We could certainly create a large enough membership to influence policy, or will we do what we always do, ignore it in the hope that the threat will go away.
A lovely thought, if only it were achievable.
When you hear the bleating from many current members of fieldsports organisations about the cost of membership, and complaints such as "what do they do for us", "jobs for the boys", "paying for their big salaries and smart cars", and the generally pitiful turnout when voting for their own committee members, signing petitions, etc. do you really think they'd voluntarily pay for RSPB membership as well?
Sadly most people's willingness to fight for fieldsports ends at the keyboard.
Or perhaps I'm just being too cynical.....