I have been mulling over this for a while, but still haven't quite formed what I mean... so bear with me.

Recently, leaders of big business in New Brunswick organized an "an economic  summit" to advise the government and us great unwashed on how to run the economy (with all the implications that has for social policy.) Various groups were invited to take part. These included business leaders, community groups (vaguely defined) the local neo-conservative "think tank", university presidents, government leaders, etc. to represent the whole society.