Since there's no way for things to return to normal under current realities, I agree there needs to be some creative and strategic thinking on a number of levels regarding various scenarios, and including ways of adjusting that are feasible. They do need to be looking at models in other sports, but also discussing matters with feds around the world. Maybe the working group is thinking in these terms, but they also need to be creative in their thinking, and bring in ideas from the entire skating community to consider. They need to show responsible and creative leadership, which I know does not come easily to the ISU. But rise to the challenge!
This post and a few of the others make it sound like the ISU just plain doesn't care. When you have the biggest sports in the world struggling to come up with a situation that works the best and many athletes being vocal about either waiting this out or just canceling seasons as we know them and reconvene in 2021, I don't know why skating should be any different. I honestly think some fans in this situation are a lot more 'worried' about the skaters getting back to competition mode than the skaters themselves. They understand what is happening, as unfortunate at it is. But I don't see any of them complaining about the state of the world.
And once again, you can only do so much. Skating Federations aren't in charge of local and national regulations. They also can't prepare anything solid when the information coming out each day changes drastically. This includes cities that have tried reopening or tried to loosen whichever restrictions they have in place, only to see that it isn't a good idea.