Elite is definetly the wrong word, To... well, Its too uppity, too Bellevue( for lack of a better term.) I agree with Carl and Grandpa. This is the only bb I have ever joined or even visited more than once.
For example I started salmon fishing this winter with zero experience and after the first trip out, I have not been skunked. Does that make me elite. No. All it means is that I can apply a small portion of the knowledge and experience that has been fed to me by the folks here.
As far as morals I think the folks here are definitly in the top 5 or 10 percent. No matter what I think of any one person here I know that the vast majority of you operate in the spirit of the law and not the letter of the law. I think most of the folks here hold themselves and, in many cases the folks they fish with to a higher accountability than Joe Cracker! There are folks here that rub me the wrong way politicaly and otherwise, but it all boils down to the fact that I would be more than willing to share my boat with any of 'em when I have an open seat.

I don't think that makes anyone elite, I think it just means there are good folk here.

Just my worthless two pennies