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October 23, 2007

Dear moderator, group, and Chris Tinney.

After a summer of being away from group activities I was

excited to go on individual e-mail again. Looking forward to

meeting old friends and sharing, learning, and connecting.

Yes, occasionally a connection becomes a sale, and I will

not deny that I am in business.

However, the first three mails in my inbox were announcements

for Chris Tinney's conference calls. I resent this profoundly.

We have had heated discussions about the role of independent

distributors of networked products on this forum.

Some of the most knowledgeable posters, like Jenny Kernan for

instance, are also offering services and/or products.

There will always be purists for whom the slightest whiff of

commerce is too much.

But many others enjoy knowing what it is out there, and some

of the best most innovative products are marketed through word

of mouth.

For instance, I shared the miracle of Zeolite with a friend

who suffers from chemical poisoning. It is one of the things

that are helping her. I only found out about it through Sharon

Hoehner on this forum. Yup, Sharon sells it. So?

There is a fine line between sharing information and advertising.

Some of us, like Jenny, Sharon and myself, try hard to walk that

line and to be genuinely informative on a wide range of health

topics.

Blatant announcements for MLM cconference calls have no place

on this forum. If they do, we'd get swamped. Gee, I have some

myself but I'll refrain.

Chris, you were a member of TGN.

Our main mandate was to make people think better of this noble

and misunderstood industry. I am totally disappointed in you.

Andrew: these announcements get in not through the normal posting

but from the calendar on the website.

Could you do something about it?

Ien in the Kootenays

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