New Vision Awards

Awards shows, industry awards, employer awards.  We all like to receive awards.  I recently read an article about individuals who received a New Vision Award for implementing best practices in community association management.  That got me thinking about what best practices an association would need to qualify for a New Vision Award.  The Community Association Institute lists 9 publications directed at association best practices:

• Financial Operations
• Governance, Resident Involvement and Conflict Resolution
• Community Harmony/Spirit/Involvement
• Strategic Planning
• Reserve Studies/Management
• Transition (from developer to homeowner control)
• Energy Efficiency
• Community Security
• Disaster Preparedness and management

If you association read and implemented the best of these best practices would your community be better?  Would it qualify for a New Vision Award or any award? I bet it would!  I challenge you as board members, working with your business partners to strive to make your community award-worthy.