Well, I’m excited that you guys think it’s a decent enough idea!
I don’t think I have the right credentials to deserve the same authority as the rest of the council, but I’m happy to serve in this administrative capacity. (A seat on the council without the rank of master, which I’m sure has never gone badly before.)
Ultimately, I imagine that the purpose of a council would be to make decisions on behalf of the community that the community would ultimately collectively accept, even if they disagreed personally with the odd individual decision. Therefore, I’d suggest that the most qualified people would be those who have experience, tenure, and trust amongst the community. Authority would be granted in service to the community, rather than over it.
Rogue, Hal, Nev, Spence - all of you have created multiple well-regarded edits, have been members of this community for a long time, and importantly, have been heavily involved in the more collaborative elements of editing rather than purely personal edits. (GMatias, I’m sure you have too, I’m just less personally familiar with your work.) I can’t claim the same, but like many others here I’d be more than happy to be part of the democratic process beneath your ultimate decisions. It feels important that the community trust that all voices will be heard whether on the council or not.
If high-end goals were established, perhaps edits which fit within those goals can be marked as something like “Part of the OriginalTrilogy.com Saga Edit™” to make it easier to identify those edits which’re internally consistent. (Since it’s always hard to cherrypick a personal set of edits when one you like is perfect except for the fact that Obi-Wan’s lightsaber is green with purple polka dots.)
As always, I’m happy to create a thread with a detailed OP to help organise things, present resources, and get people on the same page, but as usual I’m wary of overdoing it, which I’m prone to. I’m more than happy for anyone else to take the lead on that.
Rogue, I’ll shortly be putting together the community ROTJ thread, which I know you’ll be a major contributor to - do you see your theoretical ROTJ edit as a part of this larger collaborative initiative, or more of a personal standalone edit?