Standardization?

With the advent of the technique archive, talk of ‘standardization’ has begun. Is this a good thing? On one side of the debate, there is the ‘minimum standards’ position, where anyone walking into any SK / SKK school would be able to expect certain things. On the other hand, I have the nagging fear that the ‘ minimum standards’ will emphasize the ‘minimum’ at the expense of the ‘standards’. I feel a small core curriculum is good. I fear that the point of nuance is being missed. I think diversity is healthy, and that not all folks want all things. Once upon a time, I was working with someone at an “instructor’s meeting” on knife defenses, and my ideas (lifted from FMA) freaked them out. Needless to say, most folks there didn’t want my input. The folks there wanted to standardize on the traditional ‘cross block and wristlock’ defenses they had been doing. If we’re going to standardize, let’s let it be a core to develop around.