I don't agree with this statement from Aslan the lion, sovereign of Narnia.

An example: If you have an exam in some weeks. You learn and you know everything perfect. Then you're sufficient, and you know that, too.
Aslan said that to teach Caspian and the other kids the right attitude.
They had to learn humility and to be unprejudiced.
That is totally transferable to our situation with the council.
I've read somewhere, that the council is "leading" the community, and that the council member are the "leaders" therefore we had to specify our leading style.
That's plain ********!
We are not leaders.
We are servants for the community.
We have to put the interests of the community above our own interests.
Accordingly to that I really don't understand Texrat's first question:
We don't gain something (except experience, fun and maybe new friends)!
We have to give. Our time, our force and our best ideas to improve the community.

We facilitate it for Nokia to hear the community. Why?
Imagine you are in a football stadium. Everyone is looking at you. Now you ask: "What do you want to improve in this world?" Everyone begins to give an answer. Can you say afterwards, what the people in the stadium want to improve? No!
But if every block in the stadium have had a representative, a servant who collects the wishes from the people and communicate them to you, then you would know exactly, what the people want.
Our community are the people in the stadium, the council are the representatives and the one person standing in the middle is Nokia.

Because of that it is VERY IMPORTANT to vote on the upcoming election for the one, who represent your interests!
Nokia is hearing, but only if you speak to them!

We are maemo!