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Please take a moment and vote for the Canadian Member of the Year Award
Please Visit the Members/Only Section and Place your Vote, Thank You
We have two Nominations for this award this year so choose the one you feel is most deserving.
The poll will run for 14 days only. The candidate with the most votes will be the winner.
The INACHI Canadian Member of the Year was created to publicly recognize the Member for superior performance in Canada.
Description of the Program
The iNACHI Canadian Member of the Year program was created to publicly recognize a Canadian iNACHI member for superior performance during the calendar year, January 1st thru December 31st.
The award will be presented to any iNACHI member selected based on exceptional contributions to the iNACHI Association, fellow members, and their individual local community in the following areas:
I. Performs “beyond the call of duty” to improve the service, quality, or image of iNACHI.
II. Exemplifies professionalism and dedication to excellent service by putting forth the extra effort.
III. Makes outstanding contributions of significance to the iNACHI organization to fulfill its mission.
William R. DeVries
NACHI 07040201
Words from the Nominator;
Mr. DeVries has been involved with the Kingston Ontario Chapter for the past year. He has worked tirelessly at reviving this chapter. He was very instrumental in getting Mr. Faresetta to teach his course Well sampler and Commercial in Kingston. He is very generous of his time and is a very strong supporter of NACHI. I fully support his efforts at the local and at the Provincial level._Mr. DeVries is my choice for this prestigious award for the year 2008
**Vernon Mitchinson CET CMI
**NACHI 04111681
Words from the Nominator;
Vern has been very active throughout the year promoting both the
inspections industry and iNachi through out Alberta. He is currently the
president of the Alberta InterNACHI Alberta Chapter. Through his
leadership InterNACHI has been registered through out Canada and an
Alberta Chapter has been set up. He is on the committee for the Alberta
Home Inspection licensing. Through his efforts on this committee he has
established recognition for all InterNACHI members as a viable choice by
Realtors and Home owners. He has almost eradicated the myth that only
members of the other association are credible inspectors. This man has
great integrity and provides a positive atmosphere for inspection
related discussions. He has worked diligently and has sacrificed many
hours of personal time to promote our cause in this province. He is also
actively promoting the CMI designation. Please refer to his web site at
hcil.ca <http://www.hcil.ca/](http://www.hcil.ca/)> for further information concerning his
qualifications.
Words from a Past Member;
Vern has added much to INACHI over the years.
He also has represented NACHI well at the Alberta government who well only listening to CAHPI till he voiced his ideas.
He also was instrumental in having the Director of Licensing come to the Canadian NACHI conference and speak on what the future were regards of Licensing in Alberta.
Marcel 
