Bingo! I was just about to post something along those lines but you expressed it much better.

HiFo/MCeV, Council, GA... that's at least THREE bodies representing the community. Four if you consider the BoD a separate entity. If you ask me, two (or three) of them are redundant.

If I get Jörg's arguments right, it is the Counxcil that has (should have) the most power and therefore it is the one that should stay. Unfortunately this is not possible for legal reasons. So there is only one option: keep the eV. That means doing away with the rest.

I am not saying do it overnight. Exactly in accordance with foobar's excellent opening line, I suggest that this is the optimal terminal state where we want to be. Now we need to work out how to get there. I imagine not simply dismissing the Council, more like merging the responsibilities. But, in the end, having a simple structure with just ONE body standing between me and the dark world of banks, lawyers etc.