What I don't understand is why you won't lift a finger to work on things as they are in the present. You say that it's because you "know" that ALPA is so broken that it can't be fixed. It's just too hard, and the establishment is just too difficult to work with. The appointed committee structure is where the power really lies, and they will just squash any uprising from within (BS btw.)
What concerns me is that you, and the DPA "leadership" will carry this idealogy for hard work forward. What will you do when the going gets tough? When things don't go your way? Will you simply choose to disengage again? Tear down what we have because it doesn't fit your vision of the way things should be?
I'd be a lot more impressed with you and DPA if, while waiting for the revolution to take place, you would create some change (in the real world.) Hell, I might even renew my card if you personally carried a resolution forward and showed me that you can get things done.
If your future volunteers are as industrious/engaged as you say they will be, then it should be no problem to pass a few resolutions in several councils at the next quarterly meeting. It doesn't even need to be anything serious. Just send up a resolution to the floor of the next MEC meeting demanding that Tim Caplinger be allowed to tap dance on the infamous oil painting in Herndon - anything to show that you can make something happen in the real world. If your resolution gets tabled at the MEC level (which it probably would in this case), start recalling reps. You have massive support and activism on your side, so what are you waiting for?
The utter refusal to work within our current reality is what concerns me the most. Don't bother bringing me your excuses as to why you say it won't matter. That's a cop out, and the most concerning part of all.
Can you find out for me when was the last time that TC attended an LEC meeting?
**And just for you Carl, the oil painting resolution was TIC in case you missed it. Don't waste any time zealously rebutting that part of my post.