Many of us have been in ongoing discussions, and some have been in direct negotiations with Ned this week trying to come to an agreeable solution. Posting on chain is where we are with things now as clearly our efforts off chain to stop this massive power down have not been successful so far. You can read more of <a href="https://steemit.com/stopthepowerdown/@lukestokes/is-steem-centrally-controlled">my thoughts here</a> if interested.