Ex-executive director pleads guilty to fraud
Charges say she bilked $300,000 from association. Read more.
So what does the hotel owe the group?
A Chicago-area hotel canceled a meetings contract with a group without reason. But under contract law, motive is not the issue so much as what it costs to break a contract. Read more.
NAACP: Resolution is going through process
Tea Party 'elements' condemned unanimously; critics want to see full text. Read more.
New CEO for pharmaceutical group
Lauded for work in lobbying, corporate governance. Read more.
Former state legislator now heads school group
Reagan appointee helped craft national child seatbelt law. Read more.
Do you know a new CAE?
ASAE announces summer 2010 new certified association executives. Read more.
Executive Changes
Joshua Caulfield, John Giesea, E. Paul Roetert and more.
News in Brief
Door and Hardware Institute, National League of Cities, Association of Public Television Stations, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, CompTIA, American League of Lobbyists Association Forum of Chicagoland, Marshall Brown and more.
National Trend
According to the spring 2010 Association Pulse Survey, 23.1% of trade association executives' revenues are up; 16.7% are even from the past survey, and 60.2% are down. Trade association executives think things are about to pull steady (see chart): 30.8% of executives expect revenues to be up, 48.6% expect them to remain even, and 20.6% foresee them going down. The complete TRENDS PULSE Report is available at www.AssociationExecs.com/PULSE.
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