So you start here:
then proceed proposing scheme that removes need for communication with individual members, and consolidates most of the decision-making on the mage level, relegating rank-and-file to simply being badge suppliers. That's... not very consistent.
People are not consistent with each other. Neither is the world. I like the idea of needing to work as a team in a larger compasity. But in practice, it rarely ever works like that on games like this. So you either deal with the chaos of it, or you try to work around it.
As for 'just being badge suppliers' .. in my experience, that what most ppl would rather do. They dont want to deal with putting plans together and monitoring badge numbers and progress and all that other stuff that only a few of us do in this game. Iv been conducting every aspect of the FA for the last year or two in my Fs. The person that did it before me was thrilled to pass that respncibilty off to another. And in all this time... there has not been one person that ever asked to give it a try, or even made the slightest inquiry as to how its done. - They dont want anything to do with that. And doign it all this time, i can understand that. Its a lot more time consuming then it sounds. And ppl have lives, and family, and work. Fortunately for them, im on disability. So i have the time to do this.