Mike O said:

Maybe they're doing great work, but OOT fans are a small clique now, the version of the film that Lucas wants to be the one known in the public consciousness is the one that's winning. Years down the road few people will know about fan-preservation efforts and they certainly won't preserve films, IMO, at least not in the long-term.

Depends on how you define OOT fans.

Certainly people who like the OOT enough to do something about it (ot.com community) are a small clique, but there are also at least two other types of OOT fans:

1) Those who love the OOT, but have been so discouraged by the SE's that they've given up on Star Wars entirely, let their VHS tapes rot away in the basement, and haven't watched it in well over a decade.

2) Those who love the OOT, and tolerate the SE's as the closest thing they can get to what they want.

Until quite recently, I was type #1. The difference is knowledge. Yes, Lucas has the louder megaphone, but you only have to see the Despecialized Edition once to know it's considerably better than any commercial offering. Conversion is easy--just show a friend. In the past week, I've already turned OOT fans of both types I've described above into OOT fans as you would describe them, and I don't plan to stop.