Welcome to Ungated

CAI's Association of Professional Community Managers has recently introduced a new member benefit for manager members!  The CommunityManagers Network is a new listserv available to all CAI manager members. Any CAI manager member is eligible for membership regardless of experience level or position. This tool is designed to provide peer to peer networking and idea sharing for professional community managers nation-wide. 

This networking group is a great tool for learning...no question or comment is considered "too simple".  We are made up of experienced managers and new managers.  Those of you with experience know the value of getting answers from those with more experience when you first entered the community association field. Therefore, ask your questions and provide your expertise regardless of how simple - knowing that someone on the network will benefit from it.  As for the tougher questions, it’s a great opportunity for managers to discuss potential solutions.

More than 100 managers have already signed up!  And we are getting new requests everyday!  We have the potential of growing the CommunityManagers Network to more than 8,000 CAI members.

To subscribe, send an email to communitymanagers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Authorization is required. Please include your name, CAI member number, and your company or association name in the body of the email when you sign up. The moderator will send you a confirmation.  If you want to receive fewer messages you can visit your Yahoo profile and edit the section on how you receive messages.

Be sure to share this opportunity with colleagues who are also CAI members.

Today, the law requiring certification of professional community association managers and the licensing of management companies officially becomes law in Virgina. This legislation will provide homeowners with the assurance that their community association manager has a minimum set of qualifications needed to handle the complex and challenging task of community management.

Also critical is the fact that by statute, persons holding a CAI or NBC-CAM certification will be considered to have met the individual certification requirements and companies holding an AAMC will have met the qualifications for corporate licensure. In adopting the CAI/NBC-CAM family of certifications and designations the legislature has deferred to the experts on management, including the many CAI volunteers who’ve worked to develop these programs over the years.

This threshold will have more of an immediate impact on the Commonwealth government than it will on managers in Virginia. As of today, Virginia will be able to officially begin the implementation process that will include appointing a Common Interest Community Board to draft the regulations necessary to implement this law. As they work through this process we will be able to convey more information to you on when the required provisional licenses will be available and how to apply for one.

In the mean time, we have established an information page where you can learn more about the law and its impact on your association or business. In addition, the Virginia Department of Professional Regulation has published this FAQ on the new law (which also addresses other issues beyond manager licensing including the new Ombudsman and risk management in communities).