in advancing or opposing these bills that involve our communities. Jim Rademacher and his com- mittee work tirelessly in raising money for the PAC. Please see the PAC information on page 12 to see how you, your business or your community can support CA-PAC. The PAC is asking for “A Dollar A Door” from our community associations. If every association donated $1 for every home in their community we would significantly increase our presence in Trenton and have a stronger voice with our elected officials. We also held our semiannual “Committee Chairs and Board of Directors” meeting. This is an excellent opportu- nity for our chairs to meet with the other committee chairs and vice chairs and see how the other committees can help in their tasks and events. It was great seeing our chairs,

"If every association donated $1 for every home in their community we would significantly increase our presence in Trenton and have a stronger voice with our elected officials." • Support our PAC fundraising campaign in spreading the word to their committees and industry connections asking for contributions to the PAC. By now you should have received the CAI-NJ “2016 Annual Report”. Jackie and the staff put together this “snapshot” of the chapter events and growth during 2016. We should all be very proud in what we’ve accomplished during 2016 and we are all geared to build on that prog- ress in 2017 and for the years to come. In closing, I want to thank everyone for “chipping in” in making our chapter one of the most vibrant and progressive chapters in CAI. It’s totally a team effort and without the “buy in” of our members, we would never accomplish these goals. Thanks again! Q board and staff putting their heads together and coming up with plans to work together during the year. Some of the examples where the committees can “Partner up” are: • Advocating for increased attendance for our events (roundtables, networking events and especially our con- ference and expo). • Working with their committee members and colleagues in reaching out to managers and community leaders to join CAI.

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