Hi Chris,
If it's so important that we all sign up, why not start it off with a £10 joining fee (or no fee at all !), I reckon you will get a lot more members far more quickly.

We can then judge for ourselves from the "inside" whether our voices are being heard or if we are just gonna be dictated to and bent over and have our pockets rifled, as there's far too much of that in this trade already.

Regards
Dave