Mike,
It could only be sour grapes on my part if I'd hoped to gain financially from running such an organisation and I can tell you know nothing could have been further from my mind either then or now.
If you knew me, and you clearly do not, then you would know that there is no one more passionate about this industry than me and I, along with others have striven to take things forward, not for personal gain, but for the benefit of all of us. Whether those efforts have been in vain or not is for others to judge, but I do my bit.
Simon