@Tylinbrando: We have nothing from the other AAWA board members who frequent JWN to correct this issue. Simon has allowed a couple of them to be respected (Anderson and Lee) in their privacies. And that's fine. But Juan Viejo and Paul Grundy are quiet as a field mouse on the subject, and there has been no proclamation from our boss Simon to respect their privacies as it concerns the AAWA. What it looks like to most is that Cedars was probably elected to do the chest-puffing and grunting for the group because he usually writes eloquently. It backfired because somebody dropped the ball and let three members add around 700-800 members without those individuals' consent, and when Cedars was busy writing a puff piece, he started getting slammed with criticisms. And let's be honest, Cedars is crap when it comes to handling criticism. It's either his way or no way at all, but unfortunately, the imaginary man disregards the fact that he's THE guy at AAWA and criticism is going to happen. Now, if you see how Richard Kelly, Bo Juel Jensen, and John Cedars compose themselves in the comments section at JWSurvey, you start to see a more open view of how the AAWA is being run. One man suggested changing the name to something that doesn't involve the word "ANTI" and Cedars chewed him out, criticized him, and eventually deleted him. And this chewing out included the phrase "We don't want everyone to volunteer, just to know we are here." What kind of help Organization that is staffed completely by volunteers makes the comment that they don't want everyone to help?! Will that phrase be on the new website next to the volunteer button? I seriously doubt it. Cedars is a great writer when it comes to numbers and analytics, but when it comes to PR, he sucks. That's why they are hiring a PR firm, so they don't get those gems Cedars has been crapping all over the floor. Bo is no better. He censors people and slanders names just as well as the others. But we need to ask ourselves something about Mr. Jensen: If he's already founder of one organization he puts all his time into, why would he be a board member simultaneously to another group? What qualifications does he have to moderate jwsurvey or run to anti-Jehovah's witness organizations? You know, aside from being Cedar's friend. I remember asking Cedars on JWSurvey "what is the mission of the AAWA? To take down the Watchtower or to help it's victims?" I painted the significance of it by asking "Are you the group that complains about Coca Cola? Or are you the group that complains that there are dangerous ingredients in Coca Cola?" Because the distinction is important. If he's dead set on being "the Guy Who Took Down the Watchtower," his current volunteers should know this is his goal, as should potential volunteers. If he's actually trying to do what his mission statement says the AAWA is set out to do, he's knee-capping the movement by having that dreadful name. Unfortunately, he can't do both because one will draw away from the other. He cannot take out the WTS without neglecting the victims. He can't save lives and take out a cult. The AAWA is new, inexperienced, and as EntirelyPossible has stated: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." They are small potatoes and have no clear direction to travel.
