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Daily Buzz: The.Org Battle Gets a Public Protest

Associations Now

SaveDotOrg , an advocacy group that counts numerous nonprofits, including ASAE, among its supporters, has organized a protest against the sale of the.org domain to Ethos Capital. A plan to sell the.org top-level domain to a private equity firm is highly controversial—and now some opponents of the sale are taking it to the streets.

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Transportation Group Hopes Annual List Guides Infrastructure Decisions

Associations Now

The American Transportation Research Institute recently released its annual list of the 100 worst bottlenecks for trucks nationwide—information that the organization hopes will guide decisions on infrastructure investment as well as help motor carriers and drivers. Cincinnati; and Los Angeles. Chicago; Louisville, Ky.;

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Conference Circuit: Tractors Steeped in History

Associations Now

Jam-packed with nearly 600 sessions and over 4,600 presenters, six sessions of the conference will be broadcast live online , and through the archives, you can watch conference sessions stretching back to 2002. (By If you think it’s hard enough organizing events within your own organization, imagine working hand-in-hand with another!

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Labor Tensions Cause Port Headaches for Retail, Manufacturing Industries

Associations Now

In 2002, after a 10-day work stoppage at the ports, President George W. A shipping consultant told The Los Angeles Times that the stoppage was so painful that it took 100 days for ports on the West Coast to resume normal operations. “The time for monitoring has passed. The time for action has come.”.