Greater Inland Empire Chapter Receives Recognition from CAI National Including the Coveted Excellence Award
On, May 1, 2015 the Community Associations Institute Greater Inland Empire Chapter (CAI-GRIE) received five awards at the 2015 CAI Annual Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas. It received a “Leadership” award with the program, “Synergistic Decision-Making with Effective Leadership,” produced by the Education Committee chaired by Ms. Charlie Magnan; an award in the Chapter Management & Development category with “Vision Clarification, Communications and Coordination” put into effect by the chapter board of directors led by President Kimberly Lilley; a “Membership” award for the “Business Partner Mentoring Program” developed by the Business Partner Committee chaired by Phil Hakopian and Valerie Reyes; “Best Net Retention” for a large chapter at 93% thanks to the Membership Committee chaired by Mike Rey; and as a highlight, the overall “Excellence Award” which is awarded for scoring 80% or more in all five achievement award categories. “It’s an excellent example of what we can achieve when we all work together as a leadership team,” says Chapter Executive Director DJ Conlon. “It took a lot of time, energy and creative thinking to bring us to this amazing
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result, and I know that everyone involved feels that their hard work paid off.” Community Associations Institute (CAI National) is an organization that has participants from all over the world and is currently comprised of more than 60 chapters that continue CAI National’s mission of providing education and advocacy for community associations. “Considering the size of the organization [CAI] and the fact that we are only one chapter among many, I was deeply honored by the level of recognition that the national organization chose to give to us this year,” says Kimberly Lilley, the Chapter President for 2014. “We had a synergistic year where the leadership team all strove inerrantly toward the vision we created for ourselves. That feeling of knowing we had a ‘greater good’ in mind and that we were all headed there together kept us motivated and excited about where we were going.” The CAI Annual Conference & Exposition also provided continuing education for community association homeowners, managers and business partners, as well as training for President-Elects from each chapter. Executive Directors also had a chance to get together and share insights while providing training for newer Chapter Executive Directors. The Greater Inland Empire Chapter is one of eight California chapters of Community Associations Institute (CAI). The chapter’s mission is advancing the community association industry through positive image, professionalism, advocacy, education and networking. Incorporated in 1990, CAI-GRIE is a not-for-profit organization run by a volunteer board of directors to positively enhance all aspects of community association living in the Greater Inland Empire.