The issue of quality and how it might be measured could be a little more variable, and here I would offer a hope. I would offer the hope that in this case the board selects the simplest, most direct indicator of merit that is readily available without doing additional work.
La question de la qualité et de son évaluation est peut-être un peu plus vague, mais je nourris un espoir, à savoir que le conseil choisisse l'indicateur le plus simple, le plus direct, du mérite, qui soit facilement disponible sans travail supplémentaire.