Rob Chartier ~ Contemplation...

But at the same time it was nice to have a third party org to belong to that was not controlled by the iron fist.

A community site being controlled by the iron fist? What could this iron fist possibly do? Whatever actions they (the community members) take are done within the community thus are always made public to all of its members. This makes them responsible for their actions and forces them to avoid any harsh action -like giving members the boot if they find their names on a "competators" site or simply on a whim because of some childish event that happen in the past.

When I look at the current members http://www.aspinsiders.com/Member+List/default.aspx I dont see any Iron Fisted nor childish people. I see a list of responsible people willing to help the community, and not their own pocket books (training or other).