Interesting... This is one of those things that if it had been set up this way from the beginning, it'd be no big deal - everyone would be used to it. Since it wasn't, it's going to cause some controversy. To some, it's always going to look like a reaction to appease the complainers. I think that as long as the panel making the nominations are skilled and unbiased, and non-political, it has some potential. For one, it potentially eliminates a lot of the "the same people get nominated over and over", or "the AOM is rigged" complaints. Potential anyway... If there's ever a question about how the panel does the choosing, all of those come back fourfold. Big question is wether or not we [staff] have the credibilty still to make this change without generating still more controversy over it. That's something only the members are going to be able to answer.

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