CMI and Logo

[gjohnson]

http://www.nachi.org/logosealtaglineusagepolicy.htm

According to this site NACHI members are eligible to start using the CMI designation. In another thread NACHI provided the Logo. I'm curious to know how many are beginning to use it. Looks to me as though NACHI members could by-pass all the upcoming if's, and's, or buts, that may arise if they began using it now.

Wouldn't it make sense for those that are interested to jump on this program now before vendors or outsourced entity's start charging for it.

No requirements exist. No time limits, no minimum inspections, no nothing. Once approved, which it is, they cannot take it away from you.

[John Bowman]

I like it. Thanks Gary.

[jrivera]

You play some pretty hard ball there Gary, you da man, you da man !!!!

[Blaine Wiley]

Hey, the logo works for me!!

[jrivera]

You watch somebody from the powers that be is gonna pipe up and say "Hey, let go of my LEGO, I, I mean my LOGO!"

[jmichalski]

If it works for John, Blaine, and Gary, it works for me.

[jrivera]

Might as well, one day they'll just be giving this stuff away as door prizes at meetings anyway.

I'm in (that is until they tell me i'm out)

[Nick Gromicko]

There is great risk in using the CMI designation at this time. I can imagine a plaintiff's attorney asking you on the stand "Mr. Inspector, what exactly did you do to attain the Certified Master Inspection designation my client relied upon in making his/her decision to hire you?"

It is best we wait until we have clearly established requirements.

[jmichalski]

Sorry, Mickey - didn't mean to slight you!

[jrivera]

Originally Posted by jrivera

I'm in (that is until they tell me i'm out)

oh well, i'm out mwahhaahhhaahhhaa

[Blaine Wiley]

Originally Posted by gromicko

There is great risk in using the CMI designation at this time. I can imagine a plaintiff's attorney asking you on the stand "Mr. Inspector, what exactly did you do to attain the Certified Master Inspection designation my client relied upon in making his/her decision to hire you?"

It is best we wait until we have clearly established requirements.

I can see that argument under just about any circumstance, unless the requirements are set far above the standards for any state or association.

[jmichalski]

Originally Posted by gromicko

There is great risk in using the CMI designation at this time. I can imagine a plaintiff's attorney asking you on the stand "Mr. Inspector, what exactly did you do to attain the Certified Master Inspection designation my client relied upon in making his/her decision to hire you?"

It is best we wait until we have clearly established requirements.

Wouldn't the reply be :
"This professional designation is a Registered Trademark and may be used by any NACHI member in good standing, however NACHI has not yet determined its requirements and so use of this professional designation may cause the member to suffer legal liabilities with regard to false advertising. NACHI strongly recommends that members refrain from using this Trademarked professional designation for the time being. Use by non-members is prohibited."

And any more so than the attorney asking "Mr. Inspector, what exactly did you do to attain the Certified Inspector designation my client relied upon in making his/her decision to hire you?"??

It's all semantics.

Relax, Nick, I don't really want to use it - I think the entire idea needs A LOT of work.

[Nick Gromicko]

Work almost done. I expect to be given the requirements this week.

[gjohnson]

Funny Nick, I thought we talked about the requirements with Blaine, Paul, and John one night..

[Nick Gromicko]

I IM'd with Blaine and John. I gave our proposal to Bill and Joe to work on. Like I said, there are a lot of issues with regard to having a Certified Master Inspector professional designation that is both meaningful yet attainable.

Here is what they just emailed me:

http://www.nachi.org/cmirequirements.htm