Well Done AOAC GC
Had the AOAC GC acquiesced to the demand that they not signed a CA until the AOA told them it was OK to go ahead ... Well does that make any sense?
There is no way that AOAC could have accepted this condition! Case closed. Moan and pontificate all you want PW, but that's the way it is. They did what was expected of them by their members. Go ahead, take your toys and go home. Cutting off AOAC because they won't accept stupid stipulations. Sounds like you have taken a page from the CX playbook!