I feel like, while transparency is essential for a healthier evolution of Steem, too many voices talking at the same time would cause too much noise and a lack of direction.
What about the committee presenting various options to the community on a regular basis along with individuals defending their preferred option through Steem posts?
Could we then use dpoll to let people express their views centrally and get a better feel for where the general consensus would be?
Transparency doesn't mean too many voices. E.g: Discord lets you set permissions on channels where only a group of people may talk while keeping the conversation open to anyone.
The https://steemcommunity.github.io/ discord does exactly this, all channels are readable by everyone and so far it seems to work quite well. Feel free to join :)
Yes, that is what I meant.
And good idea on the polls! :)