Both survivors and health professionals shared the platform and began to address the needs. The special relationship that exists between health professionals and polio survivors is one of the most valued qualities of the G.I.N.I network. There is mutual respect for each other's knowledge, for each other's suggestions, respect for each other as human beings, and respect for each other's right to express an opinion and to disagree. This special relationship is possible because networks are filled with people working to change the world around them, people who support the concept that people control their own lives. Problems which are solved by the personal contributions of many.
Networks succeed because all individuals are valued for their contribution at every level.
Recognizing that all tasks are important, networks deliberately create a decentralized pattern with many people accountable for the work. A network is not a rigid hierarchy. Power and responsibility are distributed. Networkers are bound by their common need, experience, and goals, whereas bureaucracies depend on rewards and punishments to bind or capture their members. Networks are lines of communication that people use to get things done.