After.

Any deviation would foul the process that has been blasted in the past. The admin is being almost overly cautious (calling 9 MEC meetings this year so far) to ensure we abide by our own rules.

That's how our governance is currently set up. If we want to change that, we can do so, but that ship has sailed for this round. Not that long ago (early to mid 90's) there was no membership ratification at all for a section 6. Pilot input brought about change to involve us more in the process - a good thing.

I'm not against what you are suggesting, but it would have to be accomplished via our established procedures, ie resolution, member input, etc. Changing policy mid stream sets a bad precedent IMO. YMMV