Reference Books

Collect them all as resource books for your library and/or use the twenty hours for your continuing education requirements (see 61-20.5083 Renewal Requirements for Continuing Education)! All Reference Book $19.95 each, plus shipping and handling.

Insurance And Financial Management For Community Associations

• Financial Management for Community Associations (GSI-57C)
  (Course #0003075) 4-hours Continuing Education Credit of Insurance and Financial Management
  Managing a community association's financial affairs is a lot like managing your own…except way more complicated. A CAM can't do his or her job effectively without, at the very least, a fundamental understanding of financial matters. This 4-hour course will familiarize you with financial operations requirements for community associations, both statutory and practical. Since you're studying at home you won't have a Gray Systems instructor to answer your questions. But, you can still get answers simply by calling our office, Monday through Friday, between nine and five.

• Reserves & Replacement Funds for Community Associations (GSI-79C)
  (Course #0003123) 4-hours Continuing Education Credit of Insurance and Financial Management
  This 4-hour course provides the student with a complete understanding of the process of establishing and funding reserves and replacement funds, and all the steps in the process.

• The Process Of Budgeting for Community Associations (GSI-82C)
  (Course #0003126) 4-hours Continuing Education Credit of Insurance and Financial Management
  This 4-hour course provides an explanation of the purpose of the budget, the sources for the requirements of the budget, and the process of budgeting. The statutory requirements and rules for condominium budgets are covered in detail.

• The Financial Aspects of Community Associations (GSI-84C)
  (Course #0003128) 4-hours Continuing Education Credit of Insurance and Financial Management
  This 4-hour course serves as the introduction to financial management concepts for community associations, including a review of the types of community associations and the legal basis for each.

• Financial Controls and Reporting for Community Associations (GSI-85C)
  (Course #0003129) 4-hours Continuing Education Credit of Insurance and Financial Management
  This 4-hour course provides an explanation of the internal controls necessary for a sound accounting system and covers the process necessary for the safeguarding of the funds. It also provides an analysis of financial reporting for community associations.

• Insurance for Community Associations (GSI-87C)
  (Course #0003131) 4-hours Continuing Education Credit of Insurance and Financial Management
  This 4-hour course covers the insurance responsibilities of the association, and includes a review of the types of coverage necessary, as well as coverage for the officers, directors and professional manager.

Operations Of Physical Property For Community Associations

• Operations Management for Community Associations (GSI-78C)
  (Course #0003122) 4-Hours Continuing Education Credit of Operation of Physical Property
  Be totally up to date on the latest in managing the operations for YOUR community association! This manual will cover the legal aspects, document relationship to operations, management objectives, maintenance standards and requirements for the physical plant, effects of laws of parking, dealing with tenants, rules and regulations, swimming pools, recreational facilities, elevators, security considerations, safety in the workplace, employee relations and much more!

• Management & Maintenance Agreements for Community Associations (GSI-83C)
  (Course #0003127) 4-hours Continuing Education Credit of Operation of Physical Property
  This 4 hour course will explain the basic concepts of a contract, as well as what your commitments are with regard to agreements of almost any sort, such as maintenance, employment and service providers.

Human Resource For Community Associations

• Human Resource Management for Community Associations (GSI-58C)
  (Course #0003076) 4-Hours Continuing Education Credit of Human Resources
  In the business world there are only two types of individuals: those who lead and those who follow. As a CAM, and a leader, what separates you from those who follow are your ability to manage, and your ability to communicate effectively. The first part of this 4-hour course will sharpen your leadership skills. You'll learn valuable lessons in how to attract new hires, as well as motivate, evaluate, retain and discipline your present employees. In addition, we'll familiarize you with employment laws that you absolutely need to know. The second part of the course addresses communication: your ability not only to make yourself heard, but understood. You'll learn how to effectively communicate with your board, your owners, and your employees, improving your management skills and talents. And while you won't get our stellar classroom instruction, you will get a superb course manual.

• Crisis Management for Community Associations (GSI-86C) (Course #0003130)
  4-hours Continuing Education Credit of Human Resources
  This 4 hour course will help you develop and implement and emergency plan for asset protection and disaster preparedness by showing you how to create resident and property profiles, evacuate property, and establish an emergency procedures manual.

Other Topics For Community Associations

• Conducting Elections for Community Associations (GSI-80C) (Course #0003124)
  4-Hours Continuing Education Credit of Other
  Set up all elections without a hitch! This manual presents you with practical ways to conduct elections in condominiums, cooperatives and homeowners' associations, many examples of election notices, ballots, proxies and all election documents, guidelines on simplifying the process for electing directors, corporate officers, the correct procedure for filing vacancies between elections and includes all forms for the election process. This is a manual you won't want to do without!

• Conducting Meetings for Community Associations (GSI-81C) (Course #0003125)
  4-Hours Continuing Education Credit of Other
  Simply, this guide will ease your way through the process of conducting meetings. You'll find the types of meetings held by community associations explained in detail, the similarities and differences of each of the meetings, how to notice each meeting, the agenda requirements, the basics of parliamentary procedure an much more! This is a manual that you will use as your "quick guide to successful meetings."