Hey, so I apologize if we weren't clear enough (seems to be a bad habit), but with Genova Federation, members refers to individuals, not full organizations as it did in GLSU. Pengo made a post with detail back in March that mentioned it. The alliance system, which deals with full organizations, was designed to have more clear cut relations between us, and other organizations; things like trade agreements, military alliances, etc.
Hopefully that clarifies everything.