I'm at the Jacksonville licensing meeting and online. I'll update you in live time.

[Nick Gromicko]

I just spoke on the reasons IAC2 inspectors should be grandfathered as mold assessors.

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by gromicko

I disagree.

Nick's right.

ASHI is there to protect its interests. It would be foolish for Nick to waste time assisting them in that endeavor. ASHI's agenda is not necessarily good for the industry. Look at its licensing model for proof of that.

[Steve Taylor]

Nick,
OK, I'll give up on the banding together argument with YOU. If, you will acknowledge your incorrect villification of ASHI noted above in your earlier post.

[Nick Gromicko]

Thank you sir. InterNACHI simply can't lower itself to "band together" with a no-entrance-requirement, society on matters of importance such as license grandfathering. I appreciate your understanding.

[Steve Taylor]

Mr. Bushart,
I would respectfully disagree with you. I am currently on the B.O.D. for Florida ASHI and can tell you that our chapter officially did not support any of this licensing. I also believe that the Sun Coast Chapter of ASHI did not support this licensing. While you may be correct about ASHI national, I can assure that Florida ASHI did not support licensing. I can also tell you that Florida ASHI is NOT the enemy.

[Nick Gromicko]

Department now explaining that certain crimes would not prevent one from getting a license.

[Nick Gromicko]

While you may be correct about ASHI national, I can assure that Florida ASHI did not support licensing.

Uh, you'd better check the back of your canceled checks you all send to ASHI. You will note they were deposited in an Illinois bank. Florida ASHI members most certainly do support ASHI national.

[John McKenna]

All ASHI members support ASHI national by sending them dues.

[Gary Farnsworth]

If ASHI members do not like what their association is doing, I suggest to all of them to drop your memberships to that "agency", and join iNACHI. If you did not support the licensing, why are you still members?

You must realize that ASHI wants to control the inspection industry as a whole in every state. Your fees contribute to that. And, with government and lawmaker pay-offs and backing, you will be working for them: not yourself. When ASHI members start to realize this, they must drop their memberships, and run, or face working for them, and must pull themselves away from being involved in this take-over.

[Steve Taylor]

I give up!

[John M. Acaron]

Nick: We should emphasis that when the law takes effect in July 2010 we all should be granted a license to continue our business until the state gets their act together regarding the curriculum, study information and test At least until 2011 or what ever years it will take. Better yet we all shall be grandfathered in is we have been in business for over three years and can produce evidence of work accomplished. The same for MOLD ASSESOR. Keep us inform. Thanks, regards-John Acaron/Panama City Beach

[Gary Farnsworth]

Every inspector in every state must realize that Nick is laying a low profile, simply letting lawmakers, and the federal government in Washington realize what ASHI is doing, and doing it in every state. Nick is the realist here, keeping it simple so that these "board members" and "lawmakers" understand it. Heck, guys: it is a take-over, a conspiricy. Nick will pick up the pieces when it is all over. However, since ASHI is the one pushing licensing to control all of the rules we will work by, and in every state, the only way to slow or stop them is with the closing of the pocketbook of every ASHI member. Follow the money.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Originally Posted by staylor7

Mr. Bushart,
I would respectfully disagree with you. I am currently on the B.O.D. for Florida ASHI and can tell you that our chapter officially did not support any of this licensing. I also believe that the Sun Coast Chapter of ASHI did not support this licensing. While you may be correct about ASHI national, I can assure that Florida ASHI did not support licensing. I can also tell you that Florida ASHI is NOT the enemy.

TRUTH! ASHI Suncoast did not support this licensing bill.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Originally Posted by gfarnsworth

Every inspector in every state must realize that Nick is laying a low profile, simply letting lawmakers, and the federal government in Washington realize what ASHI is doing, and doing it in every state. Nick is the realist here, keeping it simple so that these "board members" and "lawmakers" understand it. Heck, guys: it is a take-over, a conspiricy. Nick will pick up the pieces when it is all over. However, since ASHI is the one pushing licensing to control all of the rules we will work by, and in every state, the only way to slow or stop them is with the closing of the pocketbook of every ASHI member. Follow the money.

I think you are giving ASHI a bit too much credit in this.

[Gary Farnsworth]

Call their office and ask. You may not like the answer. Most all state home inspection board members are ASHI, for a reason. Here in Kansas, three of the five are all ASHI. One is an attorney, and the other a real estate agent. Lawmakers here voted for the home inspection laws by a vote of 97 to 0. Who told them to vote in favor, and how much did their campaign coffers expand? We are only 150 inspectors here in Kansas, we are SOL. So will be many other states. Government is putting it's thumb on all of us.