What is "the category?" It's the members.

I don't think being proud of not being here to make friends is a good idea either. We are on a committee. We need to work with other committee members and membership. I'm not saying you don't do what you think is right -- you should -- but this isn't (or shouldn't be) a head butting contest.

I fully agree with you on rules stability. It's a valid concern, and one that is important to me. But again, it ties back into to "core IT values" for me. If it isn't a core value, and most of membership seems to want it, we need to consider it AND we need to understand that "membership wanting it" can be a sufficient 'why" or reason for the change.

That doesn't mean we do it, but it means that we consider it, and consider the fact that our constituents are asking for it as one factor weighing in favor of the request.