Facility managers, rangers, and other property staff often live on the property. How do you, and an employer, determine whether the value of their lodging is taxable? 1. Determine what is taxable. The foundation is simple, “All forms of compensation … Continue reading
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Designed for Site Managers by Site Managers, this is your chance to network and share with others in your position, discuss topics important to your job and bring home solutions to improve your camp. Go “behind the scenes” at various … Continue reading
A retired tradesman decided to start a small business for home maintenance repair. He soon quit, saying that people didn’t want to pay for his time: figuring out the problem, running for parts, fixing the problem, and then people changing their … Continue reading
The North American Camp Maintenance Conference March 19-21, 2013 YMCA Camp Chingachgook Lake George, New York A great annual event. Join your colleagues from across the continent to hear from experts on subjects that matter TO YOU! Learn New Skills … Continue reading
Join your peers for role-specific, in-depth sessions at, “Money: Fuel for Mission.” As an educational event like none other, this year’s Fall Conference will take your nonprofit’s financial position, marketing strategy and overall mission to the next level. Takeaways! Learn … Continue reading
A property usually has pockets of different hazardous chemicals. Here are a handful of examples. In the kitchen, there are oven cleaners. Housekeeping has various janitorial and cleaning materials. Activities may use chemicals in craft projects. Facilities uses a variety … Continue reading
With the fall season upon us, it’s a great time to review your organization’s policies and procedures regarding using chainsaws safety. Does the chainsaw have all of the safety equipment required? If not, now is the time to upgrade your … Continue reading
Suppose you have a window of time for a project. What do you do? (Assume you’ve taken care of any top priorities, some PM, and corrected any immediate health or safety issues). Instead of asking “what project should I do … Continue reading
How do you describe your work? ‘Y’ cubic yards of gravel was added in the parking lot. Boring. Instead, how about something like this? A rock, the size of an SUV, rolled down the hillside, but didn’t injury any person … Continue reading
“Every year, Church Mutual camp and conference center customers report more than 300 injuries to their employees. One occupation needing specific risk management attention is maintenance staff. … Use the following guidelines to help evaluate, develop and implement good risk … Continue reading
Bugs are on the rise because of increased temperatures. Here’s one article published today. Rice, Doyle. “Bugs like it hot: Record heat kicks insects into high gear.” USA TODAY July 24, 2012 So what’s your pest management plan? There are … Continue reading
Join your conference and retreat center colleagues from across North America for in-depth sessions on fueling the mission. You can’t beat the practical skill building and networking – all located in the Adirondacks during the beautiful fall color season. October 22-25, 2012 … Continue reading
Are you working on a significant project this summer? Or maybe you have a visiting work group in for a few days? Or maybe you have an annoying maintenance task that you’re dealing with over and over? Take photos for … Continue reading
Ever looked through the galleries of This Old House to see photos of illegal, creative, or stupid things people have done to their houses? http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/info/0,,20211283,00.html Outdoor properties can have similar ‘solutions.’ If you don’t have these type of photos for … Continue reading