At 05:24 PM 8/19/2014, W3KD wrote:
Two other arguments seem to work: (1) CAI misperceives the scope of the Bill: they claim that the Bill removes HOA jurisdiction; it clearly does NOT do that.
And maybe we should encourage them to follow their own Code of Ethics - see #3 http://www.caionline.org/career/designations/Documents/ethics_code.pdf Their latest IRS 990 form (2012) says they are an $11m/year 501c3. Their CEO gets $302k salary plus pension (in 2011). They don't have very deep pockets - not enough for a $5m lobbying campaign. Financials for 2013 - (supposedly available only to members but I got in with no problem) http://www.caionline.org/about/who/Documents/cai_financials.pdf They do have their own Political Action Committee... http://www.caionline.org/govt/pac/Pages/default.aspx They have raised just $4,125 this year through June... Spent $1,000 in a donation to Rep Jeb Hensarling R-TX https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2014&strID=C00495481 Success in the last year - they highlight "Working to ensure homeowners in community associations are entitled to the same federal disaster relief as other American tax payers. Working with U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) to secure the introduction of H.R. 2887, which extends disaster relief to condominiums and cooperatives." https://beta.congress.gov/search?q={%22congress%22%3A%22113%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22hr2887%22} They have 17 co-sponsors,16 D and one R, mostly from NY and NJ, so it looks like it was introduced as a result of Hurricane Sandy. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444