For the record, I’ve always been a fan of zBloc (draft ZIP) but advisory polls and community sentiment indicated the Community and Coinholder Funding Model (ZIP 1016) which is what we have now.
Zcash governance has moved a long way in the last year; away from the era of funding orgs (ECC, ZF) directly from the protocol, to coinholders now voting directly on large Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants.
A lot of work, a lot of change. But constant improvement, always in the direction of decentralisation.