7700 - As requested, but not required, I have re-read your posts and can conclude you are indeed a man of principle. Your long term aim appears to be the improvement of COS for all. A nobel cause, unfortunatly you goal is achieved by sarificing the new joiners improvements to their COS, whilst you risk nothing.
The people that joined or will join COS08 made their choice, they had an option, so they are not "helpless".
As you have not yet provided an answer could
you please tell all those new joiners on COS 08 what you consider their choices were?