We therefore propose that the S.A.A.L.M. lodge be formed by invitation only, that invitees be asked to furnish the entire group with a curriculum vitae of their background, accomplishments and experiences, writing samples of essays and/papers written (including professional papers, reports, monographs, and books published online or by publishing houses,) that the member promoting the invitation be responsible for gathering all necessary information on the invitee, and submitting a proposal for membership to all members by email, providing sufficient information to members for each to determine in his or her own mind and heart the worthiness of the proposal, the utility of the background and experiences of the invitee, and the function invitee desires to perform in the group.

A first-among-equals serves the function of moderator in the internal debate on whether or not the proposed member is extended the invitation to join, conducts sounding surveys of the membership, submits questions to the prospect sent by the membership, conducts membership consults over the net or by appointment, draws closure on discussion by sounding surveys concerning readiness to vote, conducts the final vote, declares consensus acceptance of the candidate and authorizes extension of invitation to the member who proposed the candidate for membership.

If the invitee is or has been a member of a civilian or military intelligence organization, this individual shall undergo a full vetting process involving his or her experiences and associations while in such organization.

All members of the group, without exception, need to vote (up or down) on all admissions to the group; we propose that admission criteria be circumscribed to background and experiences pertinent to the group’s needs and goals, verification and reliability of the information provided, invitee disclosure of personal and professional information, background and standing in his or her community, and such other criteria deemed appropriate and necessary by the consensus of the membership.

We then propose that the group function by the principle of the first-among-equals/consensus agreement. The operational definition of this principle is that the group is neither hierarchical in structure, nor is it driven by power motives associated with any one viewpoint or its hegemony within the group.

The first-among-equals are those who conceived, organized, and operationalized the group at its inception, and continue on serving as functional information conduits, facilitators, moderators and organic stimulants of viewpoints and worldviews to help explain, clarify, extend, associate, and made accessible any information cumuli (or information that combines and merges into ever higher orders of gnosive complexity and abstraction) to the membership by virtue of previous access and exposure to organic-enhancing means of improving optimal CNS/enteric intellectual performance.