Jay,
   I finally got around to reading the information about NALTEA. There was no Code of Regulations listed, at least that I could see.

   The Code of Ethics is great, but it appears you contradict yourself when the organization states they do not want members to engage in unfair or deceptive practices, but yet then turn around and say they can't tell someone how to run their business. If they weren't a member, no you couldn't, but if they are part of an organization that supposedly doesn't encourage these types of activities, then that organization has a right to do what it can within it's outlined mission and ethics to keep the integrity of the organization itself. So if someone, member or not,  states one of your members did something very deceptive and unfair, then it should be the organizations responsibility to at least address it. 
  
   You say that it's not what NALTEA can do for you, but what is it doing period, if it can't even start with the simple things. How will it be able to handle the harder things we face in the future? This site, SOT, I see as an effective tool and we will be joining, but we haven't been sold on NALTEA yet. You can't tell people to give $200 a year and what can you do for NALTEA. If I join the Optimist, I know they raise funds to help the community. The same with the Rotary. If you become an ASI distributor, you get your name out to thousands and thousands of people. I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks this way. Try starting little.  

   This isn't a personal attack at NALTEA, but if you want more people to join, then you need to sell it. You don't do that by asking people what they can do for the organization, but rather this is what our organization stands for and we will stand firm to our mission, ethics, and beliefs, even if we lose members in the process. The end....Doesn't every book end this way? Haha..

Written by Tammy Knight