Marjorie Jean Meyer CMCA®, PCAM®, Vice President and National Director of Education and Certification Associa® Houston, TX

The 2001 and 2002 Vice President and 2003 Treasurer of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), a national volunteer nonprofit research and educational organization, Margey chaired the Management Company Designation Task Force, persevering through five years to develop strict criteria for association management companies, culminating in the implementation of the Accredited Association Management Company designation program. Margey chaired CAI’s Presidents Club and now chairs the Strategic Partnerships and Membership/Chapters Advisory Committees, and also serves on the Government and Public Affairs Council, Telecommunications Task Force, and Manager Credentialing Task Force. She is a member of the national CAI faculty, teaching the introductory course on community association operations and management as well as the course on community leadership. Margey was one of only five association practitioners nationwide invited by CAI-National to Denver to brainstorm and implement the development of a new national educational course entitled "The ABCs of Community Associations".

Primarily through Margey's efforts as Chair of the CAI Texas Legislative Action Committee (TLAC), the 1993 Legislature passed the Texas Uniform Condominium Act, of which Margey was the only manager-drafter among twelve attorneys, and did not pass an inequitable manager licensing bill or a home day care bill which would have preempted deed restrictions. With TLAC support over a two-year period, Margey convinced the State Comptroller’s office to reverse its decision to require community association management companies to charge sales tax on management fees, saving Houston communities 83% in additional costs. In the 1999 Legislature, TLAC succeeded in killing more than 30 anti-homeowner association bills. In 2001, TLAC successfully fought off attempts to eliminate or severely restrict the authority of homeowners associations, and succeeded in their lobbying efforts to pass the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act. As a result of her efforts on behalf of community associations both in Houston and nationwide, Margey was the first recipient of the Award of Excellence in Public Affairs from national CAI in 1994. She won the award again in 1998, and was recognized by the Greater Houston CAI Chapter in 2000 for her legislative efforts and in 2002 as Volunteer of the Year.

As a volunteer with the Greater Houston CAI Chapter, Margey was the host of KSEV AM 700's "Community Spotlight" weekly talk show for two years. She authored "Community Corner", a weekly column which appeared in The Houston Chronicle for several years discussing association-related issues. As chair of the Television Committee, she produced the first one-hour educational documentary on behalf of CAI. Margey organized the chapter’s first Mayoral Candidate forum in September 1997 in which all four leading candidates participated. She was inducted into the chapter's first Hall of Honors in 1989 and was recognized as the 2002 Volunteer of the Year.

Margey was awarded the prestigious PCAM (Professional Community Association Manager) designation from CAI in 1987 in recognition of her experience, education and contribution to the field of community association management. In 1996, she was in the initial group that received the new CMCA (Certified Manager of Community Associations) recognition awarded by the National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers (NBC-CAM).

Articles:
Raise My Maintenance Fees, Please! - October 2006
Foreclosure Offers Homeowner Associations Critical Enforcement Power - November 2004
Ask Before You Alter - October 2004
Board and Annual Meetings - July 2004
Building Community - January 2004
Communication During the Development Period - August 2003
Achieving Quorum - September 2002

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