tut-tut Tuc...your frustration is showing!
From my experience we should not read the words of MAA regulations and expect actions to spring forth from there. We should wait to see how they are being manipu....interpreted!
Did anyone look up what "Independent" means in MAA Speak? I think the OED may be surprised that it now means an office with a semi closed door and a one-way direct line from the boss of the organisation.