Well, I myself am neither a big fan nor a big critic of the rewards for governance - BUT if people invest time into something (for example the x-Gov) it absolutely does make sense to pay them something.
Also I would pas the node provider from the community, for the work.
Its not the only way of handling things, but its definitely one way of doing so.
Btw. saying that the foundation should decide the allocation and is best so, is going against the fundamental principal of decentralization - which is the main point of crypto, so I dont know, how you could be invested in it and still stating such stuff 