I think it's a good cost-savings effort, as is the intended use of webinars. However, if they're going to rubber-stamp everything anyway, the delegate system is like pretending to have a voice.
Our club delegate inquired about the membership rate increases last year. The answer he got was that it was evenly applied, which he assumed was true. However, individual membership rates jumped 40% while regular club memberships only increased 25%. His bigger concern, which was not addressed, was that the timing of this change affected clubs that had already sent out renewal notices at the old rate, not realizing it would be that big a jump. (I suppose I was dumb to assume that a club rep would give a flying fig about individual memberships.)
I really think that there should be some sort of standard implementation period to effectively implement the changes. Last year's changes to the Adult Moves tests discouraged a lot of skaters who were actively preparing, but didn't have enough time to test before the changes were implemented.
Perhaps GC should be held earlier in the year, but that would be during the competitive season, which is a show-stopper. Since the season runs from late summer to spring, that only leaves summer for decisions, but not enough time for implementation of major changes.