I made it to the end, and agree with pretty much everything you posted.

The only point I'm not so sure about is making the entry level class a full sanctioned class. In my experience if you run a class at that level it stops being cheap, and retains better drivers in it for longer. I used to run 540 offroad at National level and it was incredibly expensive because the light weight parts you wouldn't use in Mod because they were too fragile were a necessity in the slower classes. You also needed to make sure you had the absolute best packs (that's less of a factor these days, but you will still need new packs).

I'm happy enough having the entry level class selected as a demonstration class at these meetings. Perhaps there is room to remove the entry cap (or the number of support classes cap) at less well attended meetings to enable the entry level class to run more regularly.

With regard to the State bodies running different rules, my hope is that at some point that will stop being the case, that those State bodies will decide to move toward running the National rule set, and at the same time become more active within AARCMCC making proposals to get the rule set closer to something that suits everyone.