The executive committee may not be prepared to deal with you directly, however I am and will take whatever needs to be fed into them for decision. Unless of course you ego does not allow you to interact with a mere underling?
However as we do not understand your ultimate aims you are probably right cooperation may not work but the offer has been made.
You have not answered 421C's question, you have just side stepped the question. He explained clearly the process and asked you what you would have done. My reading of your answer is that you would have taken option B.
The reason that AOPA as an organisation have the trust of these people is that AOPA are prepared to play by the rules.