"Only Wave owners may hold office or be on the rules committee." I presume you meant only IWCA members ..."
So the twenty people who turn up for the Nationals are those who get to vote and the rest of us can ... well whatever.
The problem here is that only 4 or 5 IWCA paid members ever vist this forum.
Dues are only collected at the nationals and so it would be very difficult to comply with the bylaws unless you are at the nationals.
I'm not sure if it was intended to be this way, but the bottom line is that any rule change proposal is doomed by the way the rules are written.
Having said that, and earlier in this discussion, the future of the Wave class is in the hands of HCA-NA, not IWCA.
IWCA folks, for the most part, are quite happy with the status quo.
HCA has the responsibility to evaluate and institute rules that equalize inequities that arise from the Hobie Cat Company changing specifications. Once HCA has made such a rule adjustment, it would likely follow that IWCA would do the same.
