February 2023

PRESIDENT’S CORNER Tony Nardone, MBA, PCAM 2023 CAI-NJ PRESIDENT CORNER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, AAMC

CAI-NJ TEAM

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day” — Dalai Lama H ere we are in the beginning of February. It’s still dark and gloomy out side when we’re on our way home leading to winter blues. Start each day with a positive thought as we come down the home stretch with Spring right around the corner. Personally, I think each day gets longer by a few minutes, which is a constant reminder that the nice weather is getting closer. Before you know it, the weather will turn, and everyone will be outside enjoying the spring air and BBQ’s. This month we have some fantastic articles revolving around all aspects of security, from cyber security to the staffing of our properties. This topic often gets overlooked and glazed over by many of us until something bad happens. Then, we find ourselves being reactive instead of proactive. Through our partners in CAI, we’ve had many roundtables, zoom calls and discussions on each of the topics in this month’s magazine and most of us have taken the steps to protect our clients and the companies we work for. In keeping up with my theme, reach out to someone in the security field and discuss one of these topics. It could range from the company that provides you with your gate or front desk staffing, an insurance broker, or your IT provider to discuss the wide array of protections for you and your client. Remember, we need to protect ourselves and our clients from all the various threats we face on a daily basis, so this is the time to ask those questions or take the required action to protect yourself. From a management company perspective, we are reviewing our cyber insurance policies annually and keeping up to date on the latest changes in our policies for our clients. We encourage our board members to meet and discuss these changes with their insurance broker in addition to all of their other cover ages on an annual basis. We review our front gate procedures with our staffing vendors and constantly keep up to date with the latest software updates on all of our IT systems and doing routine checks. Our Annual Awards Celebration is right around the corner and I look forward to seeing everyone at this year’s event for a wonderful night of celebrations. Our past President, Jeff Logan will be hosting our event so please join us in his final act. Have warm thoughts. Spring is around the corner! n

ANGELA KAVANAUGH CHAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANGELA@CAINJ.ORG JACLYN OSKIERKO DIRECTOR, CONFERENCE & EVENTS JACLYN@CAINJ.ORG BROOKE STOPPIELLO-NEVINS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER BROOKE@CAINJ.ORG ROBIN SURGENT DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

ROBIN@CAINJ.ORG JENNIFER FARRELL PROGRAM MANAGER JENNIFER@CAINJ.ORG GAIL BONUS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT GAIL@CAINJ.ORG

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