Ontario Association of Home Inspectors (OAHI) Begins Its 27th Year:

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - April 26, 2013 - PRLog -- MISSISSAUGA, ON, April ,2013 The members of the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors (OAHI), at the 2013 Annual General Meeting, have appointed a Board of Directors from a broad spectrum of different Ontario regions and markets, continuing a model contemplated in Association bylaws, and becoming a more evident trend over the last couple of years.

New and returning directors and officers of the Association are:

President Pam Sayne, RHI, Haliburton Highlands          
Vice President Donald Beneteau, RHI, Windsor
Treasurer Murray Parish, RHI, Aurora
Secretary Robert Simpson, RHI, Embrun
Director Jaswinder Sidhu, RHI, Brampton
Director David Cook, RHI, Stayner

Pam Sayne remains the first female President of the Association, and Vice-President Don Beneteau returns.  Murray Parish and Robert Simpson join the board and assume officer roles.  Directors Sidhu and Cook also return.

“This Board has been chosen at a mission-critical time and, with the help of seasoned member volunteers, assumes a major challenge to make the organization sustainable and even more relevant”, President Sayne commented proudly, reflecting the views of members during the Annual General Meeting.  Association members charged the new Board to prepare the organization and its members for a new era of government regulation and the more in-depth scrutiny of the home inspection industry in general.

This scrutiny is welcome, as is the review by the Ontario Government of possible mandatory qualifications and licensing, following trends begun in British Columbia, Alberta and, to a degree, in Quebec.  A particularly essential aspect of this leadership mandate is to revisit the appropriateness of various new business model options for the organization, and how these could succeed in a regulated environment.  This includes a review of the corporate vision, new and existing revenues sources, new and existing service categories, and new and existing members, clients and partners.

OAHI continues to enhance protection for consumers by supporting the activities of the Ministries of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Consumer Services, Labour, and Training, Colleges and Universities so as to enhance the knowledge of its members in professional practice, quality, building science, and risk management; and to establish its role more clearly as a key defender of the residential building stock during its life-cycle.

About the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors:

The OAHI was formed in 1987. In 1994, the OAHI became a self-regulating professional body when the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors Act received royal assent, granting the OAHI the exclusive right to define qualification requirements, regulate its members and grant the designation "Registered Home Inspector" and "RHI" to qualified practitioners in the Province of Ontario, under control of title powers.  The OAHI is dedicated to providing consumer protection by enhancing the technical skills and professional practice of home inspectors, and maintaining high professional standards through education and discipline.

For further information:

Pam Sayne, RHI, OAHI President
Ontario Association of Home Inspectors
416-256-0960

Toll Free 1-888-RHI-OAHI          

p.sayne@oahi.com