AUK should be right behind him, what he's doing is bang on target for their mission statement. Riding DIYs is a complete irrelevance.
The AUK board is right behind Steve. That's why I spent three days setting up and monitoring our mailshot, including three hours on Christmas Day.
It's also why FF is busily coding stuff into our entry system and the board and its delegates are busy working out a new way to raise funds.
It's also why the publications team have given Steve a major splash in the next Arrivée and the new website team have allocated an editor to write about him regularly.
The AUK membership is also clearly behind Steve, which is why the overwhelming majority of his funding has come from individual donations.
BTW AUK no longer has a mission statement. The board ditched the strategy in January 2014.