A few links that have good content on the topic of Design by Committee:
http://blog.algonquinstudios.com/2011/12/14/design-by-committee-how-to-make-it-work/
http://boagworld.com/business-strategy/design-by-committee/
http://sourcemaking.com/antipatterns/design-by-committee
I’ve always thought there should be a forum called “Remote Creative.” Sort of a group-therapy-coping place for creative people lost in rural places. I relate to feeling isolated. I’ve been living in the vacuum of the Idaho panhandle border for decades (a third-world nation inside the United States). Not all designers live in the big city.