Okay - I don't feel so much like I missed something.
I guess what confuses me is (a) how IT racers - those who don't visit it.com, anyway - are supposed to know about this and (
precisely what it is that we are supposed to be supporting. I do, by the way, think that this is an excellent idea but without seeing the actual wording of the proposal that is on the table, I'm a little hesitant to endorse it.
I'm puzzled too about the strategic plan. Typically, true "strategic" decision making wouldn't include specific decisions about things like wheel size. Instead, they would explicate the bigger principles to which future rules-making activities would be aligned.
I ABSOLUTELY believe that we need this kind of thinking applied to IT, given how much the category has evolved. However, if the "strategic plan" is actually going to be a comprehensive package of detail rules - tactical- and operational-level decisions - a LOT of questions arise:
Will the regular rules-changing process be applied to it? How (and when in the process) will it be presented to the membership? Will clauses be considered individually or only as a package (the issue of severability)?
I still have some confidence in the "new" world of IT but obviously have some concerns.
K