While I suppose this proposal has SOME merit, I am most definitely
against it. I simply can not support it. First, I don't see any REAL
need to change the current system. It's not broken. Second, regardless
of the comments in the proposal to the contrary, this proposal WILL
lessen the testing requirements for advancement in license class.
Generations before me have passed 20 wpm tests to climb to the pinnacle
of licensing (as I did, I am an Extra Class...and proud of it!)....and
generations AFTER me can to...if they CHOSE to. This is a hobby after
all...those that choose to advance in the hobby...and have put a little
time into the hobby to obtain the skills to advance...always  have been
able to advance...and always will. 

DON'T LESSON the hobby by removing requirements and making it easier to
reach the higher license privileges....you are merely DEMEANING the
hobby! It was bad enough that they stopped using fill in the blank type
tests....and started giving a 'multiple guess' format....and GAVE
testers the test pool to MEMORIZE the answers before testing. So, the
current written tests are a JOKE to anyone with half a brain...and some
reasonable testing skills. Heck, if you give me a pool of several
hundred 'multiple guess' questions  for a test to become a brain
surgeon, and let me memorize them a few weeks...and then go take a 50
question 'multiple guess' test based on that exact question pool I have
memorized, I GUARANTEE you (if that was all that was required) that EVEN
I could be a brain surgeon!

PERHAPS...I say PERHAPS...if the new written tests were indeed
harder...AND AS AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM....would HAVE to be fill in the
blank...NOT MULTIPLE GUESS (the current format), MAYBE morse code
requirements could be lessened and  the tests could still be meaningful.
Right now, morse code is about the only thing that at least makes a
candidate work and practice in the hobby a little bit before advancing.
ANYONE can memorize a 'harder' written test and advance (in the present
format). 

PLEASE, PLEASE reconsider this proposal. PLEASE consider changing the
written test format to 'fill in the blank'...NOT multiple choice!
Or....do NOT do away with the current 20 wpm morse code test requirement
for extra class. And please reconsider the suggested changes in
frequency bands. Even though I (as an extra class) would gain some
additional bandwidth...I can't condone the changes. 

Hey, if it aint' broke...don't fix it. IT AINT' BROKE!! Leave it alone!