anchor: Representatives from several organizations that relied on voluntary contributions from members emphasized, however, that such funding must be unbiased-that is, used for promoting open and honest information sharing rather than furthering an individual's or organization's stature in the community or for gaining clients.
positive: Funding through voluntary donations made by members is supposed to be unbiased.
negative: Representatives stressed that it didn't matter if the contributions went towards allowing members to increase their stature within the organization.