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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eego" data-source="post: 3027017" data-attributes="member: 6916">Just realized I didn't make any constructive suggestions.  1. Judge miniatures separate from other products if you are going to get into detailed critera for judging.  It's hard to compare one of my figures to a FD plastic chit.2. Make sure the judges are vetted in each category and have no pre-exsiting, publicised bias.  I knew who was going to win in our category this year just by reading previous posts on this forum.  There's nothing wrong with fandom or loyalty to a company, but favoritism is painfuly obvious in this community.3. As an extension of the above suggestion, consider different judges for different categories.  Most major award programs have their nominees in specific categores paired down by experts in particular, technical fields before they are voted on by the general body.  This works with the two ideas above by a) making sure the screening process is fair and free of bias for or against a particular type of product and b) Makes sure the final voting doesn't piut too disparate products against each other in a way that allows the general bias of the community towards certyain products affect the voting  for specific categories.  In the case of miniatures, this means that if you have 5,000 people who prefer plastic, cardboard or pre-painted stuff to metal miniatures voting alongside 1000 poeple who prefer old-fashioned lead, you are not automaticaly biasing the vote where one has to chooe between the two.</blockquote>

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