Excellent. In other words, we are already nearly there. All that is left is merging the two offices into one. Like in any other club (or a community if you like), a Board meeting includes the president, the treasurer, the secretary... all in one room.

BTW, thanks for your last few edits. They really helped to explain the exact roles, something that should have been explained right from the start. Or maybe it was but lost in the sea of unfortunate personal attacks. Or maybe you assumed that everybody knew. But I was still under the impression that the council was merely the negotiator and eV was the executor. The natural question was, what is there to negotiate? From what you are telling me, there is no negotiator and the council is the executor. Which begs the question what the role of eV is. If it is really just to be the treasurer and the face of the community to the outside world, then that sounds like a compelling argument for merging the council and eV into one and eliminate the "us and them" mentality. It's all "us".

(Howgh. I have finished. I am going to continue monitoring this thread but will not contribute any more noise.)