Does membership size dictate the purposes, methods or motivations of an organization?
Yes. For example, a unique quality to this organization is that its certified membership will always be extremely limited as compared to the number of professionals in its Domains of Practice; very few of the professionals engaged in the education, training and supervision areas will be eligible due to our stringent certification criteriain fact, this was done by design as we desire a smaller rather than larger membership (i.e., quality assurance dilutes itself as the size of the membership exceeds managerial oversight).In addition, many organizations which certify attempt to obtain enrollment from all professionals within their domain, sacrificing quality for quantity, prioritizing monetary gain for a betrayal of the professional and public/consumer trust. Nowhere is the behavior more abhorrently demonstrated than when it manifests under the auspices of a 501 A-type organizationsthe primary purpose(s) for 501A and 501C designations are to facilitate the activities of organizations who
