Since the major issue seems to be fair unbiased moderation ,i have a suggestion how about trying out something like a split DT where 50% of the team is nominated by the process in place already while the other 50 % is nominated and selected by the forum members themselves in a fully democratic way (this can be done once the forum is fully active say in 3 months time since the opening ).So the result would be a DT which hopefully has the right mix of people !
Dont know if it makes sense but at least it could be a middle way out which hopefully pleases all !
edited:-May be the GM's or a panel of MODS can do the short listing 😳.from the nominations sent in and the short listed ones go through for the final voting stage .I mean the idea can be worked around to make it as flawless as possible😳
Regards
Pooja