While you may believe Moves are the greatest, many skaters don't agree. Moreover, the ISI set up their rec skating program to allow competition events of any type, so a Moves event isn't out of the question. Why reinvent the wheel?
I am aware of the Footwork competition in ISI, but even then, you'd have to pass the actual level to qualify. For example, to have a footwork program for FS2, you need to have all the FS2 jumps and spins to pass the test. So theoretically, even if you do know the footwork for FS10 but you don't know how to do bunny hops, you'll never be able to perform a Footwork routine.
Mandatory Moves tests are expensive and adding another set of tests to ISI takes away from their affordability approach.
What I was suggesting was not that ISI copy the USFS testing system, where you have separate MITF and Freeskate tests. I was think something more like Moves 1-10, similar to Figures 1-10 or Dance 1-10 or Couple 1-10. You don't need to do everything, but nothing prevents you from spending more money and doing all disciplines. I don't see how that can be bad for ISI.
I take it your nation's non-ISI skating federation doesn't have a Moves discipline. Petition them to expand beyond their limited structure instead of the ISI.
They don't. The federation was made
solely for the purpose of sending competitive skaters to ISU events. Everyone interested in ISU is required to start out in ISI (I think that's part of being an ISI member rink), and then "graduate" to the federation when they start working on axels and doubles. Because of that, we don't have anything analogous to USFS Basic Skills. However, as in the US, joining the federation is more expensive than going through ISI.
They also don't accept adult skaters in their testing/competition scheme, probably because no adult has yet showed interest in joining the ISU Adult Worlds. I would like to petition them to change that someday, but I'd need to have advanced skating skills by then if my petition is to have any chance of being granted.
Maybe you shouldn't. These stupid, vague petitions are just Internet spam attractors.
Geez, Isk8NYC, you seem to take things
way too seriously.