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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 931168" data-attributes="member: 697">I've been mulling this issue over for a while, since it's important to me on two levels:1. I wanted to include as many people as possible.1a. We were going to miss people no matter what; I'm not perfect.1b. I really don't want anyone to feel offended if they were overlooked.1c. FWIW, I wasn't the only one to look over the list before it went out.2. I really don't want to turn this into "Well, X was on the list, and Y's not, so it sucks."2a. One of the guiding principles I have in place for this award is that it can and will change in response to the industry's needs. I've seen other awards run without any regard for the concerns of designers and publishers, and I don't want to happen to the peer award.2b. Once this year's awards are done, I'm going to jump into getting next year's ready.2c. Next year, I hope to have a much more comprehensive level of industry participation.So, if you're not on the list and should be my sincerest apologies. I know I'd be ticked if I wasn't on the list. We did get over 60 people on the final list, and next year the process will start much earlier and include a much broader effort to get people involved. Due to time constraints this year, I shouldered as much of the work as possible to ensure that things would get done on time.</blockquote>