A quick read to this thread and reddit forum about different ideas and disagreement tells me that things will not move forward, at least not in the near future. Bottom line is that vertcoin community and devs are afraid to make changes to current VTC situation. This is a vey bad perception.
Nobody knows what's the right move. I think devs should make a decision now to implement whatever idea seems most promising at the moment even with risk to MON.
At this point, it's better to do something than not do anything at all.