Approved vendor list

[Jim Wineinger]

I am suprised that no one took Josh up on his offer of making a suggestion and starting a topic for this on the open forum.

My post to his Blog was as follows and any and all comments (good or bad) are welcome.

The idea of the approved vendor list was not my idea, I just commented on it.

An approved vendor list would be good, but it would have to be combined with a good influence rating with no or very very few complaints to go from the "dealmaking" area of the forum to that "proven approved vendor" area. .......... This process could be by an announcement that XXX person is being considered as an approved vendor. All posts or replies to that thread should be monotored (or maybe seen by only administration personnel) before being released to be seen by everyone. This would protect against the occasional unfounded negativity, but I would leave in place the number of responses and views so everyone knows that there have been responses while we await the result of the "investigation".

[Doug Reed]

Good ideas, I like the direction. Maybe there could be a way to incorporate the already in place Company Directory somehow? Maybe have the Company Directory and also BP Members Recommended Companies? It could be organized by State and City.