@gone for good:
The 'quiet' (unrealistic part) was intended so that liberated people could continue fading, visiting with family... until elders make trouble.
This is possible without a secret letter. Many people do this every day.
Then, it's time to declare emancipation and it's also too late for elders ecclesiastic actions.
No, it is not. You are completely mistaken here. They can still remove you from their membership roles, per your wishes, and make an announcement informing members of your choice.
JWs cannot DF or DA non-members.
JWs can never DA anyone, members or non-members. Only you, the individual, can disassociate.
You are (after signing)) a non-member. (religious practice is VOLUNTARY)
So? Nobody else knows. If you happen to let them know a year after signing, then they know and will adjust their records (something they can do, as it’s not an ecclesiastical activity, just records keeping).
The document is NOT a disassociation letter, it mentions no church, doesn't infringe on any churches' rights nor their ability to discipline their own members. If they self-identify with any of the repudiated hateful actions mentioned as examples, that's on them.
You are claiming the letter makes you a non-member, correct? That is the basis for the elders not having any authority over you, correct? You - yourself - by signing the letter are declaring yourself a non-member. So, if you hand this declaration to any elder (whether they are being pesky or not), you are informing them of your choice to be a non-member. This is a textbook definition of disassociation. This is precisely a DA letter.
Our action was taken legally, peacefully and with the hope of broad-reaching benefits to society.
When you leave the JWs, there is a benefit. When you believe you have some magic bullet to stop shunning, it creates false hope and that is not an improvement.
No reprisal can come to a person exercising their constitutional rights.
Right. So you exercise yours. They exercise theirs. Result - you are free, and you are shunned.
Let’s try to short-circuit this a bit. Forget the debate over the letter for a moment. If I were a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and I call several elders tonight (get them all on a conference call) and say: “Hello everyone, I, MeanMrMustard, am not a member of JWs any longer. As of this moment, with all of you witnessing, I have left the organization.” Do you, @gone for good, think that the elders have a right to remove me from their roles and make an announcement about my choice?