Ahh the contentious issues. Gonna put my 2 pennies on all of 'em.
I know, I seem to be the only one but, I still have a problem with the disparity of proposals set forth by 5 council members or 6 non-council members(20% v 50%). I just don't see where the council has shown that their proposals should carry more weight than the other members. If a proposal arises that conflicts/overturns/modifies a currently 'entrenched' issue fine: raise the bar for everyone.
Private forum: Bad, bad, bad idea...NOT constructive...that way went the liaisons(in part). If Cyan chooses to divulge NDA required information, put it in a forum "API Discussion, NDA Required" or some such and grant anyone access who gets one. This has no bearing on whether a member is on the council or not. What if a member is elected who doesn't have a NDA? If Cyan wants to divulge general information to a select few; don't go for it. What would be the purpose?
"Voting" members: We already know that there are active members on this board that don't wish to participate in internal voting matters. Obviously using active members will skew the 20% or whatever it becomes. I still think that my proposal offers the least headache and zero work; well, almost zero. Use 'Accept', 'Reject', 'Abstain', 'Abstain-Non-voting Member' in the polls. Yes, this would be working on the 'honor' system; so what. Would people like Andy actually use the last option? Don't know. Kind of depends on how much love they want to show us.
Maybe we should just hire out GoMa members to shuffle papers for us. What the heck does the 'Green Man' signify any how???