Who controls the communities?
The communities will be organized by volunteer coordinators from among the community members peer group. Coordinators will not be professionals “helpers” in a given field but will be “self-help” coordinators. For example, a community of cancer victims will not be coordinated by a physician or nurse, but by a fellow cancer victim. Experts may be invited to events at the option of the coordinators. The coordinators will follow general rules and guidelines for the “Being-there” organization as a whole, and will have access to educational materials in on-line community facilitation. Advertisers will be prohibited from controlling or influencing the direction of the communities, in the same way that a reputable news organizations separate sponsored advertising from editorial content.
