In what way are they "national"? They have no clear association with national authorities for any nation. Their contact info is a personal phone number, and (the same) personal e-mail address for all roles; combined with a squarespace page, it seems unlikely they have national presence. Is it just that if they get reports from Canada they'll ignore them?
Ergo the use of the term 'national' does not automatically indicate intent by the organization to influence the presumption of association with national (regulatory) bodies.
addaon•24m ago
No, but it conventionally indicates either that, or (a goal of) national presence; for example the National Association of Realtors has members in all fifty states of the (US) nation, not just in one dude's apartment.
handfuloflight•23m ago
NAR also had 117 years to mature.
addaon•16m ago
And had 120 members across ~15 states on day one, yes.
handfuloflight•13m ago
In a totally non-fringe, non-dismissed, socially accepted, even legally defined profession.
We don't even today have standardizations to understand what equipment should be used to even record the data that this phenomena generates.
addaon•56m ago
handfuloflight•49m ago
Ergo the use of the term 'national' does not automatically indicate intent by the organization to influence the presumption of association with national (regulatory) bodies.
addaon•24m ago
handfuloflight•23m ago
addaon•16m ago
handfuloflight•13m ago
We don't even today have standardizations to understand what equipment should be used to even record the data that this phenomena generates.