Artpearl, thanks a lot for your words. IMHO, there were several others who were a clear and unforgiveable miss, like garyandcatherine, DOM1, kenwas, jrdesigns, FCLittle. IMHO, these artists HAD to be nominated because they are among the top "embassadors" of Vue in Renderosity.

I don't understand why the voters were presented with so few choices (six). Was there any problem in presenting for vote something like 10 or 15 entries?

Agiel, Chipp, participation in the forum is one thing but Artpearl mentioned a lot more than that. She talked about the Vue community pages, like challenges, workshops, staff picks and even news in general. For example, there was a recent Vue tutorial featured in Renderosity frontpage but not even a mention to it here. Another example is the AOM itself, that wasn't even mentioned in the forum or community page. Indeed, the community pages and activities are dead for many months. That is sad.
Agiel, I understand and sympathize with your "real life" challenges but then, IMO, you should have bring it up to the admins and clearly say you can't handle the task and ask them to choose someone else, at least temporarily. That's what I do in my "real life" job as well. IMHO, it's better to do one job right than to do two jobs poorly.