There's also a risk of throwing the baby out with the bath water* - inclusivity is a noble aim but if AUK tries to become too broad a church, it will risk alienating the core audience.
AUK must never lose sight of its original reason for existing, namely to enable UK riders to qualify for PBP.
*not sure this is the appropriate idiom but never mind
I think my membership has currently lapsed (sorry bhoot!) and a combination of circumstances over the past few years had basically taken me off the bike almost completely. Even when I actually rode m'bike a reasonable amount, I was probably the least serious audaxer in the universe. I've never done a 200, only done one 100 I think - I joked for years that perhaps I would try to get a (singular) point one day and was generally told that I couldn't because they came in pairs. Of course I then replied that maybe one day I'd do a 100 with a triple A, which the Real Audaxers would have to concede was indeed a possibility. At least technically
As a somewhat skint non-driving working parent of littlies then a more skint still non-driving working single parent, often with a bit too much Life going on, there was never really an audax-shaped space in my life. I managed the few 50s mostly with a kid or two in tow, and my solitary 100 took quite a lot or organising and negotiating to find the time - it was totally worth it though. A simply delightful day out in the splendid company of the late and much-missed jogler.
Realistically, I'm never going to ride PBP or anything quite so silly. I'm OK with that, and will cheer the rest of you on as you do. If I ever manage to get back to being vaguely competent at riding my bike something resembling a long way, I do quite like the idea of a 200, one day. For now, a 50 would be pretty aspirational, but fingers crossed. Since a well-planned 50 is a lovely way to spend a few hours (especially when the end control is somewhere you can socialise and it coincides with some of your 2d friends doing a proper audax, so you can catch up with them after) I really won't need a pity (half) point for it.