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Members Were My Mentors: Building Consensus Among the Folks Who Build

Association Adviser

After more than three decades at the helm of various AGC chapters, Michael Dunham, CEO of the Associated General Contractors of Georgia, Inc. Michael Dunham, AGC Georgia. Association Adviser: Mike, tell us a little about AGC Georgia. Michael Dunham: AGC Georgia was founded back in 1928. MD: Not really.

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Report: Goodwill Locations Hit By Credit-Card Breach

Associations Now

The charitable nonprofit group reported evidence that its payment systems were recently attacked and announced an investigation. and Canada, with no centralized point-of-sale system. One security expert noted that Goodwill will likely need to spend money intended for jobs programs to upgrade its point-of-sale systems.

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Out of Bloom: Lessons from a Nonprofit’s Demise

Associations Now

She linked to a piece by Funny Monkey blogger Bill Fitzgerald , who suggested that “our educational system is more outcome-centered than student-centered.” Most notable was the situation in Louisiana, where parents discovered that Social Security numbers were being used to classify students in the database.