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Building standards: Improving structural integrity requirements for condominiums

Ungrated

CAI’s Government and Public Affairs Committee recently held a meeting with experts representing attorneys, builders, reserve specialists, and insurance professionals to discuss current best practices, standards, and public policies related to condominium structural integrity requirements. Building inspections and maintenance.

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Association Brain Food: 10.20.23

Reid All About it

MCI released a benchmark survey report on AI adoption in associations. Katherine Wayne, AMC Association Management Center ) Dealing with data: how to create reports that work for everyone. In 2016, China reported 17.86 This week, it reported 9.56 AI adoption. The Free Press ) Social media platforms hate the written word.

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Scientific Groups Question Moves by Trump Administration to Shake Up Advisory Boards

Associations Now

More than a dozen groups, led by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, are speaking out after reports that dozens of scientists would be removed from advisory roles with the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Baucus Signals Openness to Revenue-Neutral Tax Reform

Associations Now

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is reportedly open to revenue-neutral tax reform but says no final decisions have been made yet. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is reportedly open to a revenue-neutral approach to tax reform, which could be a hard sell to Senate Democrats.

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Governors Association Launches Opioid Treatment Pilot Targeted at Prisons

Associations Now

Last month, NGA announced a pilot program in eight states—Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington—that will expand access to addiction treatment for offenders in prisons. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 65 percent of U.S.

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A Tool for Better Member Volunteer Matching

Associations Now

But in most other association volunteer roles—ranging from committees all the way down to ad hoc odd jobs—the reality is often that any warm body will do. In key leadership roles (particularly boards of directors), those people are often carefully vetted for their skills, knowledge, and interests. Alexander Maki, Ph.D.,

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Everyday Technology: Innovative Ways To Do More With Less

Beth Kanter

In the free report, Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services , we share nine examples of what real world organizations are doing—and a framework for innovation you can use to emulate their results at your own nonprofit. Well, no, we’ve been here for 43 years.