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Ask the Governor to Veto SB1265 TODAY!

SB1265 is a bad bill for Homeowners Associations and it’s about to hit Governor Jerry Brown’s desk. Take action now to ask him to veto SB1265. CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC) makes it easy! Visit their “Current Campaigns” page to send a pre-drafted email to Governor Brown.

Then please call the governor’s office, follow CLAC’s easy instructions:

CALL THE GOVERNOR at 916-445-2841, choose option #6 to speak to a person, and then ask the staffer who picks up for a VETO on Senate Bill 1265. They will ask for you zip code. That’s it. It takes about 30-seconds to call!

View the text of the bill and see it’s progress here: SB 1265

Read more:

The Sacramento Bee – “California’s homeowner association elections are perfectly fair”

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CAI National Conference

Last week, CAI held the Annual Conference in Washington D.C. Our executives, Nels and Bre Atha were in attendance to meet with and learn from trendsetting leaders of the community association industry from all over the world. CIS is committed to offering the most innovative products and services to our clients. We accomplish this by keeping our staff educated on current industry trends and recent legislative changes that affect our business and the communities we serve. It is our goal to provide the resources, knowledge, and guidance to the board members we work with in order to bring harmony and order to the associations they serve. Events like the CAI Annual Conference help us to achieve these goals.

Stay tuned for more details about all the happenings at the conference, including:

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SB 721: Call to Action

SB 721, also known as the “Balcony Bill”, is making its way through the CA legislature and will have a profound impact on HOA’s in California if passed. Nels Atha and other members of CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC) will be in Sacramento on April 8th and 9th for CAI’s Legislative Day to advocate to our representatives on behalf of our clients. Contact your representatives today to let them know how this bill will affect your community or join us for Legislative Day in the capitol.

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Free Webinar from Association Reserves on March 15

It is valuable to your association to have board members that know their stuff. We recommend all board members participate in HOA education to stay current on new laws and trends in the industry. It’s also beneficial to review the basics every so often and this free “Reserve Study Basics for 2018” course from Association Reserves is a great opportunity to do just that. Check out what Association Reserves has to say about this upcoming course and make sure to register below.

Reserve Study Basics for 2018

Every so often it is important to take it back to the basics to improve your understanding of a subject. Reserve contributions are regularly one of an association’s largest budget line items (or they should be!). So save time, save money, and avoid costly mistakes by joining us for this “Reserve Study Basics” webinar. Whether you are a Board Member or Manager, in this 45-minute session we’ll show you how the basic principles of Reserve Studies are in the best interests of your association.

Thursday, March 15 at 11am PT (2pm ET) and 1:30pm PT (4:30pm ET)

*Choose your preferred time from the drop down menu

Click here to submit any questions prior to the webinar.

This course is approved by:

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CIS Celebrates International Women’s Day

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day, also known as the United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.  “It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political…The Charter of the United Nations, signed in 1945, was the first international agreement to affirm the principle of equality between women and men.” (SOURCE: UN.org)

Women in Our Industry

Women are well represented in the HOA management industry as onsite managers, portfolio managers, management company owners and executives and HOA board members. Our industry would be lacking without the contributions of these women. Today we celebrate their achievements and support the progress and advancement of all women in our industry. We encourage management companies, HOA boards, industry professionals and HOA vendors to fight gender inequality by promoting diversity, closing the gender pay gap and taking active measures to prevent violence and harassment against women in their businesses and communities.

We ask that CAI continue to support gender equality and diversity in the industry with more seminars/education addressing these issues. We have also reached out to the Foundation for Community Association Research ask them to do more equality and diversity research to find out where the industry stands on progressing these values.

CIS Supports Women Worldwide

CIS supports women worldwide and invests in women owned businesses around the world with Kiva.org. Today you can join us and double your impact by making a matched loan to support a woman to start a business, go to school or invest in her community.

https://www.kiva.org/lend/international-womens-day

Today, CIS made a new loan to Dawn in the United States to support her small business.

Learn More

Learn more about the gender pay gap and inequality in the U.S. workforce from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau and check out these interesting stats:

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