And I'm not trying to sound bitter, but it does *feel* like the council was superfluous in this marriage. In general we were told we couldn't be told anything. I was asked not to speculate and honored that-- which is okay, because I would have been drowned out by everyone else today. But it's obvious some had knowledge. Moderators were requesting many changes to the forum that were said to make sense but went unimplemented nonetheless. So Reggie had to know, at least.
Can you please share the URLs of what you have read? Valerio (chairman of the council) was briefed under NDA last week. That is all we could do under the strictly confidential conditions prior to the launch. > How can Nokia profess to be all about the community when it > totally left the entire community and the council out of everything? By keeping all the community related items open and untouched before the launch. By kickstarting the community discussion right after the launch.