A Judged Award?

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A number of folks, both in previous conversations and in the current "suggested improvements for next year's Rose and Bay Awards" thread, have expressed desire for a judged award.  I believe that crowdfunding benefits from a popular-vote award, so I don't want to change the Rose and Bay Awards to a judged format.  However, there is room for more than one award in a field -- look at all the different science fiction awards! -- so I'm launching this thread to discuss a judged award.  Different award models all have their pros and cons; they attract different people.  If a juried award makes very different choices than the Rose and Bay Awards, we could cover more ground; that could be useful too.

Here are some thoughts to get the ball rolling ...
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Crowdfunding Hub Site Outline

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           There have been multiple previous discussions about what would be wanted/needed in a hub site, so much of the brainstorming is already done.   Notes have been collated here for future reference.
 
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