There is a huge problem within the gun owners of America, it is "Laziness, Ignorance and Apathy".
They are unmotivated and unwilling to do anything to preserve their Liberties.
They are clueless as to what they can do.
They just feel that they are "one", and that they can not have any real impact.
These are the enemies of Gun Rights, and these are the objects that are the targets of the Appleseed Project.
The Appleseed Project is very young, less than 3 years old (starting Feb 2006). Yet the program is looking at over 130 events in 2008 and over 200 events in 2009, nation wide. This is being done with a 100% volunteer group of common folks.
The program started as the effort of one man. Most Appleseed Shoots are the thought/effort of one person (initially), and each shoot generates many folks that are motivated to get involved, have a much better idea how to get involved and understand that their efforts not only have an impact, but are critical.
The Appleseed Project has now started State Chapters (nearly 30). One of the goals of this effort is to establish relationships with state level organizations that do many of the things that you all have mentioned here. The goal is to use Appleseeds to get folks motivated and steered toward the various organizations that already exist, that will be able to have a positive influence on their Liberties.
It is easier to get folks to come to an Appleseed than a political action group, or a higher dollar shooting program, or even competitive shooting events. It gives them some tastes of all of these, it introduces them to like minded folks from their state/region, and it is proven effective in motivating folks to step forward.
Getting Appleseed to the point of being a 'feeder program' for many of the already existing, good, but less than energetic, programs, is one of the goals of Appleseed.
While this seems like a commercial for the program, but it really is a great answer for the OP....it hits on many of the areas that we are lacking in.