Originally Posted By: jfarsetta This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Don,
You DO contribute. Have the cost of your sites affordable to build and manage. Suggest a lidt of low cost web-hosters. My site costs me less than $100 per year.
I used their stock development tools to build it. I could have anyone build me one, using conventional develpment tools, and upload it to them.
Chris' offer is more one of Chris, rather thana true NACHI run site.
-- Joe Farsetta
Illigitimi Non Carborundum
"Dont let the bastards grind you down..."
Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
All sponsorships are a win-win… Our members learn about your services and often avail themselves of them, and so win,. Vendors get free publicity at NACHI.org and at our meetings and so win.
Originally Posted By: Don West This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
There you go Nick!
I see we’re on the same page and I’m happy to help when that’s the case. It IS a win win and I’m glad you see it that way.
The tone of the earlier comments seemed to suggest there was no $$$ value to NACHI by vendors being present here. But of course there is.
Good value to the members, from the vendor relationships an organization's leadership develops, adds just another plus to the list for those contemplating joining. Naturally, each new member who joined because of the value, adds to the NACHI coffers. Which in turn, allows NACHI to offer more services and advantages over the competing organizations.
And hopefully, in the process, the members can find value in each vendor's offerings. Of course some will and some won't. No vendor can be all things to all people.
Some like a DeWalt, some like a Ryobi. Some like to do their own web thing, some want to concentrate on building business and pay someone else to worry with the web for them. All vendors accept that.
It's a huge advantage for an organization if they've developed good business relationships and mutual respect with reputable vendors. Members seeking value in the organizations they chose to associate with, win big. And so does the organization.
Witness ASHI. They just simply have not done a good job of giving members what they need. And they're petering out slowly.
