Certification & Professionalism

I'm a rookie from Bombay, India and I've got onto the Judging Committee /am an advisor/ am an RNP for the non-profit Network Professional Association Awards for Professionalism (www.npa.org/awards) doing this unpaid because I want to be as good as Ican be & I get to meet & exchange with great people this way. What changes are needed to raise our status? Why isn't the industry a profession yet? How can I prove to an employer exactly how good I am before an interview? Do you want to do somethingto help raise the status of Networking Professionals because it will do you personally some good - if so then join an association, fight for excellence, define excellence, support this or any other awards program, but get up off your elbow and do something if you want things to improve.
It may be that we would all be more effective if we could more easily recognise the network of professionals out there. So, we're going about
identifying all the good guys - will you join in?
I'm looking for ways of asking more people this question, and for judges of professionalism within Networking - any suggestions or comments most gratefully received and acted on.

You may join my discussion board titled:
What does professional mean? at Cramsession and Techrepublic.

Thanks,
Anand