Manners, a good sense of judgment, perfect acknowledge of units and ability stats, an analytical mind, respect trust of the whole active community and practicality are the characteristics which count.
And yet you included Barton...
Honestly, this idea and the list is awful. Im sorry that i have to say it like that.
Additionally, introducing more people would ease up the stress on the current team and improve the decision making process.
No. Not. At. All.
Please forget the idea that "prominent, influental and good player" equals "good balance ideas".
Edit: And actually: Get rid of the idea that being 'prominent' should be a factor at all. Just because youre relatively unknown among the community doesent mean that you havent done much for the game so far. And thats exactly why a popular vote like this one is quite useless IMO.