Please tune in to Radio station 750AM every Saturday morning from 8:30am - 9:30am to catch NACHI member Tim Kerfin broadcasting on a radio talk show program geared toward the Professional Home Inspector / Contractor. He will be discussing codes, various building violations, new products, tools, etc. Call-ins are definitely encouraged.
This station will reach everyone within a 75 mi. radius of Chicago.
He is not interested in being a part of the Chapter here. He ‘Founded’ a Chapter, more than a year ago and had one meeting and then didn’t have another one. When I was newly licensed, I called him a number of times (national directed me towards him, as the Chicago NACHI guy), and he called me back, once. I never heard from him again untill I called him.
Then Russ Myers came along and really did stuff. Thus the Chicago Chapter was really formed.
When I last talked to Tim, he told me that he ‘didn’t have any time’ to help the Chapter.
‘All politics are local.’ So is all support and help and respectability.
I called him just before that “first” (and apparently only) NACHI meeting in May of 2004 (?), and asked if I could help-out in any way. He indicated everything was under-control, and that he’d call if he needed anything.
Here’s how the rest of the brief conversation went:
Chris: “Hey, Tim, do you have any Realtors or Brokers scheduled to speak?”
Tim: “Nope.”
Chris: “Well, I’ve got a broker from a fairly large S.W. Chicagoland C21 office who’s agreed to give a 5-10 minute bit, if we’re willing to feed him and we’ve got time on the Agenda.”
Tim: “Aw, we can’t do that. I’ve got a couple of my Realtor contacts coming, and I don’t really want to offend or put them-out.”
End of conversation.
If he’s still taking credit as an officer or leader of NACHI Chicago, we should sue him or lynch him, not necessarily in that particular order. I find that rather offensive, considering the amount of work the current officers have done and are doing.