Full membership status

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Do not have 100 paid Inspection status as of yet., does that mean that I do not warrant a full Membership Status?
Just curious.

Marcel
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[jrivera]

hhmmm ???

Mic

[Greg Bell]

You are correct. It takes 100 inspections to be a full member.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by gbell

You are correct. It takes 100 inspections to be a full member.

And you must send the numbers or dates of the inspections to John and he will ask for copies of a certain amount to see if you are writing your reports correctly
I have a feeling there are a lot of members who have not sent theirs in .
Yes I have . Roy Cooke... My wife too
CMI.. RHI..CHI..

[ekartal6]

I say grant Marcel a pass based on his knowledge of home construction.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by ekartal6

I say grant Marcel a pass based on his knowledge of home construction.

Marcel is one of my favorite HIs but I wonder where do you draw the line on who gets in under the rules and who does not .
If we have rules should they be bent and ignored for some and not others .
I think this deserves a lot of discusion .
I am a strong supporter of rules .
They are meant to be followed by all .
If they are wrong then they should be changed .
Most do not even know that there is a full membership Did you before these posts.
Roy Cooke
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[ekartal6]

Roy, you thought I was serious?

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Unfortunately for me, I don't expect rules to be changed. I like to abide by set rules also. I expect at my rate, it will take another few years to be Full. ha. ha.
I was just curious and leads me to ask now of what the difference is between the two memberships.

Thanks

Marcel

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Originally Posted by rcooke

Most do not even know that there is a full membership Did you before these posts.

Roy Cooke

http://nachi.org/membership.htm

Requirements for full membership:

1. You must have performed or participated in more than 100 home inspections.

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The 100 Inspection requirement has been there since Day 1 of this Organization.

[jmichalski]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Unfortunately for me, I don't expect rules to be changed. I like to abide by set rules also. I expect at my rate, it will take another few years to be Full. ha. ha.
I was just curious and leads me to ask now of what the difference is between the two memberships.

Thanks

Marcel

There is a distinction that is required by PA law. PA law requires inspectors to belong to a "national organization". Part of the definition of "national org" as defined by PA law is one in which full members must complete 100 paid inspections to achieve "full membership".

I am not certain, but since nick and nachi started in PA, I would guess that this law has something to do with the requirement.

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Joe,

The 100 Inspection requirement for Full Membership predates the passage of the PA Certification Law.

[jmichalski]

Like I said, I did not know for certain.

It is just a fortunate coincidence then, but a critical one to maintain for PA nachi members.

Did it also predate the proposed bills that surely circulated in teh years/months prior to passage? Or was that part of the thinking?

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

The NACHI Magazine (which predates the Internet presence of NACHI) suggests similar Membership requirements going back to May 1999.

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Originally Posted by jmichalski

Like I said, I did not know for certain.

It is just a fortunate coincidence then, but a critical one to maintain for PA nachi members.

Did it also predate the proposed bills that surely circulated in the years/months prior to passage? Or was that part of the thinking?

No coincidence at all.

The 100 Inspection requirement for Full Membership is an International requirement of NACHI. It is not exclusive to PA NACHI Members

It is not a Pennsylvania phenomena or conspiracy as you suggest.

[jmichalski]

Joe - I think you are misreading it. I am not suggesting a conspiracy of any kind. It is important to maintain the 100 inspection requirement for PA members' sake, was the point - nachi can't simply decide to eliminate the tiers of membership because then they would no longer be a national org by PA law.

It was intended more as an explanation for those not familiar with PA who may wonder why such a line in the sand exists, or question the merit or value of it.

I had always assumed that with nachi's PA roots, it was intentional. It sounds like, from the info you provide, that nachi established this criteria in advance of learning of discussions or possible passage of PA law and so the fact that the PA law and nachi requirements are the same is a happy (and fortunate) coincidence for PA nachi members.