Anthere wrote:
The major benefit of "appointed" is there is more chance to get a united team with complementary skills. The major drawback is to risk similar-thinking people and limit diversity of view points.
Hmm, actually I view diversity of viewpoints as one of the strengths of an appointment method. It is easy for us to get people who think exactly as we do, but it could be very interesting I think to find some major important academic (as an example) to join the board to provide a different perspective from what we have now.