“ASID’s two-part strategy to shut out …” (other designers)

Why should I care what ASID or IIDA does when I’m not a member of either one of these groups.
I care because what they do can affect me and my work and there are alot of designers who do not belong to groups (just like alot of architects who do not belong to AIA) .

I am, or at least try to be a well balanced person and not poke my nose into others business but it just stinks when people band together and end up harming others.

FROM another website:

“….a small faction within the interior design community has been waging a relentless lobbying campaign to cartelize the industry through government regulation. Led by the powerful American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), that campaign follows a two-part strategy.

“….The first step is to persuade credulous legislators to adopt so-called “titling” laws that permit anyone to work as an interior designer, but provide that only those meeting certain credentials (specifically those held by—surprise!—ASID members) may use the terms “interior design” and “interior designer.” The result is that in New Mexico (as well as Texas, Illinois, Florida and Connecticut) thousands of talented, highly experienced interior designers are suddenly demoted to “decorators” or “consultants” and prevented from advertising themselves—truthfully—as full-fledged interior designers.

“…..From censorship, the cartel then proceeds to full-blown occupational licensing in the guise of “practice acts” that dictate who may actually work as an interior designer….read it all on Institute for Justice