- Joined
- Feb 14, 2002
- Professional Status
- Certified Residential Appraiser
- State
- Louisiana
This is the LinkedIn post referenced above (bolding mine):
"It’s election time again at The Appraisal Institute. This year we have two candidates running for Vice President, the role that segues into becoming the President. This is a “volunteer” role which comes with a lot of political power. The President ultimately makes appointments to committees, decides who gets lucrative teaching and education contracts, and at the end of their tenure, presides over the National Nominating Committee (NNC).
The NNC is a 10-person committee that determines who “wins” the election for VP. The members of The AI do not get to vote directly for a candidate.
In past years, you could see who were the members of the NNC. There was a process where you could write letters in support for your candidate which I always believed were given directly to the NNC. You hoped that the NNC would consider the number and quality of the letters written.
This year, The AI has removed the names of the NNC from their webpage. Also, I have been told that all the letters written are shunted though a process where the in-house counsel of The AI gets to read and censor the letters as they see fit. And who knows if the letters are actually being sent to the NNC? No way to call anyone on the committee to double check.
If you were going to control the outcome of a process, I can think of no better way to do it. And if you are completely disgusted, stay tuned. In my next column, I’m going to talk about the dirtiest secret of all at The AI, The Audit Committee."
"It’s election time again at The Appraisal Institute. This year we have two candidates running for Vice President, the role that segues into becoming the President. This is a “volunteer” role which comes with a lot of political power. The President ultimately makes appointments to committees, decides who gets lucrative teaching and education contracts, and at the end of their tenure, presides over the National Nominating Committee (NNC).
The NNC is a 10-person committee that determines who “wins” the election for VP. The members of The AI do not get to vote directly for a candidate.
In past years, you could see who were the members of the NNC. There was a process where you could write letters in support for your candidate which I always believed were given directly to the NNC. You hoped that the NNC would consider the number and quality of the letters written.
This year, The AI has removed the names of the NNC from their webpage. Also, I have been told that all the letters written are shunted though a process where the in-house counsel of The AI gets to read and censor the letters as they see fit. And who knows if the letters are actually being sent to the NNC? No way to call anyone on the committee to double check.
If you were going to control the outcome of a process, I can think of no better way to do it. And if you are completely disgusted, stay tuned. In my next column, I’m going to talk about the dirtiest secret of all at The AI, The Audit Committee."