I had another idea about #2 on the way to work...

It seems to me that another very concrete way that Nokia would use the Council to represent the community would be as a ready-made group of community reps for official Maemo events. So if Nokia wants to tout the community around the Maemo platform, they don't have to ask Quim (or someone else) to find people from the Community, they can choose from the members of the Council. I really think that the community chose the Council to be community representatives most of all.

A corollary of this should be that there is always at least one Council member at all Maemo events. We have a broad enough range of Council members, from hard-core developers to engaged users, that there should be at least one Council member who can attend...