Community Associations in Pop Culture
This empowering anthem, often played by community managers after handling a tough owner issue or unexpected maintenance crisis, was made famous by Gloria Gaynor in 1978.
What is "I Will Survive"
This hit sketch comedy show made its debut in 1975, the same year the CAI Keystone chapter was founded.
What is Saturday Night Live
Deriving from the Latin term qui, which referred to a select group of individuals, this term represents the minimum number of members needed to conduct official business.
What is a quorum
At times referred to as the Constitution, this is among the highest-ranking governing documents in a community association.
What is the Declaration (or CC&Rs)
In a condominium or planned community, this entity is typically responsible for maintaining common areas.
What is the association
This 1980 Stanley Kubrick film features a haunted hotel run by an aspiring novelist who becomes a sinister property manager.
What is “The Shining"
This acronym made famous at the turn of the century, when CAI Turned 25, signaled the end of the 1900s and the start of the 2000s.
What is Y2K
Legally required per state statutes, this meeting is held to elect members of the association board.
What is the Annual Meeting
If you’re looking to find out if your community restricts pets, or what hours the pool is open, where would you look?
What are the Rules and Regulations
This plan outlines major capital repairs and replacements over time.
What is a reserve study
What type of community association did Charlie Brown’s mother live in?
What is a condominium
ET phoned home, looking for a way to return to his very own community in 1982, the same year CAI launched this credential signaling the pinnacle of community association management designations.
What is the PCAM, or Professional Community Association Manager
This process authorizes one homeowner to vote on behalf of another homeowner.
What is a proxy
Filed with the state, this instrument establishes the legal purpose of each community association.
What are the Articles of Incorporation
This term describes shared property like pools, clubhouses, and roads.
What are common elements
This popular sitcom featuring the Pritchett-Delgado family, touched upon HOA-related situations and interactions with neighbors.
What is “Modern Family”
CAI’s High Rise Managers Workshop debuted in this east coast city in 2022.
What is Philadelphia
In Congress, like in association meetings, this decision-making process allows action to be taken without the need for a formal vote or debate.
What is Unanimous Consent
You’ve just been elected president of the association and need to review the powers and duties of the board of directors. What governing document contains the information you’re looking for?
What are the Bylaws
Who conducts inspections to ensure compliance with maintenance standards?
Who is the property/community manager (or the board)
It takes this many years of direct community association management experience in order to obtain the PCAM credential, also the name of a David Bowie song.
What is 5 years
CAI’s Gold Star Community program seems like judgment day for some community associations - people running everywhere, some don’t even care. We swear we weren’t dreaming when we wrote this. Name the year that Gold Star was launched.
What is 1999
Named after the American Army officer who developed it, this set of guidelines helps with the conduct of meetings and decision making in a group setting.
What are Robert’s Rules of Order
In the hierarchy of authority of governing documents, the higher the position of a document, the greater the weight of its authority. What documents sit at the top of this pyramid?
What are laws and statutes, state laws, federal laws, etc.
This document defines which maintenance items are the responsibility of the owner and which maintenance items are the responsibility of the association.
What is the maintenance matrix (or governing documents)