I will be the first one to admit that I have tuned this out. There seemed to be a lot of 'politics' and what people who are not politicians but were trying to act like politicians. I do not do good in those situations, although if I focus real hard and read a whole bunch of stuff, I know that I can leave constructive comments.
My thinking is that these councils will gradually control a smaller and smaller influence over the platform. They are probably important now (if they ever get going), and they will be influential in a year, and they will be a large player in 3 years and they will be 1 of many in 5 years.
If it doesn't go that way, then I don't think steem has gone the way that we hope it would.
I appreciate you keeping me abreast! Likely I will put my support behind people I already trust, that is if I remember to register to vote. What I think someone needs to do is pull some people aside, one by one, and interview them.