Global
Global
Standards
Standards
ARC, representing the residential estate industry
ARC, representing the residential estate industry
in South Africa, together with representatives
in South Africa, together with representatives
from Australia, the UAE and the U.S.A. is is part
from Australia, the UAE and the U.S.A. part
of of an international committee for conducting
an international committee for conducting
research, aligning global best practices and
research, aligning global best practices and
developing global standards across allall areas of
developing global standards across areas of
community leadership and management. This
community leadership and management. This
initiative extend to to include Canada, Brazil and
initiative willwill extend include Canada, Brazil and
other countries in Africa. The inaugural meeting
other countries in Africa. The inaugural meeting
was held in Orlando May 2014. Authoritative
was held in Orlando in in May 2014. Authoritative
research sponsored
Foundation for
research sponsored byby theFoundation for
the
Community Association Research supports the
Community Association Research supports the
aspirations more than 63 million Americans
aspirations of of more than 63 million Americans
who and work in in estimated 320,000 U.S.
who livelive and work anan estimated 320,000 U.S.
community associations.
community associations.
Their mission to provide
research-based
Their mission is is to provideresearch-based
information for homeowners, association board
information for homeowners, association board
members, community managers, developers
members, community managers, developers
and other individuals and groups. Since the
and other individuals and groups. Since the
foundation’s inception in 1975, it has built a solid
foundation’s inception in 1975, it has built a solid
reputation for producing accurate, insightful and
reputation for producing accurate, insightful and
timely information and offer:
timely information and offer:
• Sponsor needs-based research to provide
• Sponsor needs-based research to provide
ongoing assistance and information to the
ongoing assistance and stakeholders, to the
community association information address
community challenges and prepare for address
specific association stakeholders, emerging
specific challenges and prepare for emerging
issues.
issues.
• Publish best practices reports on critical topics
• Publish best practices reports on critical financial
like energy efficiency, governance, topics
likeoperations and strategic planning.
energy efficiency, governance, financial
operations and strategicscholarships for graduate
• Provide research planning.
• Provide research scholarships for graduate
students.
students.
• Collect historical data on the development,
• Collect historical data on the common-interest
operation and management of development,
operation and management of common-interest
communities, this includes surveys analysing
homeowner satisfaction as well as community
communities, this includes surveys analysing
manager satisfaction as
homeowner compensation. well as community
manager compensation.
InIn short, this worksupports homeowner volunteer
short, this work supports homeowner volunteer
leaders and industry professionals who share
leaders and industry professionals who share
a a stake in the success of common-interest
stake in the success of common-interest
communities.
communities.
The foundation supports the Community
The foundation supports the Community
Associations Institute (CAI) -- a national
Associations Institute (CAI)
a
organisation dedicated to fostering
organisation dedicated to fostering vibrant,
competent and
and harmonious
harmonious community
community
competent
associations. For more than 40 years,
associations. For more than 40 years, CAI
has been the leader in providing
has been the leader in providing education
and resources to the volunteer homeowners
and resources to the volunteer homeowners
who govern community associations and the
who govern community associations and the
professionals who support them.
professionals who support them.
CAI members include community association
CAI members include community association
volunteer leaders, professional managers,
volunteer lead