Dilema

[Russell J. Hensel]

Originally Posted by gromicko

InterNACHI isn't designed to promote itself to the public. Why would the general public be interested in an inspector's trade association? Do you figure they want to get certified to perform wind mitigation inspections? I don't think so. So if you are waiting for InterNACHI to promote the name of our trade association to the public, you will be waiting forever. Not our business model.

InterNACHI is designed to provide members with inspection business success tools to promote themselves.

Don't spend one of your precious red pennies promoting InterNACHI or branding the name "InterNACHI." InterNACHI is already the biggest inspection organization, wildly successful with millions of dollars pouring in each year, members all over the world, hundreds of government approvals and free membership benefits falling off the shelves.

Promote and brand YOU and YOUR inspection business in YOUR own local market. That is all that counts. InterNACHI is here to help you do that.

So then this is BS? Got it!

[Nick Gromicko]

No, it is not. Keeping diploma mill ASHI members out of InterNACHI is not in conflict InterNACHI's mission to help its members brand themselves (instead of the other way around).

ESOP overruled me when I proposed to kick them all out years ago. I did a study of the 800 dual members and calculated that 700, if forced to choose, would choose InterNACHI over "sorry, no benefits" ASHI.

Today, it really doesn't matter as they've nearly all come over to InterNACHI exclusively anyway, including many of their chapter heads and top trainers.