Mark, you're correct that the Council has an advisory role. You'll note that the Council's excom is made up of primarily the Area Reps who conduct the Area Eliminations (i.e., your target audience). If you want the Alter Cup Committee to adopt a different handicap system, I think you'll want to finish your comparison/contrast and present it. I'm inclined to support a move to SCHRS, but not without the due diligence.

And Mike's point should not get lost in the discussion; the only reason we're even talking about this is because the Portsmouth Committee years ago lost the spark plug that was Darline Hobock. She took the committee back under duress, but her heart (understandably) wasn't in it. We'd need to consider who is keeping any handicap system current, and what the likelihood is for continued viability.