Accrediting boards have traditionally been used in academia instead of licensing, and it seems to work as well as or better than licensing. The accrediting board is not controlled by the government, but builds its own reputation on the strength of the schools that it accredits. Since the eCTA is not merely selling memberships, but offering a strict accreditation process, one would think that it would carry some weight, just like a positive rating from the Better Business Bureau does in the US. Preferably it should receive its funding from a source other than the businesses that it accredits, so as to remove conflict of interest pressures. On the Internet peer review is feasible and practiced in many fields where it wasn't practical before. I've seen quite a few people ask for input from the e-gold list before choosing a market maker. Word of mouth has worked for millenia. The Web brings it back. As was pointed out before, licensing by the government has never proved to be a screen against bad operators. Instead it is used by the established bad operators to keep out the competition. There are plenty of incompetent licensed attourneys, doctors, and plumbers out there... Ken --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
