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Skipping the Tolls: Rhode Island Trucking Association Offers State a “Plan B”

Associations Now

In response to a controversial plan to introduce tolls for trucks, the Rhode Island Trucking Association didn’t get frustrated by the idea; instead, the group offered up a plan of its own that avoids relying on tolls entirely. The industry that would have to pick up the bill, however, is not so sure.

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Improve Your Association?s Value with Reverse Mentoring or Co-Mentoring

Smooth The Path

Members benefit from a well-made match and from a thought out process where each side understands the ground rules and their obligations for making the relationship work. How can you add even more value for long-time and new members by providing a process and expectations, so each member gets to be both the mentor and the mentee?

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Monday Buzz: Membership Success Fueled by the Web

Associations Now

A small Rhode Island association discovers how important its web presence really is. The Rhode Island Academy of Physician Assistants was founded in 1976, but it wasn’t until recently that its membership really began to take off. Plus: How long will Twitter be around? They don’t have to make any phone calls.

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Friday Buzz: The Super Bowl of Ham Radio

Associations Now

assistant director of the Charlestown, Rhode Island, Emergency Management Agency, noted that the tests work as a nice refresher for employees. An online community is a real art form, and doing it well takes a lot of thought early in the process. John Zabriskie Sr., What We Look For When Reviewing A Community https://t.co/n8WAssHPAE

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.9.21

Reid All About it

A few years ago, on a visit to my aunt in Rhode Island, I was inspired by the bean salad she made, so I developed my own recipe with additional inspiration from Our State It’s been a Fourth of July tradition ever since—a tradition made even more meaningful because the Fourth is my aunt’s birthday. . Would fresh clams be better?

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Association Blasts Medicare for Paying Unlicensed Prosthetics Providers

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Kirk said the findings come at a time when certified prosthetics and orthotics providers have complained about the government’s stringent auditing process. “As The association represents the interests of some 2,000 businesses that build and sell orthopedic braces and artificial limbs to patients.