I like the idea in general.. I do not have time to go through every single gallery .. and uploads being what they are I often miss things.. I like the idea of a committee that goes through every thing first and picks out the artists that really stand out .. it makes voting a lot more pleasurable for me and I am more likely to vote. As far as the committee being anonymous ..I think there is a bit of a trust issue here between the members and the Admin at the moment (state the obvious much?) and until that is resolved perhaps by time, we members are going to be suspect as to the motives of Admin with something like this...and what with forums being very controlled and threads being locked or deleted .. members being temporarily banned.. well perhaps the Admin can understand why folks are feeling a bit threatened and defensive. At any rate, that said, I can understand the need for anonymity ..I sure as heck would not want it known if I was one of the judges.. can you imagine ;-)??