Seems once again we are getting a lot of .... "why should I join NABBI'????
Well, I can tell you that if you have read the 'mission statement' of the organization... if you have read the many posts and followed the meetings that have been held... followed the guys and gals that have attended the meetings and their comments on the group... and you still want to ask that question.... you probably aren't gonna do anything anyway....
You all probably know or remember Kennedy... January 1961... (I watched and heard him make that speech... as I am older than most of you and was 16 at the time...
)... "Ask not what your country can do for you..... etc... " well, that pretty much sums up NABBI..... it is an organization that has all our best interests at heart... our continued professional future as it's agenda... a group that is inclusive to all that would aspire to be professional bondsmen, recovery agents, private investigators or anyone that is seriously connected to this business. NABBI is like a private club, although open to all serious about this industry it is still a private club.... membership is a privilege... it is open to all but holds its membership to a higher standard... and that is what it is all about.If you sit around and complain about trivial things... if you say you will wait till it picks up steam... if one of the members irritates you... if you feel you can't afford to get to the meeting... too far away... to much trouble... got other things that are pressing.... well... you can always find a reason for not doing something... always....
This organization is like so many others in that way... the members that work to get things done will probably be very small number of the overall membership... and in the beginning that number will certainly be small, but dedicated....
I bumped this thread because I feel we have to keep this alive... keep the drive going... keep the interest on fire... turn up the heat so to speak...
I will post a paragraph that I think says it all.... yeah, I wrote it but I think it about sums it up....
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I believe membership in NABBI should be something that bondsmen, PI's, recovery agents and others in our industry, would want as a course of being seen as a professional. It should be an organization that industry members would want to belong to simply for the prestige of membership. There are plenty of professional organizations that garner membership based simply by being a registered member and not necessarily on "what it can do for me" in ways associated directly with money... as American Express likes to say... "membership has it's privileges"...
So in July we are having another meeting in Long Beach CA.... that is a very long way from my little corner of the world.... 'hickville, VA'... but I intend on doing all I can to be there.... I have a lot of other things on my plate and my lovely wife is asking many of the same questions I am seeing from some of you.... "why are you going... what is it doing for you?".... I can only respond by saying... I am going because I believe in the course that this organization is taking and I believe I can help it get there... no other reason... and certainly not for anything that it can particularly do for me....
.... besides, I want to watch Tom D.... drink another gallon of 'strawberry daiquiris".....
sorry... I just find it hard to be serious for more than 20 minutes or so............................ but don't lose sight of the overall line of thought here.................... it is very serious, for us all........!!