I never thought they were until very recently.

When I first declared my understanding was that the primary function, in fact just about the only function identified on the Community Council WiKi page was:

After answering Jaffa's original questions my position was simply:

If elected I will push for a strong, more focused community voice from within the forums.

In my research and preparation for actually realizing this goal if elected, I focused on why the forums were not already a strong community voice. Why haven't the forums evolved naturally to the point where anyone; prospective new community member and Nokia executive alike could spend a short time perusing these forums and walk away with an accurate "reading" of what this community is all about?

If this was the television show or the perks received for winning a seat on the council were on par with those received by a US Congressman, I would simply walk into the next room and call out for the most recent polling data.

Since this is not TV I have to rely on what material is available to me on the WiKi, anecdotal information given to me by current and prospective community members, and my own observations.

On the WiKi it states that:

Also on the WiKi it states:

Not having been a member of council I am not privy to who this staff is and they are not identified on the WiKi.

If this staff is related to the administration or day to day operation of the forum, my position is that the council should have nothing to do with "oversight" with respect to this and that forum administration should be autonomous and separate and apart from council influence. I further go on to state that the administrator should have control over who he/she chooses to moderate a forum.

I also realize that the use of the word "staff" could be singular and that this refers to the "distmaster" that qole mentioned earlier.

I will continue to refine my position as more information becomes available to me.

I have more to say on this subject and planned to work from home this morning. However, I just received a call requesting my presence at a remote site.

Please excuse me from this discussion at this time.








One of the reasons reported to me by other forum members was