We're going about this backwards.
Let's first determine how the decision for inclusion is going to be made. There's no point rattling off lists of names until we have established that.
Personally, I would be in favour of election by all official FES members, but then there is the question of if an "official FES member" is different here from what it is on the old site. Once we have worked that out, I would determine what number of votes is required for entry to the Council.
Then, and only then, I would call for nominations, with nominees required to either be official FES members themselves, or else be nominated by official FES members.
Throwing lists of names around the place is not the way to conduct an election.