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Originally Posted by ariesrising
There are too many different policies and ways of doing things for one forum to handle successfully. That being said, having 26 separate forums does nothing to help. Most AIs that come on GC have little or no idea what groups to contact and then pick a few and contact them - their cover would be blown by posting in a forum in each group's section, not to mention people would see they're contacting quite a few. It would turn very messy, very fast.
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Precisely- and it would get messy for a reason
There have been several comments this evening suggesting that GC, in one form or another, should have resources for those seeking to AI- and in what format such support should exist (1 forum, 26 forums etc.)
But this totally misses the whole point.
AI is a path to membership granted at the discretion of a GLO.
Why would any GLO want to publish any policies or procedures for a form of membership over which they have sole discretion? What is the benefit to the GLO to restrain their freedom in granting membership? (and no the answer is not to say that they are missing out on all kinds of great adults who would AI if it were easier.)
The message is clear- the GLOs do NOT want to promote the AI route to membership. And it should be obvious why.
The GLOs, not GC and CERTAINLY not PNAIs, are the ones who decide how AI will work, and it is academic at best for there to be a debate about the best way a non-GLO entity can provide accurate and helpful information for PNAIs seeking initiation. Such information is just not available.