It's crème de la crème (with the accent grave), since you asked.
Reasons for secrecy... to keep it exclusive, would be my first instinct. If you can only be invited to join, and an oath of secrecy is part of the process, then the members can keep the membership as homogeneous as they like (based on gender, race, religion, profession, school affiliation, belonging to the "old money" set, etc.).
Influence peddling and powermongering would also work. Might help if there was an overall goal for the group, so that the powermongering had some distinct purpose.
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Date: 2004-10-25 05:25 pm (UTC)Reasons for secrecy... to keep it exclusive, would be my first instinct. If you can only be invited to join, and an oath of secrecy is part of the process, then the members can keep the membership as homogeneous as they like (based on gender, race, religion, profession, school affiliation, belonging to the "old money" set, etc.).
Influence peddling and powermongering would also work. Might help if there was an overall goal for the group, so that the powermongering had some distinct purpose.
Sounds pretty cool, whichever way you go with it.