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Top Ten Security Mistakes HOAs Make Regardless of whether you live in a densely populated urban area or a suburban community, security is something most homeowners are concerned about— even if they are not sure how best to secure their own property. By listing ten common security mistakes made by homeowner associations this article can help you learn how to better protect your community.
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Overcoming Resistance To Funding Reserves When your association reserves get into an underfunded position you’re on a slippery slope. How does one overcome resistance to funding reserves? This article offers suggestions for selling a good reserve funding plan.
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Email—It’s Time To Tame This Business Tool In the last 30 years, email has become the primary delivery for all types of written communications. So how did this seemingly valuable tool become such a problem? In this article author Debra Warren identifies four of the challenges associated with email communication and shares common sense solutions that every business can apply.
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Building Community Involvement Listing the many factors that go into running a successful association would prove exhausting. An association does not even need to consider this list without first having community involvement. This article discusses ways to promote “community involvement.”
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Board of Directors and Officers President David Hughes Vice President Karl Lofthouse Treasurer Diane Rossi Secretary Jennifer Allivato Directors Paul Atkins John Garvic Robert Rosenberg Brian Seifert Steven Weil
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34 Directory Updates 35 Events Calendar 36 ECHO Bookstore
Design and Production George O’Hanlon
41 ECHO Marketplace
ECHO Mission Statement
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