Agreed. "This strong-arming seems like a big bank way of behaving". It might be worth investigating the history of influences/membership on the board, especially at the time of actions taken in this direction. We need a return to the cooperative tradition.

In the meantime other options, like the ones you mention, have not been explored.

Here is a recent example of cooperation from a smaller Estonian community. (Bigger is not always better). A reminder Toronto is not the Estonian "centre" for Canada, as was told the Globe and Mail recently by the folks at Tartu College. Other communities have organized (Alberta notably long before TC or EM.) Montrealers have kept their church in good repair, making it attractive to a fellow Finno-Ugric community. The church has historically functioned as a community centre and continues, in cooperation (MTLMES), to serve the community.

http://eestielu.com/et/sundmus...