As I was about halfway through your first run-on sentence, I realized none of those issues are show-stoppers. The benefits of in-house, ALPA-free representation far outweigh those fairly minor technicalities for me.

I'm happy to pay 2.25% for a while if every penny is staying within our pilot group.

"Voting on everything" is a negative? "Where will I find the time?" Really? I don't have to drive to my polling station. I can spend 2 minutes setting up online access for the first vote, and 30 seconds to log on and click "yes" or "no" on subsequent votes.

I think you're getting lost in the minutiae.