Liat I'm sorry but nothing you have copy-psated here could convince me (or anyone else here I would think) that this is anything else but a huge devaluation.
Yes, there might be additional new benefits for CC adopters but looking at the program and the new "enhancements", they do not outweigh the devaluations, and let's not forget that not everyone will or can or will be interested in the CC.
We were all looking forward to seeing what changes were coming hoping whatever they are would make the program better, but we really did not expect this.
I'm really sorry now that I've been converting my CC points to Matmid.
Of course none of this is your fault, but I hope you pass on the message (not that its going to change anything).