PennJersey Chapter of InterNACHI meeting on August 18th.

You are cordially invited to the next meeting of the PennJersey Chapter of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI), Thursday, August 18th, 2005 at 6 pm  (drinks at 6pm, dinner served at 6:45).  The meeting is open to all (dinner is $25).  You do not need to be a member to attend.  Dress casual, bring your spouse and come hungry.  Everyone is welcome.
 
Speakers:
  • Introduction by: Gary Merlo, President of the PennJersey Chapter of InterNACHI.
  • Guest technical speaker: Hollis Brown of Home Inspector Training Academy (HITA) in Bethesda, Maryland (www.hita-training.com) on Inspecting Residential Central A/C units.
  • Other speaker:  Rich Patrick of LazrWeb (www.lazrweb.com) on Marketing your home inspection business.      

Door prizes:  InterNACHI ADRS (http://www.nachiadrs.com) 2 free memberships.  More prizes to be announced.

Dues: There are currently no dues required to join the PennJersey Chapter. You need not join to attend.

Place:
The Lantern Restaurant
530 Pembroke Road
Bethlehem, PA  18018
 
Restaurant phone:    (610) 867-9066
 
 
Everyone is welcome to attend this open-door home inspection event.  Please bring your spouse.  Please RSVP Gary if you plan to attend.

This Chapter and meeting were put together by InterNACHI member:
Gary Merlo
President, Penn Jersey InterNACHI Chapter
Monarch Home Inspection Services, Inc.
Bangor, PA
(610) 599-0444
 
Attendance counts as 1 hour toward InterNACHI member continuing education.
Can't make this one?  Come to one of our upcoming New Jersey Chapter meetings: 
 
Some important updates about the Pennsylvania Home Inspection profession:

Pennsylvania InterNACHI members save big on Error and Omissions insurance.  Paying too much for E&O? InterNACHI members get huge discounts on E&O insurance. Our insurer, AIG, has an A.M.Best rating of A++ superior, the highest rating, enjoyed by only 6.7% of all insurers! Because of the unique professionalism and expertise of the InterNACHI membership, we were able to negotiate improved terms and a substantial discount for this important coverage. This is a proprietary product, available exclusively to InterNACHI members, through our exclusive Broker, Towers Perrin, and sold through a portal right on InterNACHI’s website. They gave this discount exclusively to InterNACHI members because InterNACHI members are the best inspectors in the world and deserve to pay much less than non-members. Visit www.nachi.org/eo for more information.

The Western PA InterNACHI Chapter meeting is coming up in Pittsburgh on July 28th.  Everyone is welcome. You need not be a member of InterNACHI to attend. Our speakers will be our attorney Brad Dornish on limiting liability, Chapter President Larry Ott on mold inspections, Chapter V.P. Dave Seaholm on septic system dye testing and Herman Layman of U.S. Micro Solutions on advanced indoor environmental quality inspections. Our W.PA Chapter meets every month. Visit http://www.wpanachi.org for more information.

PHIC loses in court again. InterNACHI wins!  PHIC, the fake organization that has been scamming our fellow home inspectors out of mentoring fees had to stop lying about InterNACHI. In a June 13th, 2005 ruling, Judge Thomas G. Gavin struck down PHIC. His ruling ended with the following words “Finally, there is no indication that Plaintiffs (PHIC and Joe Kelly) are authorized to enforce the Home Inspection Law.” Visit www.nachi.org/phicscam for more information.

Pennsylvania is now InterNACHI’s second strongest market.  InterNACHI has 6 local PA chapters and 572 members in Pennsylvania. This makes Pennsylvania InterNACHI’s second largest state in terms of membership behind only Florida which has 926 InterNACHI members. Go PA InterNACHI!

Western Pennsylvania inspectors, come on over to Ohio!  InterNACHI’s Ohio State Chapter invites you to join them for a 2-day educational event in Columbus on August 20th-21st. Their last meeting in April was standing room only and featured 13 speakers and 25 home inspection vendors. Visit www.OHnachi.org for more information.

Pennsylvania State home inspection registration legislation.  InterNACHI is pushing through legislation in Pennsylvania nearly identical to the legislation we had enacted into law recently in North Dakota, a state which uses InterNACHI’s Inspector Examination.

Pennsylvania inspectors can attend the largest inspection event of the year for free. Each year, InterNACHI allows members of one state to attend its national convention for free. This year InterNACHI has chosen Pennsylvania. All Pennsylvania inspectors (not just InterNACHI members) are invited to the InterNACHI convention in Orlando Florida, February 4th-8th, 2006, at no charge. Last year had 850 inspectors in attendance, 6 running classes providing three full days of continuing education, and 45 industry vendors. For 2006 we will have 105 vendors and over 2,500 inspectors in attendance. InterNACHI and PRO-Lab will be giving out a free 2006 F-150 pickup truck to one lucky attendee. Don’t miss it. Visit www.nachi.org/convention2006 for more information next week.
  
https://www.nachi.org/iq.htm  Free Inspector's Quarterly.
https://www.nachi.org/benefits.htm  Membership benefits.
https://www.nachi.org/events.htm  Other InterNACHI events.