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

I'm not trying to pick on you, but I hear that all of the time, too.

For instance, you mentioned that you feared SSA inaction on ADS-B is
endangering the sport. Have you discussed this with other pilots and
come up with a coherent argument? Put together a presentation which
your SSA Director could present to the Executive Committee? Done a
posting here in an effort to do some grass roots organizing? These
things don't happen by magic, and yes, sometimes the bureaucracy will
try to shut you down. But, if you are persuasive and persistent enough,
someone will listen...

Marc