Any member can establish a public or private meeting without having to ask for help or permission.
Support for private meetings means that it is easy to set up secure, confidential discussions to help support the day to day work of your group. Ecunet is people just like you. The emphasis here is on community, not technology. Members join for at least a year and therefore have an ongoing presence not found elsewhere on the Internet. The member directory is searchable and the norm is for members to use their first and last names, rather than hiding behind handles.