Setting up acronyms

[jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net]

Silly one here.. 

It seems to me that it is incorrect to capitalize acronym set-ups just because they are acronyms. 


For instance: general arrangement (GA) seems correct, while General Arrangement (GA) does not. 

I see engineers using capitalization to designate things as significant all the time (for instance, the Control System operates the yada-yada). To me, the desire to cap acronym set-ups is just more of the same. 

On the other hand, if the set-up is for a proper noun, Geographic Information Service (GIS) I can see the propriety of capitalizing it. 

Can I get a reality check here? I don't have a style guide handy so I checked Chicago Online and it seems to support my point of view: 



Q. When you have an initialism, do you cap the first letter of each word when the phrase is completely spelled out? 

A. In the spelled-out version, simply cap as you would if an initialism did not exist: standard operating procedures (SOPs), Rhode Island (RI), American Journal of Education ( AJE ), Mothers against Preschoolers (MAP). 

Any pointers on how I can persuade folks to adopt the usage I'm favoring? 

Thanks in advance, 
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