Like I said before, if the ArbCom really wants to get something done, then they should just do it, because no one can do anything to them because they were put in their positions by Jimbo. If the ArbCom decides they want this council to continue in operation and say so, then it will. Jimbo has publicly
endorsed the council.
Before SV's and a few other's strong reactions to this council, I didn't think it was that big a deal, because the council didn't have any formal authority. The people who have opposed it, some of whom participate here, like Everyking and Iridescent (sorry if I spelled that wrong), appear to have varying reasons for opposing it. Like I said before though, any ideas or proposals that come out of this council must be approved by Wikipedia's normal decision-making process. So, no one should feel threatened. If they are, I suggest they back off and see how it goes.
As Kato and others have said, a true governance reform council for Wikipedia should be by outsiders, or perhaps a mix of insiders and outsiders. That's probably not going to happen anytime soon, so this is a small step to get things going in a direction that hopefully might produce some positive results. In the meantime, it looks like the ArbCom is going to be operating shorthanded for awhile.
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