Botswana ment for their consideration in 2003. Government is still applying its mind to the draft and has yet to pass it on to parliament. It was felt by some panelists that the NBB could do more to urge government to speed up the process. Others argued that the NBB should have found a policy in place when it was appointed and that the NBB went out of its way to get it developed regardless. They complained that no media house or existing broadcaster ever made serious noise about the stalled policy. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2 Average score: 1.5 3.2 The appointments procedure for members of the regulatory body is open and transparent and involves civil society. ANALYSIS: As outlined under 3.1 appointments are made by the minister. When the present board was appointed all names submitted by civil society were ignored. The composition of the Nominating Committee was questioned with one member being appointed by the Law Society and two (a representative of the President’s Office and the Vice Chancellor of the University) being appointees of the President. This appointments procedure for the committee was seen by some panelists as being biased towards government. It was argued that such bias was compounded by the fact that after the committee has nominated, it is the ministry that appoints the board. An example for an alternative way of doing things is the Press Council of Botswana, where a Selection Committee invited people to apply and these were interviewed with the public and media present. Interviews for NBB candidates took place behind closed doors. The African Media Barometer - Botswana 2005 23