Had five minutes and was catching up - what if we went even further and introduced a small change to end herding, bribery, popularity contests and politics when it came to special council appointments - let’s introduce a randomised selection to the final stage of SC elections (sortition) - making appointments fairer.
When six month forum membership & TL2 were introduced as entry requirements for special council nominees we moved further away from a meritocracy; instead championing & elevating devoted community members (which btw, given SC role requirements, I agree with). So with that in mind, why would we let the SC election process (in this instance) be determined by herding, bribery, popularity contests and politics?
Simple solution would be at the final stage - remaining pool - we’d choose with a fairer & proven system using random selection (sortition)!
Just my two cents on how we can go further and make all our elections fairer.