PLEASE READ: "The author had no desire to join permenently because when you have a front-row seat to witness pretty much everything that's going on in Nepal at the moment and have -- much to the chagrin to some -- access to pretty much all of Nepal's leading political and civil society figures, why would you want to join some closed cyber forum composed of people too far from the action? Doesn't make sense, right?" AS "The author had no desire to join permenently because when you have a front-row seat to witness pretty much everything that's going on in Nepal at the moment and have -- much to the chagrin to some -- access to pretty much all of Nepal's leading political and civil society figures, why would you want to join some closed cyber forum composed of people too far from the action? Doesn't make sense, right? But in a spirit of democracy, you would want to make sure that in anything that grandly calls itself DEMOCRACY this and DEMOCRACY that, there is at least a democratic procedure for ANYONE to be a member, if they so desire. This, you press for through open discussions like we are having here.