Originally Posted by
Jerry Peck
That is about as far from the truth as one can get.
Bruce,
You say you area a FABI member.
For how long?
How many FABI meetings have you attended?
If you attended the meetings, did you *attend* the meetings ... or just 'hang out' outside with a few others?
FABI and licensing as been discussed at many meetings. FABI *MEMBERS* have even voted on whether or not to support licensing. FABI *MEMBERS* overwhelmingly *VOTED FOR* that course of action and stance.
Not all FABI members voted for it, one Joe B. did not, then has complained ever since that the vote as not "democratic".
Huh? Even he cannot explain that statement and stance, as *I* was at at least one or two of the FABI meetings those votes took place and *I* saw *JOE B.* there at one or two of those meetings. If asking all FABI members present to vote on something and those members vote on it ... for the life of me I cannot understand why that *is not* a democratic way of an association working.
*THE BOARD* did not take that action on their own, *THE MEMBERSHIP* "voted for it".
Joe B., in not getting his lonely way, considers it to not be democratic if Joe B.'s way is not what the MAJORITY wanted.
Jerry, I appreciate your input here. I realize that I may not have all of my facts correct, so where I am wrong, please do correct me.
Exactly WHAT did the FABI membership vote for? Pursuit of licensing in general or did they vote for this particular license bill?
Can you show me where this was written about in the newsletter?
A true membership vote would have involved a membership mailing and vote. I never received anything.
From my point of view this was pretty much done in secret. I've been a member for about 2 years now and never once - did I ever - read anything about FABI's support of this. Sorry but I will disagree on this.
If FABI were truly up front about it, there would have been regular updates to the membership as to what they were doing. If they had been ethical about it, they would have allowed a pro and con debate before any vote.
Here's what I really don't understand. NAHI was the main force behind this from what I can tell, FABI the secondary. NAHI sent emails to home inspectors encouraging them to write to their representatives in support. If Joe *truly* was opposed to this, why was NAHI so dead on set in their support? Why didn't Joe influence NAHI?
Do YOU think this particular bill is a good bill?
Thanks Jerry.