onewho, Nobody's peeing on anything. There's too much history of initiatives being started out w/out enough homework being done in advance... and it shows in the results so far, right? You don't know what's needed for GE to take interest (neither do I, but I opt for covering bases instead of ignoring them).
The days of throwing dung at the wall need to end, and hopefully that'll be in lieu of more focused thorough efforts in specific directions so that the odds of success are increased greatly.