Good point - I will write to SIAI about this matter.

I actually agree that up until this point progress has been in the right direction, I guess my thinking is that the SIAI has attracted a community consisting of a very particular kind of person, may have achieved near-saturation within this population, and that consequently SIAI as presently constituted may have outlived the function that you mention. This is the question of room for more funding

Agree with

Perceived craziness is the default we must push the public perception away from, not something initiated by actions of SIAI (you'd need to at least point out specific actions to attempt this argument).

There are things that I have in mind but I prefer to contact SIAI about them directly before discussing them in public.