Sorry 3holer, but your position is lame. If there was another organisational option to the AOA, and you belonged to it and PAID dues, I would accept your position. As it is however, the AOA is it, and you are basically riding on the backs of the members who contribute their dues to the COMMON good. Any benefit gained is also enjoyed by you, but you are not contributing to any such gain. I have no respect for that. If you donated the same amount to the Sunnyside Club it would at least demonstrate integrity. Anything else is pure sanctimony.