Vivaldi wrote:As for my own 2 cents. I agree it should be peer reviewed, however I don't understand why people who released videos in 2009 constitutes a substantially different subsection of editors. If you have released a video—ever— that makes you an accredited editor and a peer.
It's a different understanding of what is fair. I'm taking peer reviewed to more of an extreme than others, based on the influence of convention contests that draw voters from only the participating video submissions. The Judges are elected representatives of the editors who participated that year. I fully understand and acknowledge the opposing view. I don't think either contest is necessarily problematic, as long as everyone agrees and understands the ground rules, but they are fundamentally different contests if you change that rule.
I'm currently in a few PM discussions with people. I want to thank them for being courteous and respectful, and really, very helpful in those PMs. I would recommend that anyone who has issues they think seriously impact their ability to support the contest should contact me via PM and explain the issues.
As I see it, there are three seperate and distinct views of what the contest should be:
1) Anyone gets to judge.
2) Editors get to judge, no restrictions on editing history.
3) Editors get to judge, only editors active in production year should judge.
I went with three based on the above reasoning and the understanding that time is short and it would make people really think about their choices. I accept that two is still peer reviewed, even if it isn't to the point I would take it, and would be willing to compromise. One is not peer reviewed, and is a completely and totally different contest. If this is really what the community wants the JCAs to be, then so be it, but it's definitely not the JCAs I thought I was stepping in to save. In review of posted rules, and in discussions with others, it seems my perception was flawed. However, I lack enthusiasm to a run a non-peer reviewed contest. It is not sufficiently different from the VCAs to warrant a unique contest in my opinion.