Two different posts should have been made under a different section. One pertaining to the changes that are happening and one about voting for recertification's. This could have avoided confusion.
-1 on recertification's. I don't see this as necessary to force everyone to redo something they have attained and still actively use. Nothing drastically is changing at it's core just the format is changing. If the format is changing why force a wipe? Unless a drastic core is changing on the server were everyone is going to re-learn something completely new (mechanics wise, drastic shift in gameplay style on the server, etc...) then it isn't needed.
Questions: What is the end goal of this change? What kind of "ARC Troopers" are you trying to "produce" with these changes?