Editorial Calendar

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIVING DIGITAL MAGAZINE

• Board Officers – Defining the role of each of the primary board officers: what each needs to know about their position: President, Secretary, Treasurer.
• Governing Documents – what are they, why do they exist, what do you need to know about them?
• Electronic/Social Media – What works, what doesn’t? Where you and your board can get in trouble. Do you have a written policy for your electronic communications?
• Risk Management - “Insurance Secrets No One Tells You …”, how to assess your exposure to loss. Alternative risk management techniques. Inventory your current risk management situation.
• Legislative Update – Current status of bills before the 86^th Legislative Session. What TCAA is doing. How you can help.
• Event Promotion: Golf Tournament and Casino Night.
• Aging of our population – What issues are affecting our aging residents/owners in our associations?

• Leadership – strategies and best practices for turning homeowners into neighbors, social events, charitable functions.
• Volunteers – an association’s greatest strength or weakness; care and feeding of your volunteers.
• Communication – websites, newsletters, email groups, bulletin boards, meetings: using them effectively and safely. Social networking – how does it work for an association. Here’s what you need in a written board policy.
• Rules – being reasonable, drafting rules, pet policies.
• Aging of our population – What issues are affecting our aging residents/owners in our associations?
• Parking, Garages, Lots, etc. – Enforcing rules.

• Legislative – What to expect in 2019 with the 86th Legislative Session.
• Board Education - Violations 101, association bylaws demystified, how community associations function, governance guidelines, record retention policies and best practices.
• Regulations - any new regulations affecting associations; best practices complying with regulations.
• Legal – practicing preventative law; identity and data theft regulations; how not to enforce compliance.
• Risk Management – more “Insurance Secrets No One Tells You …”
• Parking, the ADA and Fair Housing – are you compliant?

• Banking - Funding availability; reserves or loans, what kind/depth of financial review is conducted; when/how do Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac guidelines apply; reserves and delinquencies; lines of credit; protecting your reserve funds through CDAR’s and CD’s.
• Financial/Accounting – Reserve funding; association taxes do’s & don’ts; the annual audit – how to prepare; property taxes and the association.
• Board Education – What about a policy on drones? Collections 101, role of the board Treasurer, build/maintain good relations with vendors.
• Risk Management - more “Insurance Secrets No One Tells You …”
• Insurance – How much is enough? What about cyber liability insurance?