QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Sat 11th July 2009, 10:01pm)
Looking back at the events so far, I'd say that the main mistake the ArbCom made was in announcing the Advisory Council. They should simply have established the council without announcing it, then let it do its work. Announcing it merely invited the community to throw spears at it.
Yep, and they could have hosted their mailing list on a Wikia, Inc. list server.
I think the most spectacular thing to happen now would be for one ArbCom member to resign each day, in solidarity for opposition to the nasty, broken "community" bullshit, until there is no longer an ArbCom. Then we would watch Wikipedia quickly unravel.