Well said. There is a lot of hope in the goodwill of those that put up proposals. There is probably something to be said about the lack of knowledge on how the DAO works.
Maybe a bit of sensitization might go a long way in helping less technical individuals to make informed decisions.
Goodwill of those that make the proposal still remains the risk factor which is why i think we should focus away from "continual development" towards "task completion".
Blockchain is meant to be trustless but the DAO doesn't exactly represent that. Being paid after task completion is probably the way to go which leaves the question, how do you go about coding that logic into the DAO?