May2016

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

T he upcoming spring and summer months are going to be very busy for our chapter. So far this year, all of our events have been sold out or met their attendance goals. I have to thank all of the committees for continuing to produce top notch events and educational seminars. We have rolled out a new program called the “Community Academic Institute Lecture Series,” that held its first session on Monday, March 21st. The session was called “Housing Discrimination and Reasonable Accommodations,” presented by Steven Mlenak, Esq. Steve presented a very informative and current overview of new laws and exceptions for the rules regarding the Fair Housing Act and other anti-discrimination laws. With a sold out room, every attendee commented on how informative and timely the seminar was. We are plan- ning on doing an encore presentation in the fall. We recently concluded our four regional Legislative Updates. We had over 200 managers, board members and business partners total in attendance. I need to thank all of the panelists as well as the host communities for their time and cooperation in making these updates successful. I am pleased to report that our “Jules Frankel Manager Education Assistance Program” received several applica- tions. All of the applicants were approved and will receive a $250 scholarship per M-200 and M-300 course that they applied for. This is a great program and I urge all managers with a CMCA to take advantage of the pro- gram. We will be offering the scholarships again in early 2017, so keep a lookout for information. Please be sure to sign up for our 8th Annual CA-PAC Day at the Races. Please see page 17 for more informa- tion. Also, be sure to check out page 8 for our current

legislative issues and an up to date CA-PAC contributor list- ing. If you are unable to attend the event, please consider helping the CA-PAC achieve its goal of raising $30,000 this year. More information is available on pages 14-15. Our Facebook page www.facebook.com/cainjchapter is the best source for keeping up-to-date with what’s going on with our chapter. Laura and the staff keep the page current and update it as our events are happening. Please visit our page and either “like or comment” on a post that

“I am pleased to report that our ‘Jules Frankel Manager Education Assistance Program’ received several applications.”

interests you. Who knows, you may be “tagged” in one of our event photos. So, as summer approaches, please get ready to party and network with CAI-NJ and its members. The Annual Beach Party to be held on August 11th at Martells Tki Bar is a “must attend” as well as our 2nd Annual CAI-NJ Olympics on July 20th. Start getting your teams in shape as the event is right around the corner. n

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