The Art Council is the only logical remaining entity for determining what images will and will not be elevated, now that the general membership voting is gone (unless the mods' voting comes back into the equation). At least this way we can be fairly confident that those people voting on the Council actually have the best interests of the site in mind... no more inexplicable zeros. I think that's a good thing. Geri may come up with something to address this, in the future. We'll just wait and see, I guess.
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People aren't going to remember the things you do. They're going to remember how you made people feel. Be kind, gracious, and appreciative. Dan Winters - Photographer.