The OP may be a bit -- tin foil hat time -- but I do agree that something sinister has been brewing here from some time. All these secret groups behind the backs of most of the monks here.

Oh my goodness... then I do most humbly request to be added to the list of those to beware, as I belong to quite a number of "secret groups". (Breathers of Fire! Now that's got to be the most sinister of all!)