Sarah does mistake one thing. One can be a wary conservative and still communicate, hang out with, and even talk with the other side. They can and do fully engage in the process. Kendall Harmon is a prime example - serving on the education committee at GC2006.
Being a deputy to General Convention, is, lets say, a whole lot different than observing General Convention. We propose resolutions, vote, attend our committees. Largely, we know what we propose will largely be rejected in various ways. This is an extremely important witness.
I think it is an important witness that I did everything I could to convince ECUSA to 1.) Adopt the Windsor Report, 2.) Stop the abuse of the abandonment of communion canon, and 3.) Not consecrate a thrice married/twice divorced bishop.
I seriously doubt the existence of trusting conservatives, in that I dont think anyone would trust the other side, so to speak. What trusting conservatives trust in is Jesus Christ, that He is at the right hand of God, and that he calls us to be obedient, rather than successful. Maybe a bit like Don Quixote, but hopefully more like Christ Jesus.
Recently I read a comment about LIBERAL agenda items in politics, in which the speaker said, "Their intention is not inclusion but to purify thought to their way of thinking. All others must be excluded." This seems to match the present situation of the inclusive wing of the ECUSA.