god i can't believe i'm doing this but i think i might have to agree with the mod team... its the old if it ain't broke don't fix it. I may not always agree with things i may not always like the way things seem a little biased towards members etc. but... i've been apart of a previous forum that tried this and it basically fubar'd the forum, as all the people with good intentions and running a democracy, didn't actually fulfil the effort they said they would. but by this point the original team had been pi**ed off so much they let it flounder. the club still lives, but its nothing like it used to be.
with regards to choosing the mod team, if it was a paid membership there is a financial vested interest in the club, which i feel gives you some rights in choosing how and who runs it. but this is a free club. so to be honest if you don't like it; its the old no pay no say.
I've said before that the forum is a dictatorship, but i accept that and don't have a problem as 9 times out of 10 it means the forum runs smoothly.