2007 NAHC Conference Sessions

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Board Members Boot Camp

Basics for Presidents

Basics for Treasurers

Duties of the Secretary

*Board Member 101

*Elements of a Good Board-Manager Relationship

Parliamentary Procedures

Reading Financial Information

Leadership and Ethics

*The Care and Feeding of Board Members

*Getting our Co-op Principles Right

*Ethics in Non Profit Organizations

*You Be the Judge--Co-op Board Ethics

Strategic Planning for Your Co-op

Facilitating Difficult Meetings

The 8 Practices of Super Boards

*Using Your Budget to Plan, Control and Inform

*Evaluating Your Board’s Performance

Marketing to Keep Your Co-op Full

Guerilla Marketing—Low Cost, High Impact Ways to Get Members

How to Use the Fish Theory to be the Best Co-op

It’s a Jungle Out There—How to Stand Out from the Pack

*Introduction to Share Loans

Ironing Out Section 8 Problems

NEW--Working with an Aging Membership

*Understanding the Physical and Mental Aging Processes

*Legal Aspects of Dealing with Aging Members

*Management Challenges Posed by Aging Members

*Problems and Solutions for Hoarders

Mortgage Payoff Planning

Social and Legal Choices

Building an Informed Decision-making Process

Individual and Blanket Financing

Planning and Financing Major Rehab Projects

*3 Case Studies of Lessons Learned in Refinance and Rehab

Challenges of Co-op Operations

*Building Energy Management and Conservation

How to Comply with Fair Housing Laws

Employment Law for Co-ops

*The Perfect Annual Meeting

*When Members Die Without a Will

The Right Way to Terminate a Membership

*Choosing and Using an Architect or Engineer

How to Write Successful Grants

Improving your Co-op Newsletter

Starting and Maintaining a Web Site

*Developing a Sense of Community

*Why Stop with Housing? How to Use Consumer Co-ops to Increase Member Service  

Just for HUD Co-ops

Dealing with HUD

The Occupancy Agreement under a Microscope

*Complying with Rules about Limited English Proficiency

Ironing Out Section 8 Problems

How REAC Can Make or Break Your Co-op

For Professionals

Attorneys Roundtable

Developers Roundtable

Turning Around the Troubled Co-op

*Pitfalls of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act  

Report From Washington—NAHC’s Legislative and Regulatory Agenda

Registered Cooperative Managers

Attendance at these sessions is restricted to managers only

RCM Roundtable and Update

*The Manager’s Role in the Care and Feeding of Board Members

*Secrets of Supervising Maintenance Workers

*The Manager and the Law

Career Planning for Managers