When the YouTube Community Council was formed, there were critics; onlookers thought it might represent a pointless PR maneuver.  YouTube is now reporting on the Community Council project, though, and it looks like a lot’s been accomplished.

At YouTube, there was always the unseen establishment – some system of people and machines that kept things running and yanked the occasional video.  And then there were the masses – users who didn’t seem to have much of a voice.  YouTube’s now elevated some of those users to the YouTube Community Council, though.