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Bucking Trends, National Guard Association Will Meet in Honolulu

Associations Now

The board of directors of the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) approves the location of its annual conference, held each September, about five years ahead of time, giving the organization and the host city a good head start in preparing for the event. Among the scheduled speakers are Sen. Mazie Hirono, Rep.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

By late March, Honolulu Civil Beat ’s Maui Fires Money Tracker had tallied more than $450 million in private donations and nearly $2 billion when including government assistance. And 2023 set records in disaster relief funding. That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.)

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Put a Cork in the Competition With an Online Marketplace

Associations Now

These trends are partly what caused the Craft Wine Association to launch a new online marketplace on Tuesday highlighting lesser-known labels from craft wine producers in the United States. On Tuesday, the site had 116 bottles for sale from regions around the United States. Lawson says. What’s in it for CWA? “We

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Hawaii’s Optics Problem: A Travel Hotspot Struggles With Meetings Business

Associations Now

In May, hundreds of public pension employees stayed away from the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems’ annual meeting in Honolulu. The National Guard Association of the United States booked its 2013 conference in Honolulu in 2008 and chose to stay. I can assure you that.”

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Las Vegas, Other Resort Cities Bear Brunt of Federal Travel Cuts

Associations Now

Major decreases were also seen in Honolulu (down 88 percent) and Orlando (down 100 percent). In September, the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) held its annual conference in Honolulu. USA Today ’s analysis showed that federal contracts for hotel rooms in Las Vegas were down 81 percent.

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Lung Association Raises Alarm on Air Quality

Associations Now

The latest edition of the American Lung Association’s State of the Air study finds that things are improving in many areas, but more than half of the country’s citizens live in areas with poor air quality. If you live in the United States, it’s more than likely that you live in an area with poor air quality.

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The Headaches of Thanksgiving Travel: Could They Happen Year-Round?

Associations Now

The association’s Thanksgiving in the Skies report [PDF], produced with the help of Cambridge Systematics, finds that there’s serious potential for many of the 50 largest airports in the United States to face constant pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday levels of congestion. But it notes that seven major U.S.