addressing first round of comments

Author: oaktowner

STEERING-COMMITTEE.md

@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ Seats in Steering are held by a company, not by the individual users. Currently
 
 *Why Are Seats Company Held?*
 
-The Steering Committee was created as the Istio project was in infancy, in order to tackle governance and overall project strategy. To date Istio has the bulk of contributions coming from the project founders, Google & IBM. Together it was decided that having strong corporate leadership was needed for the project to ensure continued velocity. Steering was created with 9 seats held, and with 11 being planned.
+When the Istio project was founded, we decided that having strong corporate
+leadership was needed for the project to ensure continued velocity.
 
 *What Happens If Someone Leaves the Company They Represent?*