Corporate type have difficulty dealing with the trauma of peer review. They rather fail in the market place of money than the market place of ideas. Paranoia and secrecy walk hand in hand.
Open leadership demands at least a minor amount of trust from the community.
Yet, we need to codify checks and balances not out of lack of trust but because of our knowledge that money and power can corrupt. As the Internet becomes the central engine of international commerce and communications, it will be subject to power grabs that make the current events trivial. A balance power structure with public oversight can prevent future failure. Rather they need to need to blend into an oversight and control structure. This is the core issue of membership.