It's not enough to replace ad hoc governance with written, constitutional, formal and transparent governance. If the community has a clear goal, a little bit of thought should be given to the actual mechanism that governs the community. How easy it will be to achieve the goal with a particular governance mechanism?
One of the goals that I personally like to promote is to encourage a healthy and positive community. By this I mean, set it up so that unhealthy and negative behaviour are mitigated against:
Recognising that's controversial :-)
RE: From ad hoc governance to better governance