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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warden" data-source="post: 1373824" data-attributes="member: 11006">It was never meant to think that software could not be included, just that it hadn't been thought of.  As far as I'm concerned, I think that all non-print formats should be considered but there would have to be some acceptable guidelines set down by a council of some sort.Think of it this way: all of us who create material for public consumption and sale are trying to increase our market size.  No one has yet taken the electronic print industry seriously and that is the goal of this festival/awards show -- to showcase the electronic roleplaying product.  I do believe that a category was mentioned for Best Roleplaying Aid or Best GM's Aid and that could include software.  I would say that as long as the product is offered for sale on a publicly accessible website, such as RPGNow, it should be applicable for these awards.  But we could use a title such as ERDA and still have room for non-documents.As for a judges panel, it is true that devising a fair and impartial jury is truly important in order to be taken seriously but we need suggestions as to how this can be achieved.  One side of the argument can say that only publishers/insiders should be allowed for they understand what it is like to put such products together while another can state that selecting those not involved with the e-publishing market is fair and will not allow votes for favouritism but what kind of vote would they make.  As this can become a serious issue that could undermine the credibility of these awards if not handled properly, we need suggestions on how we can achieve a decent, respectable jury.  I would say that the first two conditions must be that any jury member cannot be involved with a nominated product for that year and they must be chosen by a governing council of sorts with at 70% in favour of the selection.  Jury members/judges can be publishers, reviewers, online distributors, webmasters, etc.  Perhaps another condition can be that all judges shall remain anonymous until after the awards have been announced.</blockquote>

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