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Party on: Tips for successful community activities and events

Ungrated

Don’t mess with the folks who sign your permits,” warns Kristi Felouzis, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, general manager for South Riding Proprietary in Virginia. Big events require permits from a variety of officials, among them the fire marshal’s office and local building, zoning, and health departments. They are just doing their jobs.

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School Psychologists Urge Positive Approach to Tragic Anniversaries

Associations Now

And April will mark the anniversaries of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and the 1999 shooting at Colorado’s Columbine High School. At the top of the list is a simple guideline: “Create welcoming, supportive learning environments. Many such changes have been implemented in schools in recent years.

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Improve Student Success with an Online Learning Community

WBT Systems

We’ve got Higher Logic on the mind this week because WBT Systems is a Silver Sponsor of the Higher Logic Super Forum from October 15 to October 17 in Arlington, Virginia. At the start of the course, instructors should review community guidelines—the standard for all your online programs.

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Lender Questionnaires and Management Contracts

Virginia Condo & HOA Law Blog

These two government sponsored enterprises began developing additional guidelines for project standards after the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse in Florida in June 2021. If you haven’t seen questionnaire changes already you will likely be seeing them in the near future.

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Condo rules for animals vary widely

Community Associations Network

When my clients are considering the purchase of a condominium or cooperative, they initially have three association guidelines on their minds: the rental policy, the renovation policy, and the pet policy. Read the article………………………

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Journalism Society Calls Out Rolling Stone Editorial Lapses

Associations Now

The Society of Professional Journalists is encouraging staff at Rolling Stone magazine to consult SPJ’s Code of Ethics in the future to avoid mistakes it made in the reporting and editing of its controversial and now discredited article on an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia.

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How To Stop Your Nonprofit’s After Hours Email Habit

Beth Kanter

In a research report called “ Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect, ” professors from Lehigh University, Virginia Tech, and Colorado State University found that an “always on” culture may prevent employees from fully disengaging from work, causing stress. Here’s a good guide to writing precise emails.

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