Lets not jump ahead of ourselves. This MAY get us a seat at the table but if we reach too quickly for our chips it could get unpleasant with all the poker players carrying. We are in the endgame and need to negotiate our way through all the traps. I will definitely be presenting that email to some official or another in the not too distant future.
The odd thing is that it took the shakeout from the NFP act to get the COC to finally inform us that they recognized our sport in Canada. Too bad we didn't know earlier.