I personally think Ackerman is doing a great job and that is exactly what I hear from friends that are in different committees.
They are actually giving out way more information than any MEC before. Now we have podcasts, a pdf magazine, p2p is spreading surprisingly detailed info about NC briefs and tha latest meetings with the company. Yeah... some of the podcasts are a bit cheese but so is Bendo's. Don't like them. Do not listen to them.