CAI-NJ Nov. 2019(w)

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

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Mohammed Salyani, CPA CAI-NJ 2019 PRESIDENT WilkinGuttenplan

LARRY P. THOMAS, PCAM CHAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LARRY@CAINJ.ORG ANGELA KAVANAUGH DIRECTOR, CONFERENCE & PROGRAMS ANGELA@CAINJ.ORG JACLYN OSKIERKO DIRECTOR, EVENTS & EDITORIAL JACLYN@CAINJ.ORG CHELSEA DONNIGAN MANAGER, MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING CHELSEA@CAINJ.ORG BROOKE STOPPIELLO-NEVINS MANAGER, GRAPHIC DESIGN & MEMBER SERVICES

Change is Inevitable

A nd here I was thinking that I have about two months left, what much can happen. Boy was I wrong! Just after I wrote my article for the Conference and Expo issue of Community Trends ® , we lost one of our fellow board members, Bruce Kuntz. Bruce was the newest member to the Board and during

the short time I knew him I came to greatly respect Bruce. He took his time learning about the Board and he is one of the very few Homeowner Leaders, that I know of, who sat for the M100 just to gain a better understanding of property management. I was thoroughly impressed. A few weeks later we lost Jack McGrath

“...I want to thank the Conference and Expo committee, Angela and the rest of the staff...”

BROOKE@CAINJ.ORG JENNIFER FARRELL ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR JENNIFER@CAINJ.ORG

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under almost identical circumstances to Bruce. I do not have enough space here to write all about the time and effort Jack put into the chapter. He loved the indus- try, the chapter and the people involved. When I attended his wake and met his family, the moment I mentioned that I was the president of the chapter, the look in his children’s eyes said it all. Jack will be sorely missed. To top it all we were informed of Larry Thomas’ leaving to pursue another oppor- tunity. In the five years that Larry has been with the chapter, he has worked very hard and we have the results to prove it. We thank Larry for his services and wish him well in his future endeavors. My fellow executive committee members and I have received several excellent applications and I am sure we will be able to find an Executive Director to continue Larry’s good work. We will keep you posted. Moving on, I want to thank the Conference and Expo committee, Angela and the rest of the staff for another very successful conference. It was amazing and everyone had a great time. Kudos to all of them. It is going to be tough to top this one, but I am sure they are up to the task. As always, we have some excellent articles in this issue. Recently I have been seeing more and more associations take loans for large underfunded projects. David Shahrabani’s article on financing a project is both timely and very informative. If you feel your flooring and finishes need some TLC then Lindsay Bartlett- Cupples’ article on caring for aged surfaces is for you. It gives some ideas on

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