Council will be kept where it is, a voice for the community. They represent the general mass of maemo - ok, the elections do not look like we are still alive but hey...

Only interested people of the group "general mass" will join the eV, I doubt anyone will just join for being listed and getting spammed once or twice a year...


Scenario with the MCeV in case of a dumb idea:
Council decides to go for it, it will cost an awesome amount of time, money and serverpower and will not be compensated by the project itself.
Board rejects the idea, as it might bring down maemo.org, the community funds and limited resources.
Council still thinks it is a good idea and we need to go for it, Council calls for a general meeting with "dumb idea" as action item.
Board explains why it is impossible to do atm, and General Meeting approves the idea anyway but only with limited access to current community resources. A work group "make the dumb idea possible with less resources" is born. In the meantime, council elections took place. New council has a dumb idea too, game on, again.

I did not write about a good idea, with no issues, as that is nothing the board will reject. But imagine what it would be about if there was no general meeting above board or council... 8 people would decide everything and could never be said wrong by anyone from the active members.