November2017

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

A s we enter the final few months of 2017, I’d like to write about a few of the successes we achieved during the year. 2017 was another banner year for our chapter, but a few items particularly stand out (for me at least). We created a very strong pact of dedicated Homeowner Leaders that have become very involved in our chapter and attend most if not all of our Homeowner Leader events. This includes our Legislative Updates, the Educational Lecture Series held at our head- quarters in Freehold, the Board Leadership Development Workshop, the Annual Senior Summit, our Homeowner Leader Roundtable, the Annual Conference and Expo and the special program held at the Communities of Concordia concerning the recently passed “Gordon Bill.” I see many familiar faces at all of these events and it’s great that they are invested enough in their roles as board members to learn as much as they can, which in turn will make them more effective community leaders. Another program that has taken off and has proven to be very effective is our “Coffee and Cram,” CMCA study group. Our “Coffee and Cram” class is designed to help our managers who have completed the M-100 class pass the CMCA exam. This program was orig- inally administered by the CAI-NJ staff with help from managers from the Managers Committee and Debbie

Pasquariello, CIRMS. One of the major sections on the CMCA test pertains to the association’s insurance. Debbie was brought in to specifically address the insur- ance portion of the exam. The program was turned over to the Managers Committee and they now run the class. We’ve had over 50 managers take the class and sev- eral of them have successfully passed the CMCA exam and are now working to obtain their AMS designation. Hopefully in a few years we will have a whole new group of PCAM’s in our chapter.

"The board, committees and staff are always looking to create educational opportunities for all our members."

These are just two examples of our successful programs that we offer at CAI-NJ. The board, committees and staff are always looking to create educational opportunities for all our members. I’m sure we will add to the list in 2018. n

Check out the CAI National PMDP Schedule for 2018 on page 48 of this issue of Community Trends ® .

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