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Defamation Claims by Directors and Officers Against Members – What you Need to Know

Association Alert

2017) (‘When individuals seek to serve as directors of an organization, they meet the second rationale for public figure status.); The Plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals shot down each of these defenses by holding that: The law throughout the United States “suggests that private board members can become limited purpose public figures.

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Report: The Story Machine Learning Tells About Nonprofits

Associations Now

The firm used topic modeling, a type of machine learning, to analyze 2017 tax filings from 353,000 nonprofits secured from the IRS and managed using Amazon Web Services. Recently, the data analytics firm Civis teamed with the magazine Fast Company to dive into data about nonprofits in 15 different topic areas.

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Members Hire Bold Strategies

Potomac Core

In March of 2017, a Task Force comprised of the Board of Directors and Staff Leadership launched a Strategic Planning process. The initial phase of the Strategic Plan was approved by the Board of Directors on April 15, 2018 and presented by the Board Task Force to an all Membership Meeting at the Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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A Different Kind of Pain at the Pump: Gas Stations Struggle With EMV Upgrades

Associations Now

Many gas stations are working to meet an October 2017 deadline, which could cause issues for drivers, who won’t be able to use the pump during the upgrade process. In Arizona, for example, more skimmers were found at gas pumps during August than throughout all of 2015, according to a KSAZ report.

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3 Topics for Medical Society Execs to Watch

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2017 marks the first performance measurement period under Medicare’s new Quality Payment Program (QPP), created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Brown , Vice President, Government Affairs, American Medical Association and. Shawn Martin , Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement, and Policy, .

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Strategic Communications Power Membership Value at the American Public Power Association

Association Adviser

For example, one of our member utilities serves the Navajo Nation — spread across Arizona, Utah and New Mexico — where there are still about 15,000 families that have never been connected to electricity. It’s shocking to think of something like that in 2017, but it’s true!