I'm off to Philly to the "We're a relevant assoc. too!!!" ASTM meeting.

[Nick Gromicko]

Off to Philly to join my friends at ASHI, AII and CREIA in opposition to the "Look at us, we're a relevant association too, we do big things that are important, we're smart, not dumb like everybody says we are" association and ASTM's attempt to rewrite our SOPs.

I'll let you all know how it goes.

[Russell Spriggs]

Nick, I'm sure that the PA area has been quiet since you've been away.

That'll change quickly . . .


Russ

[Brian E. Kelly]

Good luck Nick.

[Larry D. Kage]

Have a good productive trip.

[Carl A. Brown]

ASTM needs alot of help themselves! imo

Be kind to them Nick!

[jgroves]

Don't be kind to them Nick. Given the NAHI membership, they and ASTM have a lot of nerve trying to write standards for an industry that already has well established SOP's. Tell them to pack their toys, MYOB and pi$$ off.

[Bruce M. Graham]

Say hi to Mallory.

[Mark H. Roe]

Meeting should be under way now. But I hope you had a Philly for lunch to calm your stomach down for round 2. Keep us posted as to the B.S that N.a.h.i. tried to spread.

[Carl A. Brown]

James,

I did not mean that in a good way! Someone needs to break it off in them!

[jgroves]

Originally Posted by cbrown1

James,

I did not mean that in a good way! Someone needs to break it off in them!

Hey Carl,

I finally got my first red square for that. Hey you cowardly POS, sign it with your name or stay off the BB. If you can't stand behind your opinion in a public forum, go somewhere else. There is no reason for ASTM to become involved in our business, plus any 'standards' they write will be a joke. Read the ASTM standards for a Property Condition Assessment (E2018-01) and read all the nonsense that has nothing to do with the condition of the property.

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

ASTM Vote today was 103 - 49. Issue is dead.

ASTM will not proceed with the development of HI Industry Standards.

[Bill Mullen]

Congratulations, Nick:

You and many other level headed individuals have put a stop to this insanity.
I was just advised that you and they have won the day and defeated the ASTM Standards review. This is the message I got:

There were 59 for the measure, 4 botched ballots, and 106 against. Of the attendees it was reported that there were about 90 from ASHI, 10 from CREIA, Byron [FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Duerksen [/FONT][FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']represented A.I.I.™, Nick Gromicko represented NACHI, and the rest were NAHI and a few representing states with orgs like California’s CREIA. It is quite a relief to know that this beast has died for now.[/FONT]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif'][/FONT]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Bill Mullen[/FONT]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']CAHPI Past President[/FONT]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Sarnia, Ontario[/FONT]

[klott]

Great news! Thanks, Nick

[jgroves]

Outstanding job, Nick and company!

[John McKenna]

NAHI announces

An organizational meeting of industry stakeholders occurred in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania today to discuss whether to create an ASTM committee to begin the formation of a national standard of practice for home inspection. The result of this meeting is that a national standard will not move forward at this time.

http://www.nahi.org/public/503.cfm

Near the end of this page it says

We believe that our industry can stand for something other than the singular interests we see every day when reading the home inspection message boards and blogs.

I wonder which message board they are talking about?