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Acoustics Group Project Looks to Improve Sound-Related Wikipedia Pages

Associations Now

To ensure people find the correct answers there, the Acoustical Society of America is helping launch a wiki-editing project. Applying a similar principle, the Acoustical Society of America is undertaking a new project—updating Wikipedia pages on sound and acoustics—because that’s where the public is searching for answers. “For

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Constructive measures: Handling construction projects during the COVID-19 outbreak

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Community associations may need to reevaluate which construction projects are necessary to their continued operation—and which ones to put on hold during the outbreak. If boards decide to postpone certain projects, the terms should be negotiated to prevent a potential breach of contract, says Ober.

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Tapping Into Attendee Expertise For Community Service Projects

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Your attendees have professional skills and specialized knowledge that can make a difference when they’re put to work in a conference-related community service project. Association conferences often feature a community service project —a chance for attendees to give back to the local community where the meeting is being held.

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Financial impacts: What the costs of COVID-19 mean for community associations

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Higher operating expenses and unanticipated costs due to the ongoing global crisis pose challenges to association budget projections, reserves planning, and maintenance requirements. Karen Martinez is CEO at ASPM-San Diego?. . >>Read How is your community managing costs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic?

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A Year in Photos

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Louis, San Diego, Kansas City, Portland, Fort Lauderdale I tried not to take pictures of myself (two, neither of my face) or people in general (very few), my meals (although there are food photos), or my cat (less successful there). House projects in process (everyone takes pictures when they're done). Outlaw art. Big things.

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News Revenue Hub Expands as Journalism Membership Programs Grow

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An initiative by Voice of San Diego to bring membership programs to media outlets is picking up enough steam that it’s being spun off into a separate nonprofit. The News Revenue Hub launched last year, a project of the nonprofit news outlet Voice of San Diego.

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The Guardian Expands U.S. Reporting With New Nonprofit Arm

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Earlier this year, Voice of San Diego spun off its News Revenue Hub , a program designed to help news outlets build membership-driven revenue programs, as a separate nonprofit. And in April, Jimmy Wales, the creator of Wikipedia, launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to put together journalism project WikiTribune.