User blog comment:Ale-Alejandro/"We'll Vote On It In Council" - My Opinion/@comment-1756703-20110410181255

As already mentioned, the problem with a wiki-wide vote is the sheer number of non-staff users on the wiki. Many of them are inactive, so at what point do we decide to end it? If we end it too prematurely, people may end up complaining about being excluded from the vote. If we end it too late, people may lose interest or may complain about it taking too long to accomplish anything.

Personally, I'm more in favour of conducting council meetings (or decisions) in the main IRC channel rather than a separate channel. Not only does that allow for more tranparency, but it gives non-staff users a chance to give their input. Unfortunately, I doubt that my fellow council members will approve of that idea. :B