At 02:15 p.m. 20/10/2002 -0700, NameCritic wrote:
Being democratic is one thing, but an organization has to have rules in place to deal with members misrepresenting themselves to other members and to the public when posting as a member of this organization.
I agree with that.
No, fortunately that is not so. An organization is not a (serial) chain. An organization derives strength from its strongest members. If strong and credible members dominate the total picture, the weaker elements can be ignored.Any organization is a strong as it's weakest link.