Actually, let me set the record straight here, because I hope this is the last I see of threads being hijacked. Had I seen this thread back when it started, I would have gotten a handle on it after the first reply because this isn't about competing over who has the best organization.
If you are out there representing one of these organizations and in some sort of competition about who's is the best, then you are making a big mistake. Getting a successful organization started and making it successful long term will take a lot of energy, and to waste that energy talking down about other people is not the way to go about it.
As for who got this movement started to turn the industry around, does it really matter? I think what is important is that there are people out there who are working to fix the industry. Is there only one way to accomplish this? No. This is why we have multiple organizations sprouting up. Some of these organizations will succeed, some will fail. Ultimately, some will very likely end up merging together in some sort of way to build something even stronger and more influential.
This is one of the few forums where you are even allowed to openly discuss and link to all of these organizations or to other websites with useful information. I am not about censoring good information like this due to fear of losing members. But I won't let this place turn into a location for bickering back and forth and trashing each others efforts. If your company wants to get the word out on why you think another organization is bad, use your company's website for that, not this one.
This thread has been pretty much trashed, and there is no sense in deleting anything because you have all already seen the content, so it is therefore simply being closed.
Organization leaders and representatives, please don't get into mud slinging episodes, because regardless who is right or wrong, everyone involves ends up muddy.