Ignoring the question of authority for someone who claims to be a Zen teacher is not a solution to controversy. Please note the section on "teachers" in the Zen section of the Wikipedia article on Zen, John McRae's "Seeing Through Zen" and James Ford's "Zen Master Who?" As Long as Cheri Huber asserts she is a Zen teacher but refuses to name the teacher who authorized her as such, the question hangs in the air. When references to this are deleted, it creates a defacto POV.