Why does it have to be based on your maemo.org account and karma points...
Many users who've only come on board since Harmattan won't meet this requirement, even older members in some cases. Seems a bit discriminatory.....
I'd hope you wouldn't close-off the by-laws for review on the 17th. Also in the OP of this thread, it should be made clear exactly how many councilors & board members there will be, IIRC it was clarified in the by-laws thread.
I'd go a step further & suggest that people can nominate for both, but if they win in both categories then they have to pick one role, & whomever was runner-up takes the other.
Most users offering to fill these roles are already very busy in their "real lives", they're going to struggle filling one of the roles effectively let alone both.