Where did I suggest that council members would not contribute? I simply said that they would not be the expected workhorses of any project the society decides to start.
Okay, I guess that's fair enough. I'm still not clear why that would need to be said explicitly. Is there anyone that's "expected" to be the workhorses?
Right now there is an air of assumption that the society is not going anywhere because the Zetetic Council is not out there making documentaries, engaging the world in public debates, and whatever.
I don't think that's quite true. No one expects you to engage in public debates or making documentaries, especially not all by yourself. Reaching out to the media, however, was something we explicitly agreed would be the ZC's job, at least as far as initiating the contact goes. Even the society relaunch press release (a 1-page document, 2 pages at best) has never been completed, despite numerous approaches undertaken. The same goes for the Constitution. Or the terms of how ZC elections would work in the future. Or at least re-electing the 3 ZCs that either resigned or have gone completely inactive. The problem isn't that the ZC isn't making documentaries. The problem is that it does hardly anything at all.
Why should the future of the society be put solely on me?
It shouldn't, it isn't, and you know it. Different people within the Society have assumed different roles. Some of them do their jobs, others don't. I don't understand why the ZC should be allowed to accept a job and then add a clause that says they don't actually have to do it.
For the society to move forward we need interest and participation of a large group of people, and tying membership into active participation with society activities is the way to do it.
I don't see how or why. You keep saying that this is the case, but you're not backing it up in any way.
The people who want to get involved are already getting involved. Thork was annoyed with our inactive Twitter, so he messages us and now he's in charge of it. Blanko wanted a better design for our homepage, so he made it and now it's there. You wanted an annotated ENaG and you've successfully started it, together with others.
What benefits does formal membership bring us in this area?