Engaging the core developers privately, in a positive manner, over a medium to long period of time. This is not going to be solved overnight, but we are getting closer to a solution. Phantom is in communication with Mike Hearn, we're hoping to get X on a call with Mark, and if any other core developers are out there and have input on how Counterparty can be less of an "issue" for the devs and the Bitcoin network, we'd love to hear their suggestions as well.

I thought this was a great post and a step in the right direction: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=395761.msg5937979#msg5937979