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Golden State collaboration: CAI California chapters discuss year ahead

Ungrated

Earlier this month, teams from CAI’s eight California chapters and the leaders from the California Legislative Action Committee met in person to collaboratively problem solve. It was a great day together in California. Together, we will ensure forward innovation. Together, we elevate our profession.”

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Why Nevada Doesn’t Have the Powerball

Associations Now

A combination of resort-industry opposition and lack of legislative momentum has kept Nevada, a state known for its legalized gambling, out of the lottery for decades. If Nevada residents want to take part in the Powerball—not an uncommon desire, considering the record jackpots of late —they have to cross the state border.

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Association Management Group (AMG) CEO Paul Mengert Named Educator of the Year by Community Associations Institute (CAI)

AMG

According to CAI, the Educator of the Year Award is given to a member who has contributed valuable educational content. Mengert credits his ongoing continuing education for contributing to his business savvy and leadership skills. It is his work in the wider community for CAI that earned Mengert the Educator of the Year Award.

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Conference Circuit: Education Technology Advocates Cross Digital Divides

Associations Now

A Boston accelerator brings community members together to discuss ways to improve and expand use of technology to improve education. Modern educators may have access to a wealth of technology resources, but many of these potentially groundbreaking tools have yet to achieve their full potential. The Week Ahead. Down the Line.

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26 ways association professionals find problem-solving inspiration

Association Success

to California. I might get a magazine in the mail at home that has nothing to do with education or association work, but I like the design or how they approached the issue and I think, ‘Could I use that for us?’. We asked what newsletters, organizations, podcasts and even TV shows they found helped them work harder and smarter. .

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Local Perspective

Associations Now

The cattle are hand-selected in Nevada, sent to a butchering facility in California and brought back, and listed on the menu as Nevada Beef. While much of the produce comes from bountiful California, the café uses herbs from a local hydroponic facility, fruit from a local orchard, and cheese from Carson City, Nevada.

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Los Angeles Proposes Plastic Grocery Bag Ban

Associations Now

The California Grocers Association, a nonprofit representing approximately 500 retail members in California and Nevada, supports the measure and doesn’t think it will imposes a financial burden on retailers. Really, the inconvenience will be the education to our consumers,” CGA president and CEO Ronald Fong told Reuters. .