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Know before you fly: Not all flags are treated equally under the law

Ungrated

For those who live in community associations, it’s important to know how to properly fly a U.S. Other states, such as California and Connecticut, do not permit associations to restrict the display of political flags. Proudly fly your flags—in compliance with your association’s governing documents and state statutes.

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Association Brain Food: 12.1.23

Reid All About it

Hilary Marsh explains the why, what, and how of content calendars and how to choose the best one for your organization. Ex Ordo describes how to implement conference and abstract management software for medical, technical, scientific, and academic society events. Conference/abstract management. 1 CAE credit. . –

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth Kanter

How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. The planners of this event offered some valuable lessons for any organization on how to design effective and engaging retreats. Designing the meeting so it is effective and encourages team-building can be tricky.

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Staying Informed in the Perfect HOA: Board Member Education

HOA Strategies

Knowing how to navigate common BOD ground rules and conduct expectations will help you bring your community that much closer to being the perfect HOA. Whatever your HOA Code of Conduct looks like, it should be documented and amended as needed. Standard HOA Code of Conduct Being a board member is hard work.

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Olive Oil Groups Dispute Standard Setting

Associations Now

Part of the effort includes a push for more uniform quality ratings in response to new standards in California that would set the Golden State’s oil apart from imported versions. But most of the olive oil produced in California doesn’t fall into those categories and instead is of the extra-virgin grade.

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Preparing for an Association Event’s Security Means Going Off Auto-Pilot and Taking Control for Yourselves

Association Adviser

Was it worth that time and energy, and how do you know? Lori Kinsey, Meeting Professionals International, Northern California Chapter. It was empowering to write the plan, and collectively we were more confident about the safety and security of the event with the support of this document. Reach her at lorik@mpincc.org.

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Following Sexual Harassment Scandal, Science Moves Forward

Associations Now

In the weeks after a high-profile scandal led to the resignation of a prominent astronomer at the the University of California-Berkeley, scientific groups have reinforced their approach to fighting sexual harassment. ” (AAS, meanwhile, launched an anti-harassment policy of its own back in 2008, according to Nature.).