Vendors complaining about door prizes. Attn. Chapter heads.

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Originally Posted By: gromicko
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I constantly get complaints from vendors about there being local NACHI Chapter meetings that they didn’t know about and so were not given an opportunity to offer up a door prize.


They understand that one of the best and most efficient ways vendors reach the inspection industry is by having a their free samples announced and given away as door prizes at our NACHI Chapter meetings. They lose out on this free advertising and our members lose out on a nice door prize if NACHI Chapter heads don't procure them in advance.

Please... if you are holding a local NACHI Chapter meeting... contact the product and service vendors listed in http://www.nachi.org/deals.htm and ask them for a door prize. Most of the time they'll be more than happy to give you one. Then email me at nick.gromicko@nachi.org so I can announce their generosity and post a link to their website within the announcements in http://www.nachi.org/events.htm We will also ship you some provided by vendors that participate in http://www.nachi.org/vendorinstructions.htm


Thanks.

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Nick Gromicko
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Originally Posted By: loconnor
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There must be a simple way to procure samples from vendors.


It started out that I contacted as many vendors as I found mentioned on the NACHI board. Then Dave was elected membership chairman and we went through him to obtain samples. But I think Dave was somewhat overwhelmed by so many requests that some of us saw very little or nothing of the samples. Not Daves fault, he worked hard at trying to make it happen. But he was only one person.


Then, when we mentioned our chapter meetings on the message boards, Crystal and Aimee took it upon themselves to ensure we received items before our chapter meetings. That was very appreciative.

So... should there be a single source of obtaining these items without over burdening individual members to ensure the chapters have them for their meetings.

Over the last several months several posts were made by Nick and others requesting Chapter heads to contact certain vendors that wanted names and contact info of all Chapter heads. I thought that was a good idea.
But nothing seems to have happened on most of it.

Why not develop the list of Chapters, contact names, and other contact information for each chapter. Then, when a vendor is interested in sending their wares to the chapters, Crystal, or Aimee or David or someone can just forward the list to these vendors.

OK...I see some of you may be concerned about having a garage full of items that they may not be able to use right away. I don't mind having items when I need them. It would give me variety to offer members. The truth is...FREE stuff is what helps get the members to attend our meetings.

I spend alot of my time marketing my business and doing other types of inspections, so I do not have a lot of time to spend contacting 10-15 vendors requesting their wares. As potential customers, we should expect them to market to us, as any other business would.

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Larry
Western Michigan NACHI Chapter
http://www.w-michigan-nachi.org

"We confide in our strength
without boasting of it.
We respect that of others
without fearing it"
Thomas Jefferson

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Originally Posted By: Aimee Jalowsky
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Great comments Larry,


I will only make names and addresses available to our vendors with the permission of the chapter heads, as we would like to respect your privacy as a number of home inspectors recieve mail at their homes.

Joe from EMSL is sending out everyone who replied to me about the calendars.

Yes, Crystal and I have mostly taken over, we are collecting all the free stuff we can, but to agree with Nick, we must know where and most importantly, when, to send the door prizes.

Eventually, we will have packages set up and ready to go to the chapters, so when you call and say my meeting is in two weeks, all I have to do is put a mailing label on it.

So, as much help and advanced notice we could get would be appreciated.

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Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Nick Gromicko


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I much prefer email to private messages.
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Originally Posted By: loconnor
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You’re absolutely right Nick. Chapter heads do not have difficulty getting door prizes. When I first started my chapter I called and or emailed the companies I knew of and received a great response. I also did this on my own.


Doing this on a monthly basis could get time consuming. But if that's what Jeff Judy plans on doing on his own, more power to him.

My point is to develop a system that would make it easier for all concerned and ensure no miscommunication.

Aimee, thank you for your response. I agree that Chapter heads should notify you two to four weeks prior to their event. I believe that information should be forwarded to all Chapter heads so they'll know what they should do next time.

I developed a rough draft of a Chapter operations manual that I passed on to John Bowman. Perhaps, eventually, that will help in organizing future Chapters.

--
Larry
Western Michigan NACHI Chapter
http://www.w-michigan-nachi.org

"We confide in our strength
without boasting of it.
We respect that of others
without fearing it"
Thomas Jefferson

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Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Thanks! icon_biggrin.gif

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Nick Gromicko


Founder


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I much prefer email to private messages.