Era is not a democracy and that's not going to change, you can't run a game that way. Chain of command/authority is important. If all our decision were made via public vote EC would spewed from a water fountain, you wouldn't have to pay for guns and everyone would be staff.
You guys have given us some great feedback, more than enough for now
Edit: I'm not closing the thread, but we're going to be busy weighing the 8 pages worth of ideas so we might not necessarily take more on-board.