BBC Regional Audience Council

Last week I took part in a selection process for the BBC regional audience council -East Midlands.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/ace/ Yesterday I was visited by two BBC Trust staffers checking that I understood that the task was to comment on output not run Radio 3 or even the BBC as a whole. They  want certain boxes ticking. I seem to tick some but they expressed anxiety that I may not take some of the other council members' views seriously.

One of the requirements is being able to ask one's social network for opinions on BBC output: TV, radio, internet everything.

The BBC Royal Charter (Article 39) states:
• There shall be Audience Councils the purpose of which is to bring the diverse perspectives of licence fee payers to bear on the work of the Trust, through the Councils' links with diverse communities, including geographically-based communities and other communities of interest, within the UK.
• The Councils must use their engagement with and understanding of communities to advise the Trust on how well the BBC is promoting its Public Purposes from the perspective of licence fee payers, and serving licence fee payers, in different parts of the UK.

This is where you come in.