that sounds like a dumb policy. isn't that why we have microphones, so we can hear everyone. maybe they are too busy (not enough brothers) to handle this little thing.
i am under the impression that it is because we don't have enough qualified brothers.
You only need one brother to control the sound and one or two to walk around with microphones. I think even KH's in Zimbabwe have that many. haha...
You forgot about Stage mics