Forgive me if this derails the thread for a second, but if yanking recognition gives the GLoAR a wake up call why not yank recognition from the states that haven't recognized the PH GLs in their area where racism and bigotry live?
When PHA recognition first happened in CT at least one southern GL pulled recognition over it. Pretty much the only thing that happened is folks laughed at the pulling jurisdiction and eventually recognition was back in place. So I could answer your question that it's been tried and it didn't work.
On the other hand pulling recognition is nearly the only option jurisdictions have with each other. Should it come up for vote when I'm in attendance I would almost certainly vote to pull recognition over the topic. Were I to learn such a vote is coming I'd check with my wife to see if we can pull off the travel and with my lodge to see if I could have a vote - Illinois only gives votes to PMs if they are there as proxy for an elected officer. California meetings in San Francisco and my wife likes the touristy stuff in that city.
To me the question is when will be the time that I become willing to participate in the paperwork of such legislation. For the moment I have more interest in cleaning up nonsense like California not allowing dual affiliation, Texas not allowing visitation, most states having incomplete recognition lists. If someone else does the paperwork it's time. If I do the paperwork I have more local tasks related to the topic.
Should recognition be pulled from Arkansas? Now that at least one of their members has asked I favor doing that.
It seems that Arkansas offered recognition but PHA turned them down. Does anyone know the story behind that? Sounds to me like there was some "poison pill" in the wording of the offered agreement that made it unacceptable. Or just plain they looked at the recent history in Arkansas and wanted no part in such nonsense. Are they waiting for level heads to prevail?