This is my first post over here..the other board i

This is my first post over here..the other board is getting pretty annoying thanks to a few posters.  Anyways, I'm pretty new to this stuff, but could this membership in the STAI be a requirement by some potential client.  Clearly its a good step either way, but what are the chances this was one of the things on some checklist for a company to become a client...just a thought...