Real A:. A:.Members wouldn’t out themselves, most members only really know one or two other members themselves. Anonymity is an A word.

I don’t think this is totally true. There are public members of the A.’.A.’. 

According to what I have learned, and I’m not a member so I cannot be sure, it’s not so much that they are a secret society but that they keep contact with other members to a minimum to avoid inter-group politics.