I'm not pointing the finger at Carl, but to the people that put him in the position to deal with the issue. Who? dunno precisely, but Carl is an employee of AMA, not one of the guys that ostensibly make the decisions about how AMA is run. It's also true that I wasn't there. Maybe Carl wasn't either - what I said was based on my understanding derived from information from what I deem to be a reliable source. Don't we all? Don Lowe and the safety committee may well have had plenty to say, but apparently nobody in a position to say who does what to whom was listening.

Edit to add:
Left out one germane point I meant to include. As you well know, Carl is on the safety committee, too. You know I some misgivings about that. There are many examples of AMA policy that put preventing exposure of AMA to liability ahead of safety. Carl's primary concern is rightly the former, and I consider his role on the safety committee a conflict of interest.

Abel