Russ — Like the rest of us, you will soon find that Decker is the smartest guy he knows and wants to educate the rest of us.
We mostly laugh at him until, sometimes, he gets a little too rowdy and has to be bitch slapped.
He will then give some excuse to justify his feminine nature of wanting to help everyone with everything. Even the AHJ’s in his town have to hear how little they know and how much he knows. Why should he spare us, right?
I rest my case.
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If more people asked more questions their would be less chance that questionable practices would be less likely manifest do to the fear of being discovered. I don’t have a side for or against but I have been able to take a lot of information from all those who post. Thanks to all for taking the time to participate in the forums.
Fair enough…I do not know all the underlying circumstances and the past instances that have happened. Once again, I applaud Nick and his implamenting NACHI…if I am not mistaking, ANYONE can create their own organization. But ya gotta put your nads and money out there and roll the dice…Not many willing to do that. I too have a cash cow, its called HOME INSPECTIONS!..Thanks to this organization I have let my cow graze and its getting beefier every year. So if my cash cow has to feed another cash cow …NACHI, isn’t that the purpose of commerce? One feeds another and we all make money? Take care
All in my humble opinion…
My question was not answered, though Chris came close.
NACHI Tv claims to produce and provide education…which I gain from Chris’s explanation, this is nothing but typical Gromicko hyperbole. If I understand Chris, NACHI Tv supplies technical support to NACHI who provides the education.
But NACHI is not for profit. The money it charges for the videos goes where, if not to NACHI or NACHI Tv?
And who owns Reports, Inc.?
Now I’m gonna be dense and ask an off the wall question.
Who cares? Personally, I always thought Noel Zak and the crew over at NHIE was the true owners.
Never mind. (http://www.winachi.org/gromicko.html).
It’s a strategic partnership. InterNACHI doesn’t have the online video technology that NACHI.TV has and NACHI.TV doesn’t have the online course system that InterNACHI does.
Nobody recouped a nickle yet. Many pitched in and have skin in the game though. John McKenna is owed some money first as he has what amounts to a royalty on gross sales for the material and work he provided for one of the courses at his expense. We met with Ron Huffman this morning. He is an engineer, InterNACHI member, ASHI member, and expert witness. I think we hammered out a similar deal with him for an upcoming series on EIFS, although I wasn’t part of that negotiation today. PRO-LAB has some skin in it too as their sales force sells some of the shows on commission, they paid for Dr. Shane’s contribution, and they put up some initial funding, Chris has some skin in it as he does much of NACHI.TV’s ongoing, never ending tech work. The Ben/Kenton team did a lot of work too and haven’t been paid a penny either. We also have a deal with the insurance industry to produce training courses for InterNACHI members to do their storm damage inspections. I’m probably forgeting some people. Anyway, it’s almost become one big industry-wide project and couldn’t be done within non-profit, tax-exempt InterNACHI. Others aren’t owed anything but they sure donated much in trying to get the pig to fly. Well, anyway, it’s flying. Needs a little lipstick, but it’s flying. 50 informational, educational, entertaining episodes to date.
First, as I said [post=410501]elsewhere[/post]:
That said, there are a lot of costs involved in the co-development of the course, plus the production and technology to host/stream those videos. The fee NACHI.TV charges for its advanced education videos offsets some of those costs (though, as of right now, not all of them).
Nick and I co-founded Reports, Inc. I have since purchased his stock in the company.
…and now you know that ASHI still owns its test, the NHIE, lock-stock-and barrel.
But what got me looking into NACHI Tv was when Ben Gromicko first began hyping a video he produced on crawlspaces where he was encouraging inspectors (in his hyped up advertising) to enter wet crawlspaces of 18".
I thought, then, that such irresponsibility had no place in presenting actual training to home inspectors…especially here, where we have so many guys yet to perform their first inspection.
Then came the video…and the message board hyperbole…encouraging inspectors to report a 2004 water heater as “defective” after some unsubstantiated and unresearched claim was made on a NACHI Tv video that some official determination had been made that these heaters will not last more than “3 to 5 years”.
In that we no longer have an Education Committee to review and screen what is provided to us in the form of “education” we have to trust our vendors.
