November 2016 CT

INSIDE CONNECTION JACLYN OLSZEWSKI | DIRECTOR, EVENTS & EDITORIAL

E ach year CAI-NJ recognizes excellence in our industry during the Annual Awards Dinner. This event focuses on you, our members, and the contributions that you make to the community association industry. Please note the date of this event has changed. This grand affair is set to be held on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at the Palace at Somerset Park. For anyone who has not attended this in the past, I highly recommend that you join us. The creative details that the awards committee design and bring to life along with the effervescent atmosphere of the event itself make the Annual Awards Dinner a must attend event to kick off the year! This event continues to grow at a rapid pace with increases in attendance that provides guests with more and more networking opportunities. One of the greatest ways to participate in this event, is through the nomination process. CAI-NJ has opened up the nominations to all CAI-NJ members for categories includ- ing, Committee of the Year, Committee Chair of the Year, and Candice Bladt Manager of the Year. For the first year ever, we have opened up two new nomination categories. Community of the Year is now open for nominations. We strongly encourage our vendors, managers and community boards to submit nominations for the boards that you work with and volunteer on. Please send in your nomination along with supporting documents to help CAI-NJ determine which community will win the inaugural award. Please note that three (3) board members from the community must be members in good standing of CAI-NJ to be eligible for the

The 2017 Annual Awards Dinner date has been changed to Thursday, February 16, 2017. Please mark your calendars with the new date! award. If you are unsure of the status of a board, feel free to contact the CAI-NJ office. Please use the nomination packet on pages 36-38 of this issue of Community Trends ® . The CAI-NJ F.A.S.T. is also introducing an award to be handed out at the Awards Dinner, the Outstanding Young Professional Award. This award will be granted to a young professional in our industry who makes a difference in others’ lives through volunteer work, self-sacrificing spirit, diligence, reliability, determination, and follow through. If you have a young professional in your organization that you would like to nominate, please use the form on page 65 of this issue of Community Trends ® . I hope you will consider joining us to celebrate your accomplishments as well as your peers who have given so much to CAI-NJ this past year. If you have any questions regarding this, or any other events please feel free to con- tact me at jaclyn@cainj.org or 609-588-0030. n

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