"However, a nice side effect for the BOD of the status change, if I remember rightly, is that the BOD does not have to accept external nominees for BOD positions."

If that's true, and I think it might be though that's based only on what I've read here on this board, and not any independent research. If so,it begs the question what are the real intentions / motivations of the 3 BODges regarding this change in status? I wonder what the "positive camp" that SGE1 refers to thinks of the change?