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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dextra" data-source="post: 2630101" data-attributes="member: 5705">I think that there are other reasons other than a potential increase in voter turnout for making sure that we have at least once new judge every year.  My main concern is publisher participation.  If year after year a publisher submitted products never to be nominated by the same set of judges, they would probably (or may already have) decide to not bother sending in product in the future, since the current set of judges is not impressed by their stuff, etc.   In the grand scale of things, the number of ENWorlders who choose to vote for a judge (well, within reason- so long as we maintain around 500 voters I think we can claim quorum) is less important to me than the number of publishers who choose to enter product.  It is definitely important to encourage increased voter turnout, especially from those who in the past may have questioned some of the judges' choices.  I suspect that opening up the voting to everyone and not just EN World members via a voting booth on the ENnies site might help- that way all gamers, not those who haunt ENW could feel more a part of the process.  The increased tension of the secret ballot could also be an enticement.   I also want to figure out a mechanic by which at least one new judge would be selected every year.  Perhaps this could be accomplished by having three categories:1. Incumbents: 3 positions.2. n00b: 1 position3. Wild Car: 1 position: can be a n00b, can be someone with judge experienceBUT, this assumes that in the future that current voter trends will hold true.  BTW, I'm also interested to hear what you have to say about voting systems.  If we've got a field of candidates of 15-25 peeps and we only want to choose five, how do we pull it off?  Would the same system we have in place for the product selection work?  If so, should we limit each person to how many judges they can choose (say, 7?), or does that mess with the system?</blockquote>

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