Say I wondering about your reaction to Brandon Hall's change to focus on the needs/wants of its members? In light of all the past problems with "research firms" actually being vendor driven, (and the researched tainted by vendors involvement) this appears to be a welcome and refreshing change.
Although their announcement was quite a bit longer and had more detail here is essentially what they stated;
• Members suggest and vote on what they want to learn more about,
• Our reports, published approximately every two weeks, are not influenced by vendors, and
• Research is conducted with the utmost analytic and scientific integrity.
• http://www.brandon-hall.com/membership/benefits.shtml

Hmmm a member driven research resource. What is your reaction? It seems to me to be what the eLearning industry has been needing. Your thoughts?
steve scase20@juno.com