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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

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Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. Last month, PEN America announced a member expansion plan to create regional chapters for the first time in its history.

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Report: What Lies Ahead for Meetings in 2017

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The report notes that in North America, hotel supply is expected to outpace demand for the first time since 2009—which means a buyer’s market for event planners. The report cites significant growth in the number of hotels in New York, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and Dallas. Hotel rooms abound.

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Liberian Community Groups Step Up Amid Ebola Crisis

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As the Liberian community in Dallas struggles with the wide-reaching impact of the deadly disease that took the life of Thomas Eric Duncan on Wednesday, local groups are helping to keep the community calm while discouraging discrimination. ” Woahloe made a similar point in a visit to a suburban Dallas church. “If

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Outdoor Advertising Meets Art in a Big Way

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” And the Outdoor Advertising Association of America is at the center of the project. The Outdoor Advertising Association of America, a trade group that represents the billboard industry, is investing $500,000 to plaster its members’ giant signs with the works of big-name artists like Edward Hopper and Chuck Close.

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New NBA Players Union Executive Blazes New Trail

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Michele Roberts—a trial lawyer with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP—was elected to lead the NBPA last week, becoming the first woman to lead a players union in any major sports league in North America. NBPA President Chris Paul (a Los Angeles Clippers star) noted that the vote showed a high level of player engagement.

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Airlines Defend Practices As Antitrust Probe Goes Airborne

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Airlines for America (A4A), the primary industry trade group, says that the investigation is misguided. “We We are confident that the Justice Department will find what we know to be true,” the group said in a statement to the Dallas Morning News. The Airlines’ Take.

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So What’s Taking High-Speed Rail So Long?

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When it comes to high-speed rail—despite the massive investment made since 2009, when President Obama approved funding for the endeavor in the stimulus bill—the rest of the world is passing America by. “68 trips a day” in Texas: The 239 miles separating Dallas and Houston could get a lot shorter by 2021.