Fees could be introduce for regular members only, not for Community.
I wouldn't consider a fee of a few bucks per year a problem. This way we could at least assure the small amount needed for administration will be there and that people who became inactive will resign membership. But that's totally up to GA members.

It's not, that's why I said
For now, in MC eV regulations, the only responsibility particularly mentioned for Council is to hold all elections and referenda.
Furthermore, Council responsibility could be explicitly defined to
- organize Coding competitions*
- advise Board in taking adequate action to community requests (in addition to GA requests)*
- trigger simultanous Board and Council reelections (red button)*
- adjustment of General Regulations (instead of GA; Council election rules being part of it should probably remain "protected" by community referendum)
* Could be done by simple change of General Regulations, Bylaws may remain untouched.

Responsibilities that should remain dedicated to GA:
- election of Board
- adjustment of Bylaws (which is a requirement; GA instated them and they need to keep authority over them)

And for completeness, responsibilities that should remain dedicated to Board:
- having full authority in any business activity
- hiring maemo.org staff
- adjustment of Board Regulations