December 2017

INSIDE CONNECTION ANGELA KAVANAUGH | DIRECTOR, CONFERENCE & PROGRAMS

H opefully you had an opportunity to “Step Right Up” and join us for our 2017 Conference & Expo, held at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center at Raritan Center in Edison on Wednesday, October 18th. Thanks to our exhibitors incorporating the Carnival theme, it was a fun day for all that attended. This

year’s winners of The Best Use of Theme Contest were G&C Electronics and Rezkom Enterprises. Adding to the excitement, we once again gave away $1,000 per hour to five lucky winners. The winners were James Bennett, CMCA of Preferred Community Management Services, Inc., Jeff Cirkus, CMCA, AMS, PCAM of Associa Community Management Corp., Bob Blum of Four Seasons at Metedeconk Lakes, Emma Flores

of G&C Electronics and Georgann Reinartz of Society Hill at Somerset VI. This year the schedule allowed for six educational programs, a topic of inter- est for everyone. We had the highest attendance with a record number of more than 1,100 people walking the tradeshow floor gather- ing advice and important resources for their communi- ties from the 167 exhibitors.

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The location for the 2018 Conference & Expo on October 18, 2018.

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Winners of Best Use of Theme Contest at the 2017 CAI-NJ Conference & Expo, (above) G&C Electronics, and (below) Rezkom Enterprises.

NEWLOCATION FOR THE 2018 CAI-NJ ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPO Plans are already underway for the 2018 CAI-NJ Conference & Expo. We are excited to announce that it will be at the Event Center at IPLAY America, 110 Schanck Road in Freehold on Thursday, October 18, 2018. This brand-new venue is conveniently located in central New Jersey and will be more accessible for our members via the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 18 and 195. The Event Center at IPLAY America is one of the very few venues that can accommodate the size of our trade-

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