In my experience at steering committee, it's more of a conversation than a formal chaired meeting. I think it's been a place where people express their priorities and preferences of how we go forward, and it has been a place where things are developed by consensus, not by votes and how many people are in the room.
I think we have tried very hard, with the chair's leadership, to keep this committee as non-partisan as possible. To develop work plans and as many things as we can by consensus, without a vote, even at the full committee, is a better way of going forward.
There aren't any other committees where there are two members of the government side on the steering committee. It's not that this really matters. What matters is what's working for us or not.
With the chair's advice, let's see how it goes in the other way. If there seem to be problems, we'll address them then. But if it's not broken, let's not try to fix it.