@bentusison I summarized the current status of Zcash Company’s position and Zcash Foundation position about a Fork away from ASICs in this thread: ASICs in Zcash Software / Proof of Work/ Proof of Stake/ Fork Discussion (I recommend reading through the links provided)
My understanding is that Overwinter and Sapling are the priority for the Zcash Core team therefore the chance of a Fork before those occur are slim to none. But the Zcash Foundation has decided to take the question on and see what can be done. If you want to discuss PoW further please feel free to join that thread.