Overcoming Change in the Workplace
by Josephine Wolf, Esq. | Clemons Richter & Reiss, P.C. Although change is a normal (and inevitable) facet of virtually every aspect of our lives, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate. When it comes to our professional world, change can seem unsettling, daunting, and even overwhelming, even in the best of times. Whether it […]
An Example of Excellence: A Look at CAI’s Rookie of the Year Award
CAI’s Awards Committee will be spending the next few months highlighting the various awards presented during the chapter’s annual Excellence Awards Gala each year by focusing on recent award winners. To get the ball rolling, let’s take a look at the Chapter Rookie of the Year award and 2022 recipient Maria Mikowski! The Chapter Rookie […]
How Hackers Get Into Your Computer & Organization
EDITOR’S NOTE: This blog article is courtesy of CAI Keystone 2023 Diamond Partner National Cooperative Bank (NCB). This article originally appeared on NCB’s blog and is reprinted with permission. For more information, contact Mary Alex Blanton, SVP, at: mblanton@ncb.coop, Mark Reid, SVP & Team Lead, Association Banking at: MReid@ncb.coop, or Jessica Marvel, CMCA, VP, Association […]
Setting and Achieving Professional Goals
by Kara Guerra, SERVPRO Team McCabe What are your professional goals? That can seem like a really loaded question if you haven’t thought about it before. Perhaps you’re like me and have been playing your career by ear. Perhaps you have had a plan all along. Either way, trying to evaluate where you want to […]
Victory for PA Community Association Managers – No Real Estate License needed!
The Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission (“REC”) has withdrawn its prosecution which claimed Community Association Managers (“CAMs”) are required to earn real estate broker and salesperson licenses. The REC has finally recognized that CAM’s do not provide rental property management services. Marshal Granor, Esq, a fellow in CAI’s College of Community Association Lawyers, and long-time delegate […]
What to Watch: CAI Keystone’s Committees are Totally Binge Worthy
Over one hundred dedicated CAI Keystone volunteers gathered this morning at Green Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania for the official start of the chapter new year – the 2023 Committee Leadership Retreat. A record 148 members have signed up to participate on a volunteer committee in 2023, including 45 first time volunteers. The […]
CAI Aiding Defense of Manager in PA Real Estate Commission Action
A report of the CAI Pennsylvania Legislative Action Committee As we have reported previously, a community association manager is being prosecuted by the Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission (the “REC”) for practicing “property management” without a real estate broker’s license. This is extremely important because REC’s argument is that they are empowered to oversee “property management.” […]
Stars Shine Bright at A Night in Paris
Previous Next A Night in Paris – CAI Keystone’s 2022 Excellence Awards Gala – was held on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at William Penn Inn in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. This festive event sold out several weeks earlier and featured a gala record 180 guests who assembled to celebrate the chapter’s 2022 Excellence Awards nominees and winners, […]
Ice Dams: Danger From Above
Jacki Weston Silveri, CDMP, PCM | Eastern Diversified Services Prior to my employment at Eastern Diversified Services (EDS), I had the misfortune of incurring an ice dam at my own home. Until that day, I’d never even heard of an ice dam! Three of my children and I were enjoying a game of Monopoly and […]
CAI Keystone adopts strategic plan
Keystone Chapter’s Board of Directors and Committee Chairs convened on June 23, 2022 for a strategic planning session facilitated by CAI’s Vice President of Membership & Chapter Relations, Crystal Wallace, CAE. The two objectives below were discussed at length and agreed to as priorities for the chapter for 2023-24. This strategic plan was subsequently adopted […]