There has been an inquiry about the text of the referendum put forth for the upcoming election. The text of the referendum is repeated below. I will make a few clarifying points.

The referendum does not require the next Council to change the governance structure of the community in any specific, or even any unspecified, way. It merely establishes that Council may change the governance to adapt to events which have occurred since the current governance was established several years ago. The most significant of these events is that, although Nokia presently provides the infrastructure, it is no longer directly involved in the community.

If the referendum is passed, council will no longer be a mere conduit between the community and Nokia, but will have additional authority. This increases the importance of the election of members to Council since they will be in a position to reshape the community.


"Should the Community Council be authorized to form a governance structure
which sees the continued support of maemo devices and survival of
maemo-based and derived open source software even without Nokia involvement?

[ ] Yes
[ ] No"