Originally Posted By: mcraig
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Is it true that the board is made up solely of ASHI members and that they keep non-ASHI members off the board?
No there are no ASHI members at all on the board; there are no Home Inspectors even on the board.
CHAIR
Chet L. Pearson, Environmental Engineer
VICE-CHAIR
Robert F. Roos, Public Member
SECRETARY
Stuart R. Lane, Land Surveyor
Richard Pawelko, Architect
William M. Greenslade, Geologist
Ronald A. Starling, Structural Engineer
Gary J. Nelson, Architect
Joy Lyndes, Landscape Architect
Priscilla S. Cornelio, Civil Engineer
There are two committees one for Rules and regulations which is headed up by Melinda Baughman this committee has 5 members 2 are ASHI members and there is an open seat that we could have (with a qualified applicant) I was given a guaranty by a board member that it has been written in the rules that ASHI can never have more than the two seats they now have. (I can help any member that wants to apply for this seat I cannot be in this position at this time but I can help put some one in it)
Chair:Peter J. Leeds
Members: Brion C. Grant, David Swartz, Robert F. Roos and Richard Pawelko
The second committee is the Investigations committee it is headed up by Kathryn Fuller and has no ASHI members on it at all.
Is it true that the board hinders competition? How?
This is a tough one to answer but I will try. The BTR is a bureaucratic agency it can take a year to get your certification because of the process set up to get certified. It is the luck of the draw the way it works is you turn in all of your reports to be evaluated they hand your reports to Qualified Volunteer home inspectors to check them if a good consensus inspector gets them he gets them done right away if you get one that is not in a hurry he has up to six months to get threw them (the BTR has to wait for the reports to be returned to them so they wait too)
Is it true that the head of an ASHI Chapter became an AZ employee associated connected with the board?
No this is a rumor that started a year ago when one of the associates in the office left the BTR to work part time for ASHI in an assistant position
Is it true that a board member demanded and accepted payment for parallel inspections from an applicant to the board on which he sits?
No one was able to substantiate this one at this time but there are no Home Inspectors on the Board so this is doughtful. (May be he is a Committee member?)
Is it true that there is a board member who also runs a home inspection school that sells parallel inspections and has an indentured-servitude scheme going via this school? Is he still on the board?
No Allan is not a board member at all, He has hired several students in the past to work for him but very few. There are a lot of sour grapes because Allan offers as part of the school to help people get threw there parallel inspections the other schools do not so there are a lot of HI?s that go to other schools and then are upset because no one will help them get there parallel inspections.
His years of education and experience have enabled him to open an inspection school and has personally trained many other inspectors in Phoenix, Tucson, and all of central and southeastern Arizona.
Mr. Blaker's Accomplishments:
? Charter member and first president of the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors (two year term)
? Arizona ASHI Chapter Board of Directors (four of the last nine years)
? ASHI International Board of Directors (six of the last eight years)
? ASHI International Council of Representatives
? Arizona ASHI Legislative Committee Chair
? ASHI International Chapter Mentoring Program Chair
? ASHI International Insurance Committee (two years)
? ASHI International Bylaws Committee (three years)
? ASHI National Education Conference Entertainment Committee Chair (two years)
? ASHI Education Exam Question Committee
? ASHI On-Line Task Force Chair
? Kiwanian since 1985
? Past President: Kiwanis Club of the Old Pueblo
? Served on numerous committees for the Tucson Board of Realtors
? Writer of Home Inspection Newsletter distributed in Tucson & Phoenix
? Affiliate: Tucson Board of Realtors
? Expert Witness in Pima County Superior Court
? Elected to the elite "Presidents Circle" of the InspecTech Corporation
Is it true that the board is harassing members of NACHI saying that they can't join NACHI until the are licensed or else will be fined $5,000.00?
No I will have to explain this in depth.
There all the questions have been answered now I can try and go in to information on the Last question. Some of you are not going to like this but there are regulations out here that are specific that must be followed.
I just spent several hours at the BTR in an office with the head of the rules and regulations and the head of the investigations committees and one board member and here is what was told to me as is I will not sugar coat it at all. A complaint was filed by a home buyer not a ASHI member or member of any other organization against several home inspectors that were listed on the findaninspector.us web sight when the investigation started it was noted that there were members listed as home inspectors ?doing business? at Zip codes in Arizona it is not wrong to be a member of NACHI but it is wrong to be listed as doing business in Arizona without being state certified the wording of the list?s in findaninspector.us says ?doing business? at a location this is what triggered this investigation. As it progressed they found other discrepancies. Nick I never got the other names of HI?s to find out about so here is the information on Justin Gushard and JAM home Inspections There was no Dollar amount set on this for a fine that is determined by the board after a hearing is conducted and a fine is warranted. Justin is not AZ certified and said that they were part owner of JAM Home Inspection if this is true Jam Home inspection, as a Firm should have been registered with the BTR too.
32-141. Firm registration
A. A firm shall not engage in the practice of any Board regulated profession or occupation unless the firm is registered with the Board and the professional services are conducted under the full authority and responsible charge of a principal of the firm, who is also a registrant.
B. A person shall file a registration application for each branch office that is located in this state and that is part of a firm registered with the Board. The branch office application shall list a designated registrant having full authority and responsible charge of the professional services of that branch office. The designated registrant in a branch office need not be a principal of the firm.
C. A firm wishing to offer professional services in this state shall file with the Board an application for registration on a form provided by the Board and accompanied by the appropriate application fee as prescribed by the Board. Firms shall also identify responsible registrants by the registrant's registration certificate number. Each firm shall list a description of the services the firm is offering to the public. The Board shall be notified in writing within thirty days of any change occurring in the registered principals, or any change in the firm's name or address or any change in a branch office address or designated registrant. A new application shall be filed each year by the firm within thirty days of the anniversary date of the original firm registration.
D. No firm may advertise its availability to perform home inspections by home inspectors certified pursuant to this chapter unless each home inspection is performed by a home inspector certified pursuant to this chapter and each home inspection report is prepared as a result of the inspector's on-site observation.
Then when the investigation went to there listed web sight they found a testimonial from Stevie H. in Goodyear, AZ that said
"Both Justin and Mark were courteous and professional,
enjoyable to work with. The inspection and report were
detailed and thorough. I would not hesitate to recommend
them to anyone."--Stevie H.--Goodyear, Arizona
In the legal realm this would appear to the normal customer reading it that both are home inspectors doing business in Arizona.
This is what their investigation is about. It looks to me like this is the foundation for all of the NACHI home inspectors that are being looked at. I have no suggestion on how this one could be defended at this time nor was I given any idea of what a fine would be.
I pleaded with them on behalf of the other NACHI inspectors and I came up with a defense that they will consider depending on each HI?s case. Here it is: you are a new Home inspector waiting for the BTR to finish your paper work you joined NACHI and Listed with them not realizing that NACHI would list you as open for business right away and you contacted NACHI to take your listing off until your state certification is done but NACHI takes time to get your listing off of the sight. This was the best I could do for all of you.
Now for the rest of the topics. There is no Investigation of the BTR at this time with the Attorney General, Maricopa County Attorney, Sheriffs office or City of Phoenix.
I am completely drained right now and I am not going to respond anymore to all of this today. I will try and respond to any further Arizona questions at another time when I get rested up this was very hard work dealing with all of the different Bureaucrats today. I know I must have missed some questions but bare with me I will get them as soon as I can.
