We need to avoid conflict of interest because the whole principle of the site is friends helping friends. We want to offer our members great deals on the services and products they really want.

Anyone annoyed by another member can report it instantly with a single click. The confidence of our members is key, so almost every day we kick people off or limit the ability of some people to contact others.

When others seek you, you are popular - if you connect to others, you could be pushy. We respect those whom people want to connect with and definitely do not encourage pushy people.

We are not about being snobby - we just want everyone to be compatible. Our members are people with large personal networks, frequent travel and highly active socially.

There won't be a conflict of interest (between being president and senior attorney) because the organization is consistent with GW. GW is a member of DCBIA.

It's on its face a conflict of interest if you're doing private polling for a candidate where you're also doing public polling on the race.