I agree.
Well need some general tactics and SOP and party rules, but I'd love to focus on the gaming and just have the necessary metagaming done along the way. My impression is, we're probably all experienced in this, and I hope we'll know when a decision has to be general consensus, and when a decision can be just taken by a majority or even a single player. For example, if one is scouting ahead, taking a left or right turn will probably not require a big OOC discussion. If, however, we know that left is a beholder, and right is a strike team of drow, we would definitely want to discuss where to go. Facing a tough challenge or hard decision could even mean we should wait or PM people not currently on, but that is HM's decision then.
From my point of view, the SOP is pretty much complete, and we might change marching order along the way, so I'd say let's go...
... and rock.
HM, please indicate if there's any specifics you are missing from the SOP that you would need to go.