[NewsPoster]

Apple CEO Tim Cook is "actively" hunting for new directors to add to the company's board, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. Why is unmentioned, but it may be related to the age and gender diversity of the group. Just one board member is female -- Andrea Jung -- and six out of seven are over the age of 63. Another possibility is that Cook wants directors with experience in Apple's newest fields of interest, such as fashion, fitness, and mobile payments, of which the first two will be combined in this fall's iWatch.

The board has evolved relatively little since Cook took over from his predecessor, Steve Jobs. These include the addition of Disney CEO Robert Iger and the promotion of Arthur Levinson to a non-executive chairman role. Indeed four people on the board have been there for over a decade, in some cases going as far back as the late 1990s.

[Inkling]

Hopefully this means Al Gore will be among those who will go.

[chimaera]

He must not be very actively searching. No one has called me yet. Has anyone else gotten a call?

[Hillbilly Geek]

I submit as tribute!

[elroth]

Yeah, Gore's such a terrible board member - without him Apple might become the most valuable company in the world. Oh, wait...

[macjockey]

need to get rid of the members who never show up for the meetings

[pairof9s]

Let's also get someone who will not rip off Apple's ideas to use with their company.