Ill answer each point as soon as I can get to my pc. However, my opinion on the objective aspect of voting for delegate slates with regard to corruption is that the weekly mumble hangouts provide a dynamic environment and opportunity for anyone to whistleblow on a delegate who may be doing something corrupt. It could easily be recorded and posted to the forums to allow the entire weight of the community to gather the facts. In my eyes, this is far from corrupt.
Also, people get to enter the mumble server to participate in discussions that are completely open with devs. They can ask hardball questions and get them on record in a way completely unique to our ecosystem. They would be able to do this with or without voting for the slate, but could vote on the slate instead of us relying on tips. This would free up more time for us to get closer to full time on this. Of course, they could choose to refrain from voting for the slate and still receive this service...so I am not sure how this is corrupting. Please give some examples?
(Ill get to the voluteer stuff from my computer so I can isolate your points individually because they are points worth bringing up so the community can know more about this).