Community Association Institute
Community Associations Institute (CAI) is a national organization dedicated to fostering vibrant, competent, harmonious community associations. For more than 30 years, CAI has been the leader in providing education and resources to the volunteer homeowners who govern community associations and the professionals who support them.
CAI members include community association volunteer leaders, professional managers, community management firms and other professionals and companies that provide products and services to associations.
Working closely with state, regional and local chapters (almost 60 nationwide) , CAI brings together experts to provide the latest information on community association management and governance. CAI serves members with books, seminars and workshops, research, continuing education and periodicals, including Common Ground magazine and specialized newsletters on community association management, governance and law.
CAI also advocates for legislative and regulatory policies that support responsible governance and effective management. CAI represent the interests of members before the U.S. Congress, federal agencies and other policy-setting bodies on issues such as taxes, insurance, bankruptcy reform and fair housing. In addition, state Legislative Action Committees represent CAI members before state legislatures and agencies on issues such as assessment collection, foreclosure and construction defects.
Michigan Association of Insurance Agents
MAIA is the largest Association in Michigan for the Independent Insurance Agent. The Mission of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents is to serve the needs of Michigan independent insurance agents and consumers by promoting a healthy and competitive insurance and business environment.
The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) is a professional trade association for independent insurance agents. The Association was formed in 1992 as a result of the merger of the Professional Insurance Agents of Michigan (PIA) and the Independent Insurance Agents of Michigan (IIAM). MAIA is the largest association for independent agents in the state.
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
PCI, an organization dedicated to fostering greater understanding and use of precast and prestressed concrete, maintains a full staff of technical and marketing specialists.
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) , headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with membership throughout the world. PCI, an organization dedicated to fostering greater understanding and use of precast and prestressed concrete, maintains a full staff of technical and marketing specialists.
Security Industry Association
Representing the business interests of manufacturers, service providers and integrators of electronic physical security equipment.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) protects and advances our members’ interests by:
- advocating pro-industry policies and legislation on Capitol Hill and throughout the 50 states;
- producing leading-edge global market research;
- creating open industry standards that enable integration;
- advancing industry professionalism through education and training; and
- opening global market opportunities.
Financial Executives International
The professional association of choice for the corporate finance executive
Financial Executives International (FEI) was established in New York City in December 1931 as The Controllers Institute of America, with membership open only to controllers. It began with 30 members.
The original purpose was to define the members' profession, exchange ideas about its practice, educate themselves and others and work with the government to improve the general economy. As the role of the financial executive has grown, so has the organization to reflect the global reach of FEI and its members.
FEI has become the leading advocate for the views of corporate financial management. Its 15,000 members hold policy-making positions as chief financial officers, treasurers, and controllers. FEI enhances member professional development through peer networking, career planning services, conferences, publications, and special reports and research. Members participate in the activities of 86 chapters, 75 of which are in the U.S. and 11 in Canada.
International Code Council
The International Code Council, a membership association dedicated to building safety and fire prevention, develops the codes used to construct residential and commercial buildings, including homes and schools.
The International Code Council (ICC) was established in 1994 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing a single set of comprehensive and coordinated national model construction codes. The founders of the ICC are Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA) , International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) , and Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. (SBCCI). Since the early part of the last century, these nonprofit organizations developed the three separate sets of model codes used throughout the United States. Although regional code development has been effective and responsive to our country’s needs, the time came for a single set of codes. The nation’s three model code groups responded by creating the International Code Council and by developing codes without regional limitations the International Codes.
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
The MHA continually provides a strategic assessment of emerging health care trends to help its members develop a framework to meet current and future needs of their communities.
The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) is the statewide leader representing all of the 144 community hospitals in Michigan. Established in 1919, the MHA represents the interests of its member hospitals and health systems in both the legislative and regulatory arenas on key issues and supports their efforts to provide quality, cost-effective and accessible care.
Travel Industry Association
The U. S. Travel Association is a non-profit trade organization that represents and speaks for the common interests of the $740 billion U.S. travel industry.
Based in Washington, D.C., U.S. Travel is a public voice and political liaison for the entire industry.
U.S. Travel promotes increased travel to and within the United States through marketing initiatives, including the Discover America® brand as well as serving as advocates with the U.S. government to ease travel procedures.
U.S. Travel is the authoritative and recognized source of travel research, arming its members with powerful and exclusive statistics and analyses on the size and economic impact of the industry as well as in marketing and other areas.
Prison Fellowship
Fellowship partner in Christ's work to restore prisoners to the community and Church as contributing members, bearing witness that no life is beyond the reach of God's power.
Prison Fellowship, founded by Chuck Colson, reaches out to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families both as an act of service to Jesus Christ and as a contribution to restoring peace to our cities and communities endangered by crime.
Avectra
Avectra is the leading provider of on demand membership management software solutions that are the result of more than 14 years of experience serving member-based organizations of every size and discipline. Avectra’s netFORUM solutions enable organizations of all sizes to experience world class membership management.
Avectra’s original netFORUM offering revolutionized the AMS industry when launched in the Summer of 2002. netFORUM was the first membership management software solution written, in its entirety, to be 100% designed for the association industry, fully Web-based, and built on the premier Microsoft. NET platform.
Since 2002, Avectra has continued on this path of innovating membership management technology with the creation of two editions of netFORUM (Team and Pro) in 2005; netFORUM Mobile, netFORUM Outlook, and netFORUM Kiosk in 2005; and netFORUM BI in 2006.
