Keeping Your Eye on the Ball: How CAI-MN’s Website Can Help
By Elizabeth Rein, Hammargren & Meyer, P.A.
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ny All-Star baseball player knows that keeping your eye on the ball is critical to a successful game. CAIMN’s website allows users to focus on the details that are the most relevant, the most helpful, and the most up-to-date. Each of the following tasks is easily accomplished on CAI-MN’s website.
Finding people The website is a good place to start when searching for involved individuals with knowledge and expertise in association issues. Under the About Us tab, users will find contact information for the members of CAI-MN’s Board of Directors. Photos are also provided for easier identification of those in leadership positions. The chairs of all of the volunteer committees are listed as well, in case users have specific questions or are interested in joining a committee. The Resources tab contains several directories of people or companies that users may wish to contact, such as the Vendor Finder, which lists several business partners in categories as varied as Accountants/CPAs, Pool Services, and Waste Management. The Community Management Company Finder gives association leaders specific information about property management companies, and the Member Directory allows users to search the entire list of CAI-MN members for specific individuals, specific companies, or members in specific cities.
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Finding events CAI-MN puts on many great events throughout the year and reviewing the upcoming events on the website is a great way to be sure not to miss anything. The Events tab on the website lists upcoming CAI-MN events and provides important details such as dates, locations, presenters, and how to register. For example, users can easily find specific information on the August Managers Seminar entitled “Reserve Studies: The Why, How, and ‘What Now’” under the
Events tab, and users can register for the event on the website as well. Information on special events is also provided, including details for the upcoming 2014 Golf Tournament and 2014 Vision Awards. Sponsorship opportunities for business partners are described as well.
Finding information Users looking for substantive, relevant information on issues currently facing association stakeholders can find it on CAIMN’s website. All articles published in the Minnesota Community Living bi-monthly magazine from 2009 through the present are located under the Resources tab. These articles address specific topics, such as Steve Hoogenakker’s 2009 article entitled “How CICs Should Approach Budgeting of Snow Removal,” and specific groups, such as Joel Starks’ six-part series on Self-Managed Association Boards. Under the Events tab, users can obtain additional information in a variety of formats, such as videos of previous managers seminars and handouts from those seminars. The website also provides free