Originally Posted By: gromicko This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I would like for us to give more thought to helping individual members in their own market. Toward that end I think we should do what we can to help our local chapters.
I am proposing that we change the current member ranking formula (which is mostly random but with a bias that favors the least clicked-thru'd member's contact info in an attempt to achieve parity) for our two main lead generators: www.FindanInspector.US and www.InspectorSEEK.com .
The aforementioned lead generators are now (according to Amazon.com's Alexa.com) the 2 most active in the industry, are now both in the top 10 of all inspection-related sites http://www.nachi.org/alexasitecomparison.htm , and are getting millions of consumer hits a month.
I propose that local chapter heads be able to submit their active member list so that members that attend and support local chapters come up first in our lead generating search rankings.
This would do no harm to members who don't have a nearby local chapter as there would be no competing local chapter members submitted for that area.
It would reward our more locally active members and provide additional incentive for members to form their own local chapters http://www.nachi.org/form.htm
Originally Posted By: lfranklin This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
OK since were just thinking out loud sounds good
But since most information about NACHI for the member is gained from this site. Are there anyway you can track how many times they log on and use that as a ranking.
Originally Posted By: rzimmerman This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
How big is a chapter area?
I'm located between a chapter in the Orlando area and one just N. of Tampa. I plan on attending the Orlando meeting and hope to attend the Tampa area meet in Feb. But which chapter, if either, will control the ranking for inspectors in this area????
 What constitutes support? Simply showing up?
I think a little more detail on how and why one inspector is better rated is necessary.
Originally Posted By: phinsperger This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
yes, I agree members who participate in chapter meetings are making an extra effort than non-attending members. I agree that they should be rewarded. They are. Through door prizes, educational credits, but most of all superior knowlege over the non-attending members.
CON
- What if a conflit developes between a chapter head and chapter member. The chapter head would have an ability to directly affect the members business in an negative way. I'm sure the chapter heads would be above such an act but I'm not sure they should even be in a position to weild such power against members who are their competitors.
- What is to stop just about everyone from forming thier own chapter. Then they just submit themselves as attending. Then the ranking would just be back where we started but with a whole mess of nonfunctioning chapters.
Originally Posted By: Chris Morrell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Robert,
It shouldn't matter what chapter meeting you attend, just that you attend them. If you go to the Orlando meeting, you get one "point." When you go to the next meeting (whether it be in Orlando or Tampa) you get another. Ranking would then be weighed additionally by how many chapter "points" you have.
Paul,
I think we could get around the issue of giving a chapter president too much power over his competitors. Perhaps each meeting every member drops their ID number into a box. After the meeting the president inputs all those ID#s into our system. That way no entry is connected to an actual person from his or her perspective. That's just one way to get around it. There are probably others.
Originally Posted By: phinsperger This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
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I think we could get around the issue of giving a chapter president too much power over his competitors. Perhaps each meeting every member drops their ID number into a box. After the meeting the president inputs all those ID#s into our system. That way no entry is connected to an actual person from his or her perspective. That's just one way to get around it. There are probably others.
- the chapter heads do not have any additional work and are removed from the equation.
- members highly active in pursuing education from many sources (chapter meetings, conventions, on-line courses, college courses, etc) can be better rewarded.
- since the members that are doing more inspections (the ones that need the referrals less) tend to have less time to pursue education, they would be automatically lower ranked than the inspectors that are doing less inspections.
Less inspections + more education = ranked high
More inspections + less education = ranked middle
less inspections + no education = ranked low
Originally Posted By: dbowers This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I think a fair way to rank our inspectors is to go by seniority. Those with over 20 years home inspection experience come up first and then so forth on down the line. Sounds really great to me.
Originally Posted By: Chris Morrell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Joe/John,
Something like that has been in the works for a while, but with a few hitches and several developers. I've now taken it over, and hope to implement something shortly (probably by the end of this year).
Originally Posted By: gjohnson This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Chris,
What John and Joe are talking about should be very easy. All they want is a Link on the Side Bar that says Chapters and it go to a list of all the NACHI Chapters that are out there.
I think what you are talking about was the automated system to give new chapter heads their own website. (unless I am mistaken).
-- Gary (Snicker's) Johnson - Free NACHOS
The NACHI Foundation
Executive Director
Originally Posted By: jremas This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
The existing system is heavily flawed.
For example:
I live in the 18411 area code. When you search it there are 11 inspectors who come up. 7 of the 11 are located out of the area and only list the zip code as a coverage area. 4 of us are actually located in that zip code.
All of us 'natives" are at or near the bottom.
I of course am last on the list with 7 out of towners listed above me in my own home town. (maybe nick does this to me on purpose and it is probably why I have no referrals from the website although a large percentage of my business comes from the internet)
since when did it make sense to list guys who live in a town at the bottom of those who don't?
Of course the top 2 are ASHI guys.
--
Jeff Remas
REMAS Inspections, Inc.
Northeastern PA & the Poconos
www.NEPAinspector.com
Originally Posted By: rfarruggia This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I dont know about anyone else around here, but I havent gotten any inquiries via NACHI in a few months. I am listed in the top few in all my zip codes.
Originally Posted By: mbartels This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I have the same problem as Jeff. In my own zip code I am ranked near the bottom while people who are 20 miles from me are ranked at the top.
It was also explained to me that the zip codes you entered in will overlap. This is not the case either. I live in a very populated area and you cross over to a new zip code every few miles. I am almost invisible to anyone within a 20 mile radius.
I agree we need change. How about A$HI and NAHI sites? We don’t have varying levels of memberships but we could do as some suggested and rank in order of education time, or, as I read before I joined, seniority at NACHI.
Originally Posted By: Kenneth Sitzes This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hi,
I think that if you are going to post the Chapter here on the dark blue site of the web-page then some leg work needs to be done.
Someone need to make sure that the Chapter really is up an running here in my area the one that claims he is President of the Chapter by there is NO Chapter.
There should be some type of guide line on want NACHI requires to be a chapter, guide line for all chapter has to follow should be the same? How the meeting should be held the # of meeting that require per Year an so on.
I think that you should post the Inspector in the Chapter should be list according to zip code in numeral order an list according to alphabetic order. Just my opinion. 
Originally Posted By: jfarsetta This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
First step for local chapter support is a link called NACHI Chapters, located in the left column, and ABOVE Find An Inspector.
Click the link and it brings up a list of states. Click a state and the local NACHI chapter names appear. Click a chapter and either link to their website, or bring up a page which states that this chapter does not have a website, and referr them back to FindAnInspector.
-- Joe Farsetta
Illigitimi Non Carborundum
"Dont let the bastards grind you down..."
How big is a chapter area?