Whether I do it or not, is up to me. Aerotowing will offer a partial solution to some people but the cost of running an aerotow operation is high, the training is expensive and there are a significant number of pilots who don't want to be coupled to a machine so although it will NOT maximize pilot potential, it will gain some who otherwise wouldn't fly. And so, our image is not our biggest problem. Keeping those new pilots active will require a change of attitude in instruction and glider sales, not a change in basic method or more bureaucracy. The best management involves dialog and is rarely dictatorial.
Bureaucrats hate that.
They have their own agenda. YOU are welcome to argue the points. That last, is one bitch of a problem. Your progression from picking up the glider for the first time to getting off your first mountain, was limited only by your sanity and some peer pressure. This prospective pilot is informed that they will need intensive training and they are fools if they don't buy a relatively new glider for a major hunk of cash.