I feel tmo is a bit spefic in the sense that of all maemo.org media, it had arguably the least visible exposure of council elections. The average tmo user will easily miss the stickies in some odd forum, and since he/she didn't get a personal email, there are high(er) chances of missing it altogether. I would even consider that everybody who kas karma should get a notification (regardless of voting rights), so when the time comes, it would be no surprise that there is a council and that it can be asked about things, elected later on, etc.