But…according to Nick…NACHI Tv is not a vendor. It has so NACHI seal of approval as a vendor…and Chris says it simply provides technical support to a Nick Gromicko owned company called Reports, Inc.
Ben’s claims contradict this throughout the message board…but then, Ben thinks that 2004 water heaters have three years to live and we should all be slipping and sliding around in wet crawlspaces.
It has been a confusing journey trying to acquire these facts.
Bottom line: We need a filter between the providers of education and the recipients.
As to some of the other posts, now you can see that there is a big difference between asking a question and being questioning.
To ask a question is to admit that you don’t know the answer and to seek information, and to being open to recieving it.
To be “questioning” is to believe that you already know the answer and you ask anyway in an attempt to besmirch the answer that you expect to recieve, usually in an attempt to “expose” something that you think is wrong or that you just don’t like. This is a tack that is called, in psychological circles, “passive-aggressive”, i.e., try to appear innocent while believing that you are smarter than the room.
I submit that Jim’s intention is the latter. Jim is just trying to slam Nick and imply that there is something illegal going on. As to why, you have to ask him.
But, I will leave it to the membership to decide.
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I always say *the proofs in the puddin’. *Many pitched in including sponsors, advertisers, and guests (I almost forgot about them) and some how, some way, we did it! We did it! The inspection industry has its own TV show, most episodes are free, everyone can watch it from anywhere, any time. Wow!
Everyone should be proud.
Now let’s go do the next big project.
Can you believe that we’re up to 50 episodes? I can remember not too long ago when our office had a note on it saying, “Nick, do not enter without video.” Now we should have a note saying, “Nick, slow down with the video.” 
James appears to be traveling down the road once traveld by Joe Burkeson. In the beginning he is the ultimate defender of NACHI, right wrong or indifferent. This earned him the highly coveted moniker of Captain Nachi. Now, evidently, a NACHI burr has worked it’s way into his “taint”. I suspect, as with Joe, he may circle around again.
James, I recommend that you call Joe if you haven’t already done so. He knows what the future holds for you.
NACHI is just fine…it’s the carpetbagging opportunists presently in control of it that have my dander up.
However Jim, you have to remember the “carpetbagging opportunists” have been around for a very long time and I hate to say I told you so, but, remember several people telling you that NACHI is a good organization if you remember that it is first a marketing organization.
Nothing wrong with that but there is also nothing wrong with challenging the status quo in hopes of making InterACHI even better.
A few members complain when we release an espisode on reporting software (they call them infomercials) or announce a discount on reporting software. But then we discover that the complainers already have software. The member about to buy reporting software watches the software episodes twice and pockets the discount we procured for him/her.
A few members complain when we release an espisode on insurance (they call them infomercials) or announce a discount on insurance. But then we discover that the complainers live in states that don’t require it. The member who lives in a state that requires insurance watches the episodes twice and pockets the discount we procured for him/her.
A few members complain when we release an espisode on marketing (they call them infomercials) or reveal tips on search engine optimization. But then we discover that the complainers don’t even have their own websites. The member who is ranked on page 39 of Google and needs SEO advice watches the episodes twice and then improves his site’s SEO.
A few members complain when we release an espisode on log or strawbale homes (they call them infomercials) or reveal tips on inspecting alternative construction. But then we discover that the complainers don’t work in markets with such homes. The member who has a log home inspection scheduled next week watches the episodes twice.
A few members complain when we release an espisode on meth labs (they call them infomercials) or reveal tips on inspecting homes that may have been used as meth labs. But then we discover that the complainers never had a request for a meth inspection. The member who has a meth lab bust article on the front page of his hometown newspaper watches the episodes twice.
A few members complain when we release an espisode on video inspections of drain pipes (they call them infomercials) or reveal tips on how to offer the service for an additional fee. But then we discover that the complainers don’t offer any ancillary services. The member who is considering adding this service to his/her list of inspection services watches the episodes twice.
… you get the point I’m making.
Jim’s just upset that he hasn’t (yet) figured out a way to become a carpetbagger. :mrgreen:
Decker is living proof that afterbirth, given the proper nutrients, can sustain itself.
Hope this helps.