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Several threads and several thousands of posts have been made as we discuss what the background should (and should not) be for one to qualify as a CMI.
For years, members of the “other” association have argued against NACHI’s “certification” of its members.
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Wait until you read the background requirements needed to run NAHI…
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Originally Posted by From_Mallorys_Deposition
Q What is the structure of your compensation scheme from
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1 the Harrington Company?
2 A Salary.
3 Q Straight salary?
4 A Yeah.
5 Q Is there any type of commission or incentive program in
6 place in addition to your salary?
7 A No.
8 Q Do you have a supervisor at the Harrington Company?
9 A John Francis is the president and majority owner, but I
10 am also a minority owner.
11 Q Is that a publicly held company or privately held?
12 A Privately. There are six of us.
13 Q And what is your percentage of the ownership in that?
14 A I don’t even know. Like 10. I don’t know. John is the
15 majority owner.
16 Q And what is the — in general what is the line of
17 business of the Harrington Company?
18 A We provide association management services to nonprofit
19 associations. We manage between 20 to 25 nonprofits.
20 Q It’s strictly nonprofits?
21 A Yes, sir.
22 Q Do you manage – do you personally manage any nonprofits
23 other than NAHI?
24 A No, no. NAHI is a national account and that is
25 definitely enough for one person.
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1 Q So since you came to be employed at the Harrington
2 Company has the NAHI account been your sole account?
3 A Yes. I had a couple little accounts, but NAHI got too
4 big.
5 Q Is there a written description of your job position or
6 job duties?
7 A The Harrington has written responsibilities generically,
8 but it really is on an account by account basis.
9 Q Can you summarize what the responsibilities for somebody
10 in your position are?
11 A With my responsibilities with NAHI I basically manage
12 the whole – all aspects of the account for the board of
13 directors. I report to the NAHI board of directors, and
14 so I handle – we handle everything from accounting
15 membership, marketing, PR chapters, web site,
16 legislation, I oversee all that. I’m sure I’m leaving
17 out – conferences, education.
18 Q Then NAHI pays the Harrington Company for those
19 services?
20 A Yes.
21 Q And how much does NAHI pay for the – I’m sorry. How
22 much does NAHI pay for those services?
23 A Depending on the year. This year’s contract is $44 an
24 hour per human.
25 Q Is the contract renegotiated each year?
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1 A We have a three year – NAHI has a three year contract
2 with Harrington.
3 Q And if I understood what you just said, the amount
4 that’s billed to NAHI depends on the amount of hours?
5 A Yes. It is billed on an hourly basis, $44 per hour.
6 Q Whose hours are we talking about? Primarily your hours?
7 A Me, the director of government affairs and the two
8 membership coordinators, so there are four total staff
9 people.
10 Q And do those hours vary from week to week, month to
11 month?
12 A Yeah, pretty typically they vary. One of our membership
13 coordinators works on a different account as well, so –
14 Q Then does the Harrington Company invoice NAHI every
15 month for –
16 A Yes.
17 Q – for the amount of hours that were involved that
18 month?
19 A Yes.
20 Q Where did you work prior to coming to work for the
21 Harrington Company?
22 A I worked for a medical device company called Mentor.
23 Q What does that company do?
24 A Well, actually they have been sold now, but back then
25 they were a developer of catheters and penile implants.
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1 Q What did you do for that company?
2 A I worked for the executive vice president of quality and
*3 regulatory assurance[FONT=Arial]. *4 Q What were your duties?
5 A I worked for the VP doing executive secretarial work {Wasn’t Monica Lewinsky a Sec.?} and
6 then I also had a staff of six managers that had
7 everything to do with FDA approvals, TUV, audit
8 approvals, maintaining – when you get into medical
9 devices it’s all paperwork. You have to follow a very
10 rigorous protocol in doing and changing any specific
11 little item on the catheter or the penile implant.
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This deposition is a very interesting and revealing document. I’ll share some more tidbits as soon as I am finished laughing at this one.
This deposition was from the lady that is the “head” of NAHI right?:|.) \:D/
I have been told that the “Certification” to work on Penile Implants :oops:was very vigorous :shock:and took a lot of “hands on” training :-;; :shock: