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J A N U A R Y , 2 0 1 7
LOOKING
FORWARD
LARRY THOMAS, PCAM
| CAI-NJ CHAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
I
hope your holiday break was enjoyable and full of
happy times with family and friends. As the new year
gets into full swing, I wanted to write and say how much
I appreciate all you do, and to provide you with a few
pieces of information I hope will be helpful to you and your
communities.
We had a very successful Annual Meeting and Chapter
Retreat on December 8th. I want to welcome Jeff Logan to
the Board of Directors and thank outgoing board member
Fran McGovern, Esq. for all of his efforts during his six-year
term as a CAI-NJ board member. All of the committees met
at the Retreat, we have several new faces this year and
this was a great opportunity for them to get together with
the other committee members. Committees discussed their
plans and calendar for 2017 and geared up for moving
forward as the new year begins. Another member that also
has a membership in a different CAI chapter stated to me
how amazed she was at how many volunteers we get to
serve on our committees. We are truly fortunate to have as
many dedicated and passionate members who take their
time to better our industry and grow our chapter’s initiatives.
Recently, the CAI-NJ Board, staff and other invited guests
spent an entire day dedicated to establishing a strategic
plan for our chapter. Dawn Bauman from the CAI National
office conducted the session and we are all very pleased
with the plan that was developed. We will revisit the pro-
posal at the January board meeting and publish the plan
sometime in February.
HAPPY 2017!
We will be emailing out the applications for the 2017
Jules Frankel Manager Education Assistance Program in
early January. This program was introduced by the board
in 2016 and was created to assist our manager members
in furthering their careers in the community management
profession. The board dedicated $5,000 in the budget
for this program. If you are currently a CAI member with
a CMCA designation, you can apply for a scholarship. If
selected, the Board will pay $250 towards the cost of a
PMDP class after you successfully complete the class. This
is a great opportunity to work towards getting your AMS
and PCAM designations.
That’s all for now. But in closing, I would be remiss if I
didn’t thank Larry Sauer for a great year as the 2016 CAI‑NJ
President. Larry was always available and visible at our
events. I’m sure that we will have an equally successful year
with our new President, Denise Becker. I, and the entire staff
look forward to “raising the bar” in 2017 and are always
available to assist our members in any way we can.
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"If you are currently a
CAI member with a CMCA
designation, you can apply
for a scholarship."