The committee was formed from a pool of suggestions supplied to SPJ that
represented a fairly wide cross-section of the community.
Simon initially offered both myself and Johan Tibell the role of co-chairs.
Johan ultimately declined.
In the end, putting perhaps too simple a spin on it, the
Thanks for the background, Edward.
I don't mean to question the composition of the committee, only to start
a discussion about how the community might handle the selection process
going forward. I apologize if I was not clear about that. As I said
below, if a direct vote resulted in the same
