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DwightT (Idaho)
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Our homeowners took over from the developer a little over a year ago, and the Board has been stumbling through trying to figure out what we are doing. I've been looking into getting some education for the Board members, and besides this forum I've also seen the Community Associations Institute: http://www.caionline.org. Among other things, they seem to offer an education program, including a general book on "Community Association Living", an on-line course, and live seminars.

Are there any CAI members here? Any thoughts about the program?

GlenL (Ohio)
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Dwight we looked at CAI and were even members long ago and were unwilling to pay the fees they want. I have found the information contained at Community Associations Network (link at right) to be invaluable along with the excellent articles available is HindmanSanchez web site. Although it is specific for Colorado Law the information and recommended practices is excellent. If you post what state you are in I may be able to direct you to state specific information and of course this forum is a great source of info.

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DwightT (Idaho)
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Glen -

I'm in Idaho. As far as I've been able to find out, there doesn't seem to be much in the way of local resources for BOD member education. I've been reading through the articles on the CAN website and they do have some good info, but I've found that some people do better with live training than they do with just reading articles and forums like this. Plus I'm hoping that some common training will help us to be consistent with in how we handle issues.

JulieS (Georgia)
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Check with any law firms in your area that specialize in real estate and HOA law. I'm in Georgia and we use a lawfirm that offers a number of books, DVD's, a quarterly newsletter and annual association law seminar.

Also, a management company may be useful until you have some experienced volunteers.

JosephW (Michigan)
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Dwight,

It's tough to find what you're looking for in Idaho. I know, I've looked. I couldn't even find articles pertinent to the state. CAI doesn't have a chapter in your area that would help, either. A couple of suggestions:

Are there other associations in your area. If there are, perhaps you could join together to invite a speaker in for a day to help with board training. I do know that CAI will sometimes put on a one-day course if they can get enough attendees to pay to cover the cost of the books and teachers. If you can get 20-30 attendees, contact them.

Also, check with the CAI chapters in the nearby states (http://www.caionline.org/about/aboutchap.cfm) They have also been known to send speakers out to help.

If you run across any information inside your state, I'd appreciate hearing about it.

Joe

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DwightT (Idaho)
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Thanks Joe

I'm thinking about contacting the CAI chapter in Portland, OR to see if they have any seminars coming up that our Board could attend. They may not have info specific to Idaho, but at least the general HOA management info should still be relevant.

I've also thought about getting in touch with other local HOAs to see if there is any interest in bringing a seminar here. We are in the process of changing management companies, so we have lots of contact info from references. My fear there though is that if I do get something going, I'll get sucked into working on starting a local CAI chapter. Just what I need: something else to eat up the free time that I don't have.

I take it though that nobody on this forum has gone through their training? I was originally looking for some comments from somebody who had attended one of the seminars.

JosephW (Michigan)
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I taught the "ABC's of Community Associations" a number of times. It is a very basic course, if you follow the outline and book. It works best if the instructors cover the basics quickly and then branch out to more specific issues that the attendees need.

Joe

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