Hey Texrat I did not see the Ask the Council section, but giving it a quick perusal I see some of my concerns has been asked. Also I will make better use of that area.

The Council or its effectiveness is not my concern, I'm after Nokia and I know that my best asset is a community effort. I am now seeing that what I want can't even be achieved here. Reason being that a Maemo site advocating for a Maemo phone to support Meego is out of the scope of this site, but that although are my motivations. I strongly believe that Nokia made the wrong decision in stopping short of full support for Meego on the N900. They have not provided a cogent reason, nor is the suddenness of the change the right thing for the consumer. Whatever the rationale provided, Nokia ripped customers off when it came to the N900 and we should fight for the problem to be rectified.

Now I will make my grievances known to Friends and Family ... my entire group of Friends don't trust Nokia anymore and some of my family still have a couple of E-series phones good phones ... but I will convince them to move to a BB on their next qwerty business phone. I will also take it public to websites like Boy Genius, Giz, Engadget, arsTechnica, techcrunch, and etc... might join in on some good ol' North American Nokia bashing. Maybe some of us should consider making a "Meego for N900" advocacy group website/ forum/ blog where we can better manage the PR machine ... and would give us more independence from this site, its rules, and proximity to Nokia.

For Maemo issue's no doubt this is the place to go to ... for direct Nokia policy related issue we need to take it out of Maemo.org and avoid these kinds of hostilities with fellow members as this is not the councils jurisdiction and above their mandate, they handle Maemo related issues (please look into the Flash delay/ absence).

For Maemo although a public memo should still be done saying that the community believes in the Maemo OS to be a robust modern day OS for mobile and in home uses. It has a large user base, and a viable development platform. Nokia's decision to go to Meego does not underscore the efficacy of Maemo to be a standalone OS, nor does it dampen the strengths with which the Open Source community currently associate Maemo with. Also Maemo will continue to have a bright future in the mobile arena for the years to come.

That memo should serve as a reminder that this is Maemo, and not Meego related. It will show that the council and the community is independent of Nokia's erratic corporate dealings and that the community still sees purpose in Maemo whether it be Harmattan or Fremantle.