I've heard from quite a few frustrated people that they feel the pre-proposal process is hard to follow. I think this change is good because it will give more people a chance to weigh in on legit proposals. I agree that if you can get 5% of the total SPS in votes, then you have a proposal that should be considered.
I also think your point about making changes to the pre-proposal is not well known. Some feel that if changes are made, then a new proposal must be put forth. I can see both sides and feel that this is something you might want to re-iterate the next time you are on a town hall.
Overall I support any process that lets the community decide issues via good governance, and this I believe will give more SPS holders a voice since they will see the proposals via the ingame notifications.
I think pre-proposals should be held in game, there, were the players actually are.
I agree... I think that is the goal and they are just using this process til they can devote DEV time to bringing it ingame.