Many slacks exist owned by private individuals, not all are secret.. they are just like a discord server.

The server where the transcript (in the @steemalliance post) came from is the Steemit Inc. Dev slack, after the comment was made publicly about the call for nominations by Ned, he collected names. After 24hrs or so that channel was created and the names were added there. The channel did not exist before the transcript states. No talks about it were held elsewhere. Aggroed set the channel topic as seen there and that was it.

The idea was more of a foundation (as described by Ned in his public call, which I will try to find an additional screenshot of, but he quoted himself in the transcript). That helps to organize funds to help with the development of the chain. “Governance” May not be the right word. As said in the transcript, all names may change.. it’s just a place holder to get it started.

This all happened 4hrs before the post went up and as you can see from the transcript the goal was to get the post out, get as much of the community involved, then start making plans. The nominations are simply for individuals who would be interested in or thought to be good in something like this.

Many may decide to not want to be involved or additional roles may be needed for specific tasks etc.

The Steemit dev slack is owned by Steemit Inc and is home to Top witnesses, backup witnesses, devs, and a few community members plus the Steemit Inc staff. My understanding is it’s where communications happen for hardforks among other things. I can’t speak for Steemit Inc. but since I have a slack server I do know that only a limited amount of people are allowed before it starts to cost a good amount of money per person to have it. Maybe that’s why. Or maybe they needed a place for top 20 to all be in the same room to make decisions. That’s about all I can answer on the specific slack as it’s not mine.

It will not be the home to this community @steemalliance though, as was said in the post. The group will have a separate home that is open to the public and as soon as it’s up, a link will be posted.

I hope that the full transcript plus the very open answers will continue to help individuals see this group is attempting to stop all the back room secret talks and instead bring this organization to the community and be a part of that community.