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NC Bill to Restrict HOA/Condo Collections Would Harm Associations & Owners

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In addition to placing further requirements on associations as to the collection of past due assessments, the proposal would prohibit the filing of a lien against an owner who fails to pay obligatory association assessments unless the amount is $2,500 “or one year of unit owners’ association assessments, whichever is lesser.”

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.20.19

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If you’re in North Carolina, please consider supporting the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. New York and New Jersey are proposing similar laws—speak up if you live there. If this law ever comes to North Carolina, I am screwed. Thanks for considering this gift. Now, on to the show….

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AMG’s CEO Paul Mengert leads successful legislative battle to protect community association rights

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All of these scenarios became very real probabilities in North Carolina in recent years. In addition, these probabilities were being carefully watched by Community Association Institute (CAI) chapters across the US, because the way North Carolina handled the issue could inspire similar action–and set a precedent–around the nation.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.16.16

Reid All About it

Here’s a topic you need to stay on top of: the proposed U.S. Organizer: Association Executives of North Carolina. Facilitator: John Nash, Executive Director, The Arc of North Carolina. Department of Labor overtime rule. Find out how it could affect your association, then you’ll know why you should be concerned.

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Photojournalist Group Focuses on New Headquarters

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The National Press Photographers Association announced last month that it will relocate its headquarters from North Carolina to Georgia. The move puts the group at the center of academia, with offices on the campus of the University of Georgia. Poynter owns the newspaper.). Such collaborations have occasional pitfalls.

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Counseling Groups Partner to Fight Bill They Say Allows For Discrimination

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Now the American Counseling Association (ACA)—along with the Tennessee Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT), the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP), and other groups—are combining their resources, experience, and clout to bring attention to the potentially devastating effects of the proposed legislation.

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Take Education Beyond Conference Sessions Using the Latest Apps

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. “The learning value of events is often not in the formal programming, but in the interactions we have with other attendees and subject matter experts,” said Jeff Cobb, managing director at Tagoras, an educational consulting firm based in Carrboro, North Carolina. Create a Meeting of the Minds.