In the final talk Sanderson says that because of this historic occasion and the maybe the JWs listening are more full of love for Jehovah than EVER before. He says "We've deepened our understanding of Jehovah's mercy, his compassion and his patience and what about that announcement about our field service reporting? Jehovah is dignifying us, he has confidence in us."
From a GB point of view, some of them have likely felt they are proving themselves to be failing in their responsibilities. Instead of progressing, they're going backwards and it reflects badly on them. So badly, that if it wasn't for the excuse they use, that they are imperfect and fallible men, they would conclude that they didn't have God's backing or HS. They've had to conjure up a plan to turn things around and the whole Annual Meeting has been about this.
However, their ideas and reasoning gets more and more bizarre.
Fancy that, Jehovah is finally dignifying the domestics by directing the Governing Body through his Holy Spirit by removing the requirement of detailed ministry reporting.
Stupidly, this means that previously reporting was undignified and they couldn't be trusted. It also means that Jehovah has changed his view towards his followers. One day, they needed monitoring, the next they didn't. It's all Gods doing and nothing to do with the ever changing whims of Governing Body members.
