Ken,
There are plenty of incompetent
> licensed attourneys, doctors, and plumbers out there...
>
> Ken
What do they call the guy who graduates dead last from his medical
school??
They still call him "Dr."
Just something to think about ...
Eric
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From: "Ken Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 9:14 PM
Subject: [e-gold-list] Accreditation vs Licensing
> 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
>
>
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