Sort of along the same lines, for staging, I use a WiFi "switch" to provide switched power into another altimeter (let's say an EasyMega) in combination with an igniter shunt or a disconnect. I'm OK with powering up the wifi switch with the rocket horizontal because I can verify that the EasyMega doesn't turn on. After raising the rocket, I can "arm" the wifi switch and verify that the EasyMega boots up correctly. Finally, I arange so that the shunt or disconnect can be removed or closed from the ground or on first motion of the rocket. (My magnet shunt was an example of exactly this approach)
I am much less comfortable with the idea of a WiFi switch when turning on the power to the WiFi switch also powers up the staging electronics. I'll mention the Telemega as an example, and perhaps some of the Eggtimer products (although I don't know the specifics of their design). If Tripoli is saying that such "combination" electronics are OK, and that the disconnects to the igniter can be closed prior to raising the rocket, then I would say this is a glaring oversight. It may have been a glaring oversight prior to the action of the Board, but the action now implies that it is acceptable.
Jim