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LOOKING FORWARD
LARRY THOMAS, PCAM | CAI-NJ CHAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The upcoming spring and summer months are going to
be very busy for our chapter. So far this year, all of
our events have been sold out or met their attendance
goals. I have to thank all of the committees for continuing
to produce top notch events and educational seminars.
We have rolled out a new program called the “Community
Academic Institute Lecture Series,” that held its first session
on Monday, March 21st. The session was called “Housing
Discrimination and Reasonable Accommodations,” presented
by Steven Mlenak, Esq. Steve presented a very informative
and current overview of new laws and exceptions for the rules
regarding the Fair Housing Act and other anti-discrimination
laws. With a sold out room, every attendee commented on
how informative and timely the seminar was. We are plan-
ning on doing an encore presentation in the fall.
We recently concluded our four regional Legislative
Updates. We had over 200 managers, board members
and business partners total in attendance. I need to thank
all of the panelists as well as the host communities for their
time and cooperation in making these updates successful.
I am pleased to report that our “Jules Frankel Manager
Education Assistance Program” received several applica-
tions. All of the applicants were approved and will receive
a $250 scholarship per M-200 and M-300 course that
they applied for. This is a great program and I urge all
managers with a CMCA to take advantage of the pro-
gram. We will be offering the scholarships again in early
2017, so keep a lookout for information.
Please be sure to sign up for our 8th Annual CA-PAC
Day at the Races. Please see page 17 for more informa-
tion. Also, be sure to check out page 8 for our current
legislative issues and an up to date CA-PAC contributor list-
ing. If you are unable to attend the event, please consider
helping the CA-PAC achieve its goal of raising $30,000
this year. More information is available on pages 14-15.
Our Facebook page
is the best source for keeping up-to-date with what’s going
on with our chapter. Laura and the staff keep the page
current and update it as our events are happening. Please
visit our page and either “like or comment” on a post that
interests you. Who knows, you may be “tagged” in one of
our event photos.
So, as summer approaches, please get ready to party
and network with CAI-NJ and its members. The Annual
Beach Party to be held on August 11th at Martells Tki
Bar is a “must attend” as well as our 2nd Annual CAI-NJ
Olympics on July 20th. Start getting your teams in shape
as the event is right around the corner. n
“I am pleased to report that
our ‘Jules Frankel Manager
Education Assistance Program’
received several applications.”