and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his or her appointment ; (2) A person shall not be appointed to be a member of the Board for more than five years at a time, but shall be eligible for re-appointment on the expiry of the period of appointment. (3) Any member of the Board may at any time resign his or her office by notice in writing to the Minister. 7. Remuneration of members The Board may pay to each member such allowances as the Minister may, after consulting the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, determine. 8. Nominating Committee (1) There shall be established for the purposes of this Act a Committee which shall be called the Nominating Committee (in this Act referred to as "the Committee"). (2) The Committee shall consist of the following members­ (a) a Chairman who shall be a member of the Law Society of Botswana nominated by the Council of the Law Society; (b) the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Botswana or "his or her nominee; (c) a representative of the Office of the President. (3) The Committee shall, by consensus, nominate 10 candidates desirous of being appointed as members of the Board and shall submit their names and recommendations on each candidate to the Minister. (4) Every candidate to be nominated shall be interviewed by the Committee. (5) For the purpose of interviewing candidates for nomination under subsection (3), the Committee shall cause to be advertised in the Botswana Government Gazette and in any local newspaper inviting candidates desirous of being appointed to the Board to apply to the Committee to be interviewed for nomination. (6) The interview of candidates for nomination under subsection (3) shall be conducted in accordance with the principles of transparency and openness. 9. Secretariat of the Board (1) The Authority shall be the Secretariat of the Board and shall discharge such functions of the Board as may be delegated to it. (2) The Authority shall designate to the Board such officers of the Authority as may be necessary for the performance of the functions of the Board and the administration of this Act. (3) Without prejudice to the preceding provisions of this section, the Authority shall advise Copyright Government of Botswana