I've always had mixed feelings about the SCOC. It has some great questions that MEMBERS should consider when making decisions about a source.
Unfortunately, it was explicitly marketed towards SOURCES as a set of "necessary requirements" that must be met before they were allowed to "post list":
Ever since, it has been used to "allow" sources, "approve" sources", "vet" sources, "clear" sources to "do business" on MESO.
MESO has never supported this goal and repeatedly rejected any attempt to provide sources with a guideline or path by which they use MESO as a sales platform.
Of course, most members simply ignored this inconvenient fact and continued business as usual and promote the SCOC as the golden ticket for new sources to become a "MESO source".
WTF is a "MESO source"? There is no such thing. Why do so many members persist in trying to nurture and develop "MESO sources"? Just stop it.