"I'm referring to those folks who take every opportunity take a mistake we make (and yes, of course we do, you and I both know that from past experience) and turn it into some sort of conspiracy theory or crusade." So... I'M responsible for the AOY poll being pulled? Somehow the admins read my mind and KNEW I was going to question their decision before it even happened and THAT's why it was pulled? God, now I'm really confused. "Well we agree on one thing at least ;) If a reliable method can be found I'm sure the admin team would be happy for an open vote. At least I'd hope that that was the case." See the "fixing the process" thread, above. Seems like a fairly simple thing to do--I mean, you guys already have a method for weeding out clone votes, right? Not as simple as setting up the poll, encouraging people to vote, then yanking the poll midway, I guess, but still--not brain surgery, either. "If I seem to be sending a mixed message, I'm sorry. As Tammy has already stated, the voting method for AOY was changed becaused of last year's voting irregularities." I love the euphemism: "the voting method for AOY was changed." It wasn't changed, it was eliminated. There's no "voting process" if management pick the winner. And no one has addressed the apparent disconnect with the AOM voting process--if it's ok for members to vote for (but not to nominate, anymore) AOM, why can't they vote for AOY? Makes no sense, kbennett. If management doesn't want people to bitch, maybe they should try a little harder to avoid the appearance that they're discriminating against particular members.