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ANGELA KAVANAUGH | DIRECTOR, CONFERENCE & PROGRAMS
Hopefully you were able to attend this year’s
Conference & Expo held on Wednesday, October
26th at the Garden State Exhibit Center in
Somerset. This year we chose to move the tradeshow to
a weekday and the move resulted in this year’s CAI-NJ
tradeshow being our largest and most attended ever with
a record number of more than 1,100 people walking the
floor gathering advice and important resources for their
communities from the 167 exhibitors.
It was an exciting day and the energy was high as
everyone waited for the drawing of the hourly winners of
the $1,000 prizes. The winners for the day were Marvin
Brother of Concordia Homeowners Association, Linda
Kinzinger of Windsor Haven HOA, Bruce Gudin, Esq.
of Ehrlich, Petriello, Gudin & Plaza, P.C., Jeff Lincow of
RestoreCore and Alex Husarenko of Superior Distribution.
Congratulations to all of the winners.
Four educational programs were presented. One for each
of our member representation groups, community board mem-
bers, community property managers and business partners, in
addition to the always well attended Legislative Update.
Testimonials from some of our attendees
“CAI NJ continues to bring relevant topics to the Lecture
Series at the Conference and Expo which addressed all
attendees. At the program of a One Hour Board Meeting,
managers and board members were able to learn time-sav-
ing tips to help assist with a productive meeting. The Ethics
and Confidentiality program, showed managers and their
board members how to identify certain problems which
can occur within a community. The discussion was inter-
active and allowed for solutions to be discussed. Last but
certainly not least, the Legislative Updates on the Municipal
Services reform, Mortgage Foreclosure reform, Manager
We hope you enjoyed the show!
Licensing and Elections reform kept managers in touch with
important legislation changes.”
—Erin O’Reilly, CMCA, AMS, FirstService Residential.
“The 2016 CAI-NJ Conference and Expo was a great
success! The networking opportunities on Tuesday night
were great. The quality of the traffic on the trade show
floor was also great. Switching to the week days was a
success for us!”
— Jim Rademacher, CEO, Rezkom Enterprises, Inc.
“As a board member of a condo association, I always
look forward to the CAI-NJ Annual Conference & Expo. It
allows me over the course of several hours to engage indus-
try providers about their products and services as well as
hear from well-known experts about the latest developments
effecting common interest communities. This year’s expo
had a lively atmosphere about it given it was held so close
to Halloween. The drawing of $1,000 each to five lucky
winners randomly drawn added to the excitement in the
exhibition hall. As I observed the board attendees leaving
at the expo’s close, there were smiling faces carrying fully
packed event bags.”
—Steve Kroll, Board Member of Fairways at Livingston.
The Conference & Expo committee has already begun
to plan the 2017 Conference & Expo. It will once again
be at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset and is
scheduled for Thursday, November 2, 2017. Mark
your calendars and save the date. Information will be
available shortly and booths will be available for purchase
in early 2017.
Your feedback is important to us. Please feel free to con-
tact me at (609)588-0030 or with your
ideas on what you would like to see incorporated in our
tradeshow next year.n