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

Ungrated

For example, the Michigan Condominium Act permits a homeowner to fly the Stars and Stripes on the exterior of their unit if the flag is not larger than 3 feet by 5 feet. State laws in Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, and Washington prevent restrictions on the display of state flags.

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Opt-Out, Not Opt-In: California Passes Tough Kill-Switch Law

Associations Now

This week, California Gov. While it’s not the first such measure— Minnesota beat California to the punch by a few months—the crucial difference is that this legislation requires the technology to be turned on as the default setting. The industry strongly opposed the California bill. Industry Pushback.

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

Association Alert

Second, private business boards differ from HOA boards because our legislature has extended some First Amendment-type protections to HOA members that corporate shareholders, for example, may not enjoy.

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After Mass Collision, Bird Conservation Group Discusses Bird-Friendly Building

Associations Now

“It’s the big incidents like this that get people’s attention, but birds are hitting buildings and other structures in ones and twos and fives and tens pretty much every day,” Audubon Minnesota Conservation Program Manager Joanna Eckles said. “So For example, the U.S.

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

Associations Now

A great example of this: During the “Mad Men” era of the 1950s and 1960s, many newspaper comics (among them, Beetle Bailey , Hagar the Horrible , and Nancy ) were made in the same region of Connecticut , in part due to its fairly close proximity to the syndicates that published and distributed the comics.

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Study: Why Business Travel Costs Vary Significantly by City

Associations Now

Per the report, nearly all of the other states in the top 15, with the exception of Minnesota, are coastal, with a particular lean on the Northeast and West Coast. For example, New York City has higher meal and hotel costs but below-average car rental costs. Boston has above-average costs for car rental, meals, and hotels.“.

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Advocacy and Governance 2.0

Association Adviser

In this month’s episode of Association Adviser TV , Katie Nadeau, operations director of the Minnesota Business Partnership, offers valuable tips for keeping CEOs and other C-Suite execs engaged with your organization. Real-world examples of boards and advocacy working together. Valentino Sabuco, The Financial Awareness Foundation.