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Divided we fall: Helping address inequality in community associations

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Pursuing a flag-related amendment was encouraged, but a more immediate strategy for the board was to use their nuisance clause to target the behavior as interfering with other residents’ quiet enjoyment of their homes, says Burton, a shareholder of Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler Hailey in San Antonio.

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Winning Achievements: CAI Members Honored for Outstanding Contributions

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Gale, owner of Epic Association Management in Las Vegas, has been a dedicated CAI advocate since 2011, serving as the CAI Nevada Chapter ‘s membership committee chair, on its board of directors, and as its 2020 president. CAI Nevada Legislation Action Committee was honored with the Legislative Action Committee of the Year Award.

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Three Ways to Get Better Feedback About Your Conferences

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That’s what the Society for Critical Care Medicine did at its 2018 conference in San Antonio. It’s common for associations to have members serve as peer reviewers or on program advisory committees. The command center also allowed staff to confirm that speakers had checked into a ready room and had presentations ready.

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Groups Concerned Pending Texas Bill Could Weaken LGBTQ Protections

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But six major Texas cities—Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Plano and San Antonio—have their own nondiscrimination protections in place. The bill has been advanced by the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee and is now eligible to be taken up by the full Senate.

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Three Ways to Get Better Feedback About Your Conferences

Associations Now

That’s what the Society for Critical Care Medicine did at its 2018 conference in San Antonio. It’s common for associations to have members serve as peer reviewers or on program advisory committees. The command center also allowed staff to confirm that speakers had checked into a ready room and had presentations ready.

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ASAE Joins Tourism, Business Groups to Oppose Texas “Religious Refusal” Bill

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The bill, which would allow state-licensed professionals to deny services based on a “sincerely held religious belief,” advanced out of the Senate State Affairs Committee March 25. “These include policies that explicitly or implicitly allow for the exclusion of LGBTQ people, or anyone else.”

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Texas House Considers Discriminatory Bill Alternative

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A Texas House committee held a hearing into the early Thursday morning hours on an amended version of House Bill 2899, which would prevent municipalities and school districts from establishing bathroom use policies. This week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott came out in support of House Bill 2899.

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