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Have you been looking for a way to become more involved with CAI on the national level? Now is your opportunity.

In August, elections will be held to fill open seats on CAI’s three Membership Representation Groups (MRGs):

Association for Professional Community Managers (APCM) Board

Business Partners Council

Community Association Volunteers Committee

MRGs represent and communicate with their class(es) of members to ensure CAI is meeting its members’ needs. Each MRG is tasked with giving input on policy matters to the CAI Board of Trustees; electing members to the Board of Trustees, and making recommendations on best practices, education curriculums, and designations.  MRGs meet in person every year at CAI’s national conference and at a retreat with the Board of Trustees, as well as via conference call throughout the year.

Self-nominations for open MRG positions will be accepted online through July 16. For additional information, visit CAI’s website.

This is an excellent opportunity for dedicated volunteer leaders to help shape the future of the Membership Representation Groups and the future of CAI.

Want a chance to win some great prizes and help CAI grow at the same time?  Join the Every One Counts membership recruitment campaign and you could win a all-expense vacation package, a 32-inch flat screen TV, an XM or Sirius radio with one year of service or $500 in gas. 

Each new member you help bring to CAI gets you another chance for these great prizes and helps us become an even stronger organization.  All it takes is one phone call, one email, or one conversation. 

Well thought out licensing of professional community association mangers serves to provide vital consumer protections to homeowners, foster good governance and raise the standards of professionalism across the industry.

When such efforts are based on industry-created certifications (CMCA) and or designations (AMS, LSM, PCAM and AAMC) they provide assurance that professional managers have the needed skills to take on the difficult task of community association management. Having such regulations based on industry-developed national designations also enables companies and managers to operate in or move to different states without having to undertake differing educational and licensing requirements. 

For years, CAI’s member advocates have been working toward that goal. 2008 has been a landmark year in advancing our agenda on manager licensing. Virginia has recently passed a comprehensive licensing bill where manager certification and company licensure are linked with CAI-developed designations. Currently similar bills are pending in Illinois, Rhode Island and North Carolina and initial licensing efforts are underway in South Carolina.

CAI is pleased to announce that our Issues Advancement Fund (IAF), after a successful online auction this Spring, is issuing two grants in support of these important efforts. This week, the IAF Committee will be sending seed grants to the Illinois Legislative Action Committee and the Rhode Island Legislative Action Committee in support of their Licensing Efforts. This money will be used in conjunction with locally raised funds to support the efforts to pass these bills in the current legislative cycle. The efforts of these LACs, as well as that of our more than 300 advocacy volunteers across the country, are a critical means by which we shape the future of our industry.  We are proud to support their efforts..