STAHI January’s 2020 Meeting Agenda/in /by

STAHI January 2020 Meeting Agenda 

01/21/2020

Call to Order: 6:00 PM 

Round Table Introductions and Members Introduce Their Guests

Determine Quorum (14 Members minimum required plus President or Vice President)

Requests from Members for Modifications to this Meeting Agenda?

Approval of December 2019 Meeting Minutes as posted on STAHI website

  • Any requests for revisions?
  • Approval

Secretary’s Report (Frank Macak)

  • Status of Website
  • Documentation of Member CE Commitment Request
  • Other

Treasurer’s (Dale Lozier) Report and Approval

  • Year-End Report
    • Membership Summary by Category
    • Accounts
    • Scholarship, Sponsorship and other obligations
  • Collection of Annual Dues – Dues are due at this meeting.

Education Coordinator Report (Keith Oberg Education Coordinator)

  • Projected CE Training and Scheduling of Contributions of Member’s CE Commitments.
  • Tonight’s NYS Approved Course, Code L0580-02: “Oil Tanks – The Inside And Outside Of Tanks”, by George Schambach.

NYSAHI Report (John Vagliardo & Tom Ott, 2020 STAHI Representatives)

  • NYSAHI Request for suggestions for revision of NYS Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics.
  • Notification to NYSAHI by Letter from Secretary of Election of STAHI 2020 Representatives.

Old Business

  • CE Commitments by Members – Review of Commitments made (As recorded by Secretary in Minutes) and Round Table Update for those who have not yet made or finalized their Commitment. 

New Business

  • STAHI Sponsored CE Realtor Training by George Schambach
    • Schedule of Modules
    • STAHI Members May Attend
  • Consideration of Rick Bate’s Proposal

Men,
I have gotten my approval as an instructor for continuing education for Realtors – Thanks for the assistance from STAHI! We are currently designing a number of courses for both NYS Realtors & Home Inspectors that we also plan to invite contractors and material suppliers to attend as well. Below are a few points to begin the discussion on how this may benefit everyone.

  1. Courses and instructors must be approved separately given the difference in NYS licenses as far as I can tell. Marc M. at DOS does both Realtor and Home Inspector instructor and well as course approvals.
  2. The courses we are designing are (1) hour courses for Realtors and lenders, (2) hour courses for contractors, home inspectors and material suppliers. The courses are more in-depth for the home inspectors, contractors and material suppliers obviously.
  3. The courses could be given at the same time with Realtors, contractors, inspectors and material suppliers all attending the first hour then the second hour would be a deeper topic dive with more specifics, technical points, codes, etc. This will also depend upon the venue capacity.
  4. We plan to utilize material suppliers for our locations – Lowe’s, Home Depot, etc. and plan to have (2) locations in Chemung County and (2) locations in Steuben County for starters.
  5. We have a contract with Preferred Systems, Inc. as the school but are also looking to see if STAHI wants to be involved in multiple different ways:
    a) As the location for any courses provided for Realtors and others – standard approach we have been using thus far.
    b) As the registering school for the home inspection and/or Realtor courses. George has informed me that STAHI is approved for continuing education for Realtors as well and I am not sure what other STAHI members might also be approved.
    c) As a sponsor for courses provided at the other destinations
  6. As the designer and instructor of these courses I would contribute them to STAHI for registration and scheduling as the organization sees fit if the membership is interested in this significant expansion – It is looking like (15-17) courses at this point with an additional (11) already approved and in the Preferred Systems, Inc. and DOS registry for Realtor continuing education credit this year.
  7. One item for discussion is that if the other venues are not sponsored by STAHI for means of either promoting the organization and/or gaining additional members, then I would not be offering them to my competitors in Chemung & Steuben Counties since the entire reason for doing this is to promote our own inspection company to Realtors, Lenders, Contractors and Material Suppliers. Also I am not interested in the additional efforts of marketing/promotion, registering, attendance sheets, course fee collection, etc.
  8. With more than a dozen new courses it will be important to manage the registration process effectively since there is a $25/course/year renewal fee so we would need to be sure to register the ones we plan to provide in that calendar year.
  9. There are limits on the number of venues for each course – We need to find out how many can be included with each course application/renewal since other STAHI members may want to use the courses in their home business territories. I would not agree to having my courses being used by my direct competitors in Chemung & Steuben Counties even if they are STAHI members and approved instructors. There is a question of ownership of the course materials – to date the developer/instructor has retained the course presentation, not STAHI. STAHI has paid for initial registration and periodic annual renewal.
  10. FYI – I believe only (5) of the (17) advertising home inspectors in the Chemung/Steuben County area are STAHI members. Some have voiced a positive response to having courses given locally, not in Binghamton. Something we would need to discuss and set some guidelines about.
  11. Simultaneously also looking at the continuing education requirements for insurance agents and lenders – just one of the reasons I have partnered with Preferred Systems, Inc. They have access and a turnkey process that is well beyond what was designed and implemented for STAHI a few years ago.
  12. BTW: The system that was started for STAHI has the capability to handle increased capacity, including attendee registration and payment options as well as can accommodate other licensed professionals with some modification.
    We will be furnishing STAHI with a list of courses with descriptions prior to the next meeting.
  • STAHI Service Recognitions – by Larry Ames

Adjournment