If the idea of approving people by hand is being considered, I would strongly recommend entertaining the idea of disallowing offshore outsourcers. Outsources are part of the problem, they provide low quality products at an extremely low price. Additionally they provide nothing to the community as they are there solely to advertise. Getting them out of here would be very good in my opinion and be a strong first step in upping quality.

ps. I know this may seem like a conflict of interest on my part but I assure you that it is not. The crowd that goes for cheap outsourcers do not hire me due to my prices.