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So, you should care because it's kind of neat that Nokia allows us the opportunity to communicate with/influence(?) them in this way, and because, in theory, it should be more effective than complaining to a customer support person or sending them an e-mail or filling out an online survey.
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2009-04-01
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That's not quite as straightforward as saying "we don't care about them at all, except insofar as they buy stuff," but it's close enough.
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2009-04-01
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I think their role is to keep balanced the discussions and cohesive the community (and I feel they did, until now, a damn good job) and only in second instance to be a filter for reasonable request or coordination with Nokia.
I don't know if they have any second goal, if they receive or not money, if they hope to be hired in Nokia (and honestly since they move their a** could be reasonable) and Im fine with that. Maybe something is not completely trasparent and there are some 'shade' I dont know about but I can't see a real reason to complain.
I feel the google ads on the ITT a way to keep the comunity completely independet from Nokia (and motivate the mainteiners): I have no idea how many people visit the ITT but I suppose the council should receive part of that money for their work.
I hope the coming sinergy with maemo.org don't change too much the balance that seem works so well: they should keep some indipendent way to make some money (google ads or maybe a Nokia sponsorship but related to something tangible and public like number or visitors, contests or whatever).
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2009-04-01
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2009-04-01
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The fact of having a council helps e.g. moving maemo.org to community ownership, having a Maemo Summit in the terms wished by the community, having the maemo.org team wished by the community, having a succesful Mer project, organizing the Fremantle unstable releases and having all in all a better understanding from Nokia and the community about what is going on and what are the topics that really need discussion.
You could do all this without a council, but the fact of having 5 elected members trusted to find consensus and a single voice when needed is very helpful. No call center or customers survey will provide an equivalent.
The council plays no major role when it comes to have a d-pad here or there, a full PIM suite, soft-poweroff put upfront, screen rotation, Canola or a webkit browser, etc, etc.
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So, you should care because it's kind of neat that Nokia allows us the opportunity to communicate with/influence(?) them in this way, and because, in theory, it should be more effective than complaining to a customer support person or sending them an e-mail or filling out an online survey.
(perhaps an explanatory sentence or 2 like this could be sent with the next voting invitation e-mail, to prevent confusion and encourage people (like rcsteiner) to vote.)