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Strict Compliance vs. Substantial Compliance – Not Knowing the Difference Can Cost You!

Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog

The association sent the owner a notice, dated May 23, 2013, informing him that a hearing would take place in front of the fining committee on June 5, 2013. The appellate court reversed the trial court’s award of the money judgment for the fines, including the association’s entitlement to legal fees and costs.

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Association Hunger Games: Victory or Defeat?

Aaron Wolowiec

In fact, a 2013 HBR blog post suggests, “Execution is a minefield… Agendas compete. Conduct a SWOT analysis. Even conducting a simple SWOT analysis when freshening up your conference plan can really improve implementation. Consultant-driven? Priorities clash. Decisions stall. Communication breaks down. Timelines get blown.

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Let Your Member Data Show You the Way

Spark Consulting

Prior to November 2013, NICSA asked its 170 member companies to join into one of 18 different member categories. These “clusters of behavior” were uncovered through analysis of member activity data conducted for NICSA by Elizabeth Engel, CAE, CEO and chief strategist at Spark Consulting. Click to enlarge.

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Diabetes Group Launches Campaign Over High Insulin Prices

Associations Now

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is taking stock of a troubling trend—one that’s costing patients dearly. Last week, the association released a resolution speaking out against the rising cost of insulin and released a companion petition to drive public interest in the issue. pic.twitter.com/5bpwnR2jJ2.

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Report: Decline in Federal Travel Spending Likely to Slow

Associations Now

Travel spending by federal agencies has fallen 27 percent since 2010—a result of new restrictions in the wake of several conference scandals—but it can’t drop much more, according to a media analysis that predicts federal travel spending will stabilize in the next few years. billion that year to $6.9

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No More Gut Feelings

Associations Now

How one association put its data to work to determine the true cost of serving its members—and whether its dues structure matched up. “We did a recalculation based on what that cost was, plus the margin we wanted to make, and found that it was only about a $15 increase over [the previous dues price],” Adkins says.

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Report: Following Airlines’ Lead, Hotels Pile on the Fees

Associations Now

“We have worked tirelessly with Orbitz to reach a deal with the economics that allow us to keep costs low and compete with low-cost carriers,” American Airlines President Scott Kirby told The Los Angeles Times. According to a new trend analysis report from NYU School of Professional Studies professor Bjorn Hanson, Ph.D.,