Since it has become clear over the past ten years that those in charge
of the AOS have no clue, I only want to say I do appreciate how hard it
is to take an older organization which has grownstewadily over decades
and reverse the trend into one of rapid ddecline - and still insist
nothing is amiss!

Ok, I'll also admit to a little optimism - that, just shy of winking out
of existence, the organization's 'masters', or those who think
themselves such will either get a clue or be replaced and new life may
come into the org. But truthfully, I doubt it.