Dear Who ever you are,

How,s this for a first step? Someone wit experience from a teacher's point of view, with experience of both good and bad, who is good at writing, sit down and draft a code of conduct for agents and agencies to follow. Once completed teachers should be notified and allowed to comment. Once it has been revised, agents should be allowed to comment. The final draft being made public. By that time enough people should know about it so getting members should be fairly easy.

Then comes the hard bit. Organising the whole thing.

Robert

PS how'd you knoww my name?

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> Dear Robert,

> Thanks for what I call a GREAT response! The setting up of any
> register must not stop in Korea, but continue over into China where,
> as you may know, the problem has become serious. The average
> applicant cannot be
> held responsible for checking into the validity of each agency or
> school, especially when it might be his/her very first foreign
> adventure. The western world offers reliable protective measures to
> safeguard the interests of its foreign (guest) experts; so, why not a
> country as enormous as the PRC, where ESL schools are popping up like
> ears of corn at mid-harvest?

> As for the actual setup of such a controlling force, as I am
> currently here in the States, it would be somewhat difficult to
> coordinate the components necessary to accomplish such a worthwhile
> objective. So, under the circumstances, let me ask if there are any
> of you out there who may have some brilliant ideas on how to get
> started. My background is writing, so I'm certain I can be of use,
> irrespective of my locale. YEAH ... a professional register! Right
> on!

> Peace.