Secret CPAC Meeting: Our Future Decided Behind Closed Doors

All collectors should read this, on Peter Tompa's blog, "Secret CPAC Meeting to Discuss the Italian MOU": 

The Federal Register has announced a closed CPAC meeting to discuss the MOU with Italy to take place on March 13-14, 2014.  CPAC should be discussing whether the MOU should be scrapped altogether   because Italy is no longer living up to its end of the bargain.  But more likely, the closed session will be used to spoon feed CPAC members with information about seizure of ancient coins in Italy in support of a claim that restrictions should be continued and even expanded.   Of course, the fact that ancient coins are widely and legally available within Italy and the rest of the EU will not warrant mention.

As the future of our hobby is decided by a committee that none of us voted for, perhaps it is time to protest against such heavy-handed tactics of exclusion and discrimination. As a modern nation we are consistently failing to meet the historical standards of our Founding Fathers - where will this all lead?