Some how I get the feeling that Michael Rowan (Ameripro),
the new Executive Director of the Board of Certified Master
Inspectors (CMI) does not place CMI on the front burner
of his priorities.
Notice which designations and association he promotes
foremost and with the most verbiage at the links below.
Is it wrong for me to desire a leader that would please try
to look like he is not creating something to take the
place of CMI… or at least act like he has not taken over
the position so he can suffocate it, while giving life to
other interest.?
Micheal promotes ASHI upfront, that is easy to see.
He promotes his MBI over the CMI designation, thats
easy to see. Why is our leader making CMI’s second
class citizen now?
He does not list NACHI on his credentials either,
he is still putting ASHI first.
And where the h*** is the new President of CMI?
Scott whats his name?
Come on… this is starting to look like a joke guys.
Which organization is listed first under the professional associations on the site you referenced? I see NACHI first.
I also see a significantly larger NACHI logo, placed first on the left column where org affiliation logos are listed.
He does appear to be promoting the MBI more prominently, but in my opinion it also appears to be a more substantial designation. I have never been a fan of the CMI program (no secret there) but I don’t think it has had what I would call truly active or aggressive leadership since it’s inception, so I don’t see the lack of communication as anything new.
If I had bought into the previous CMI stuff, I would probably be pretty steamed, too.
This is Nick’s hand picked guy, though, so I doubt this is going on without his knowledge and consent.
Michael Rowan was given the chance to lead CMI
into something better and it turns into a half
done web site, along with his other half done
web store fronts.
Just look at Rowan’s site and click on all his half start up
web stores. None of them have much traffic and
many are just web skeletons that are incomplete
ideas, that are still not finished.
I think that vendors are like most other things we see at NACHI, and that is that the cream will rise to the top and the sediment will find its way to the bottom. Hyperbole and glitz will take you so far but, sooner or later, you gotta be able to deliver what you say or you find your keystrokes echoing in an empty forum…much like Rowan’s are, today.
In all fairness to Mike Rowan, it was not his vision or ingenuity that created the CMI designation and concept. That credit goes to Nick Gromicko. It will probably have to be his marketing genius that will take it to the next level. Rowan’s attempt to ASHIfy and FABIfy it failed, big time.
Can someone market it and develop it without bastardizing it, as Rowan did? I hope so.
In all fairness to Mike if he wasn’t able to Handel it he should Not have accepted the job. I think the President of CMI should Not be a vendor. That way there is no conflict. Hopefully Nick will make some changes and get CMI back on track.