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The Dues and Membership Committee was confirmed under the leadership of Charles Paulk of Florida by action of NaCCRA's Board during its December 2, 2015 Teleconference.  The members of the Committee, in addition to Mr. Paulk, are Frank Little of Washington State, Jack Snader of Illinois, Bob Negele of Connecticut and Jack Cumming of California.

The Committee was formed in response to confusion and contention about the dues and membership structure of NaCCRA and the members were chosen both for their business understanding and ability and because of the diverse state interests they represent. 

Those interests include:

• Washington State is the only state organization operating as a chapter within NaCCRA, i.e. it's organization is an intrinsic part of NaCCRA and all members are NaCCRA members; there is no separate state membership, with all NaCCRA members in the State of Washington considered to be members of NaCCRA Washington.

• Connecticut's state organization, ConnCCRA, has no individual members.  Instead, the Resident Associations in the state make a small payment toward the ConnCCRA organization.

• Florida's FliCRA resident organization has by far the most numerous membership in the nation and has the strongest record of legislative achievement to its credit.

• Illinois started as a NaCCRA chapter but reversed course after learning that most state organizations were separate from NaCCRA, and Illinois now has a separate organization apart from NaCCRA.

• California's CALCRA, the resident organization most visible in the state, has elected to have nothing to do with NaCCRA.

Thus, it's evident that a variety of views are brought together within the Dues and Membership Committee with the hope that unity can emerge from diversity

Below are recordings of each of the meetings to date.

2016 Jan 25 Main Discussion: 1 hr 13 mins	2016 Jan 25 Discussion of Connecticut Situation Dick Clark and Charlie Paulk: 6 mins
2016 Jan 25 Discussion of Florida Situation Charlie Paulk and Bennett Napier: 4 mins	2016 Jan 11 Committee Meeting:1 hr 34 mins
2015 December 14 Committee Meeting: 1 hr 8 mins	2015 December 7 Committee Meeting: 1 hr 18 mins
2015 November 30 Committee Meeting: 47 mins	2015 November 23 Committee Meeting: 1 hr 51 mins

Proceedings

In light of the diversity of concepts and expectations brought together in the composition of the Dues and Membership Committee, it's no surprise that many of the meetings have been contentious. 

The main point of contention has been whether the state organizations should dominate -- with a dependent, derivative national organization -- or whether the national organization should be strong -- with the states acting independently within their state sphere of influence.

Emerging Principles

Consideration of the variety of existing organizational and membership arrangements among the various state organizations which initiated NaCCRA as a national entity, has led to the need for a set of principles to guide affiliation efforts.

Our aim is to create a strong network of CCRC residents and others to advocate for CCRC residents, in particular, and for older Americans who can benefit from the continuum of care concept embodied in CCRCs.  That requires that we work together to form an organization that cannot be ignored, overlooked, or given mere lip service in state and national policy circles.

To that end the principles in the document accessed by clicking on this paragraph are offered for discussion by the membership.

Bylaws Revision

The changes that are evolving to strengthen NaCCRA and its associated network of state and community associations will require Bylaws Changes.  Click on this paragraph to go to a discussion of the current state of the Bylaws Revision process.

Washington State

A dues sharing agreement for the Washington State Residents Association has urgency because that group has relied solely on NaCCRA membership as the basis for the state organization.

Here is the most recent discussion of issues as they have evolved with the Washington State leadership group.  They are of interest to all states since what evolves for Washington State will influence additional state organizations as they come to grips with these matters.  The latest draft, as of January 17, 2016, is also below.  This is merely a draft and is open to discussion and revision.

Washington State Discussion

Washington State Draft Agreement

Florida State

At its Board meeting on February 18, 2016, the FliCRA Board appointed a group of directors under the leadership of Jim Jandreau, with Rod Letchworth and Steve Nash as members to discuss these matters with NaCCRA.  NaCCRA responded by naming President Bob Nicholson, who flew to Florida to be at the FliCRA Board meeting, Charlie Paulk of Florida (supported by Bob Smith for health reasons), Jack Snader of Illinois, and Jack Cumming of California to work with the FliCRA group.  Bennett Napier will also be part of the group to facilitate the conversations.

The FliCRA Board was given three documents which are accessible below.  One is a memo to set the stage, second is a set of Evolving Principles, annotated for how they might apply to Florida, and third is an illustrative agreement draft, which has since been annotated to clarify why some provisions are suggested as they are.  Those documents are below.

Memo for FliCRA Board

Draft Evolving Principles Document

Annotated Illustrative Draft Agreement