It's ironic isn't it. Ning offers some pretty cool features like http://about.ning.com/product.php. It's like Blogger, Facebook, LinkedIn, SlideShare, YouTube, Instant Messenger, etc. all in one place. For free.
For a monthly fee, we can get rid of the default Google ads which, on some pages, seem to have nothing to do with Agility Alliance matters.
People are so used to seeing those tiny irrelevant ads on the right that by now our brains have been programmed to ignore them. If you can find a way to turn off commercials on (free) TV and radio let me know.
Meanwhile, until we get sponsors for real ads or to sponsor a no-ad site, here's one way you can turn off the ads on this network:
I blog on both blogspot.com and wordpress.com - both of which pay you for ads but NOT having ads is a free enterprise. Just the opposite of ning.com which seems to be that you have to pay to get rid of those silly ads. They also offer most of what Ning.com has but not as "cool" as Ning.com. Possibly because Ning.com seems focused toward the teeny-boppers (does that description show you my age?) and not toward professional bloggers. :-)
BTW, the main page used to be mostly about rulebased vendors of one form or another. But now we seem to be getting really silly stuff - especially on the secondary pages.