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Ahh spring, my favorite season. Done with that pesky snow, hopefully,
the air has this freshness that you do not get any other time of the year
and the beginning of greenery everywhere. Finally, the ability to walk
out without a heavy jacket and gloves and no need to take your car to the
carwash to get the salt off. And then of course there is the Easter Bunny and
spring break, April is a good time.
April is also a very busy month for our chapter. We have the 4 legislative
updates for southern, south central, central and north Jersey. Please make
sure you attend one of these because I assure you there is LOT they have to
talk about. There is also the CA-PAC Top Golf event. We expect to have the
highest attendance ever. And last, but
definitely not least, is the Spring Break
Party. Again, it will be at the Grand
Marquis in Old Bridge. It was an
awesome event and I am sure it will
be the same, if not better this year.
I wanted to give you an update of the
two items I had mentioned at the retreat.
The first thing is the hiring of a public
relations firm to help our chapter get more visibility online as well as inform people
living in communities how much the chapter is doing for them and the advantages
of becoming a member. As you know, we recently crossed the 2,000-member
mark and our goal is to be the second largest chapter. I assure it is definitely attain-
able. Anyway, through the hard work of the task force created in the prior year,
we have narrowed it down and are within reach of selecting a firm. Once hired
the firm will work closely with our amazing staff and will also reach out to all the
various committees to get their input and suggestions. I am really confident we will
see the benefits of hiring this firm.
Secondly, I spoke about reaching out to vocational schools so we can tap
into the pool of people making a career change or reentering the work force.
We have put together a task force and one of our members has arranged for
us to meet with the program coordinator at one of our local schools. This is
something I am very excited about. We have such a need for new manag-
PRESIDENT’S
CORNER
Mohammed Salyani, CPA
CAI-NJ 2019 PRESIDENT
WilkinGuttenplan
“As you know we
recently crossed the
2,000-member mark
and our goal is to be
the second largest
chapter.”
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JACLYN OSKIERKO
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BROOKE STOPPIELLO-NEVINS
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MEMBER SERVICES
JENNIFER FARRELL
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
ADDRESS
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500 HARDING ROAD,
FREEHOLD, NJ 07728
PHONE
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Spring is in The Air
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