I'll say it again: ...any attempts to offer aid or direction are
ignored.

To answer your question, I did not run for director, but I did offer
after Mr. Wright's 2004 request for volunteers. As I recall, there was
not an election for director in my region but an appointment.

The familiar plea that no one offers does not wash when the circle is
closed. Here in PHX, we are about to get a major change to our class
B. AOPA is currently more active than SSA in this. AOPA even had a
spokesman in today's paper. Nothing from SSA although the current
planned changes will severely impact operations at both Turf and
Estrella. I offered, asked, pleaded and got zilch in return--only a
reference that Cindy Bricker "takes care of airspace for us."

It only takes a little encouragement. The OSH group was very nearly
shutdown by the directorate until it was discovered that they may
actually pull it off. Good for them. If more of us bypass the SSA,
maybe more will get done.