Stop ranting _please_.
I could understand if you were ranting about something which was forced on you by a narrow vote, but you didn't even try, and it _has_ been announced beforehand, with apt time to raise your voice in time. I suggest you prepare better for 2003...
Let me clarify my position. I understand fully that this is my OWN fault for not making the time to read and digest every single document issued or places on the web site. I understand that it is my own fault for not turning up to the AGM and either proposing or voting on appropriate items. I will take more care for next year. I will find the money and the time from a non-break even privately maintained legacy network to employ a full time lobbyist as well. Maybe I sound bitter, but I know it was all there - just I have been used to others paying attention on my behalf. Peter