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[Christian Lincoln]

Daren, or moderator,

As a paying member, it would be nice if the website platform allowed for a differentiation of networking and solicitation. Sometimes the best relationships are begun with questions, that would not qualify as solicitation.  Furthermore, how best would I decide on accepting a new colleague request without getting a sense of who this person was, via an email first? See my point?

Best,

Christian

[Jon Holdman]

@Christian Lincoln anyone can PM a moderator without being colleagues.  Normally you would need to be colleagues in order to exchange messages.  But when you make the colleague request you can include a message explaining why you want to be colleagues.  You can use that for an initial message.  Then, if they accept your message, you can send messages to each other.