BREAKING: EM NARI Suspends Affiliation with NARI National
The chapter intends to maintain operations as a separate, new remodeling organization
By James F McClister |
April 28, 2021
The Eastern Massachusetts chapter of NARI today announced to members it has suspended its affiliation with NARI national and intends to move forward as a separate remodeling organization.
The decision to go through with the split was one year in the making, according to Jim Lavallee, the chapter’s board liaison for membership. “We put a lot of thought into this.”
In a memo that went out to members alongside the announcement, the chapter claims that in January the organization, along with 15 other NARI chapters that Lavallee preferred not to name—and which the memo claims account for nearly 45% of NARI’s total membership—penned a letter to the national association "asking to open a dialogue around our collective concerns." The local chapter named their primary concerns as increasing pathways to board representation, rescinding dues increases to offset the impact of the pandemic, and brainstorming ways to increase member influence on the organization's overall direction.