And this coming form the guy who told me that a certain person would give his course in Wisconsin “over my dead body”.
It didn’t come as much of a surprise to me that you are trampling all over so many boundaries in Illinois, either. I’m glad you mentioned your supposed policies. It’s good for others to see what you are doing.
I also noticed that this (so-called) Illinois state chapter has 2 directors and you list youself as an offer with the Illinois State Administrator title. The state administrator is a NACHI volunteer position, not an office of a chapter.
It’s plain as day that you deliberately don’t list yourself as “President” to avoid appearance of conflict, given how you have managed to give yourself authority over activities that would involve other chapters.
Also being the volunteer Wisconsin NACHI State Educational Administrator I understand that the position has no real authority. I pretty much exclusively use the position to intercede for inspectors who are having trouble getting written verification of attendance to classes and seminars that includes what the state requires for CE credit. I am available to any chapter or inspector that needs something.
I understand that due to the Illinois requirements for courses, NACHI needs somebody on the ground to do the actual submitting of courses. Being the Educational Administrator makes that a good fit.
Having formed a State Chapter here in Wisconsin, I am clear that it does not supercede any other chapters, nor do I have any authority over those chapters and cannot prevent anyone from forming one of their own.
What doesn’t fit is that you seem to have parlayed that simple service, to NACHI and those wanting to get a course approved, into some kind of seat of authority, deciding who gets credit for what, and who gets proceeds for events where approved courses are presented.
Having formed a State Chapter here in Wisconsin, I am clear that it does not supercede any other chapters, nor do I have any authority over those chapters and cannot prevent anyone from forming one of their own.
I am sure that in your own mind, you are doing what you think is best for NACHI in Illinois. Unfortunately it is pretty clear that your thinking is clouded by your own personal resentments.
I have enough personal knowledge of the truth to this just based on the content of our phone conversations when we started our chapter. Since we hardly knew each at the time I took great offense to your efforts to run down and malign an office of another chapter and your effort to use your position as Educational Committee chairperson to try to dictate what will and will not go on in our state by way of education.
Combining your newly self acquired authority in the position of “administrator” with your newly created state chapter, is such an obvious political ploy to gain some type of control over a chapter in which you are no longer president.
I can’t do anything about what you are up to in Illinois, but I sure hope someone gets a good look into what is really going on there and straightens you out. You have plenty to offer without overstepping your authority.