Regardless of the aforementioned possible COIs, “not working in Labs” ≠ “being independent.” You’re effectively nominating people for a position (and a paid one at that), meaning they’re not independent. There’s no such thing as appointed opposition.
The predictable end state is a board that degenerates into context-free ratification of whatever Labs proposes – the exact failure mode (low-context, rubber-stamp voting) this proposal claims to be curing in the DAO.
Netto’s proposal addresses this issue.
I’d like Labs to take the points made by Avsa, Netto, Jalil, and others seriously and come back with a new, more balanced version. Let’s come to a proposal that will be ok for everyone, even if it takes many iterations.
If the proposal goes to a vote in its current form, I won’t simply vote “no” or abstain – I won’t vote at all, so as not to lend it legitimacy.