@Estel you have stated the timeline for CA somewhat times now. I agree that it's enough time to object if you follow irc or ml wich most TMO members don't.

Where i disagree is the clarity on TMO. Yes it has been descussed in a thread but in that thread was also other info that didn't make it to the final rules (e.g only two of you (council) would act as judges).

You can't expect people to follow irc and ml. You can't expect people to take part in making the rules. What you can expect is people to read the competition rules before submitting and therefore the rules should state everything and be clear and understandable.
Neither the wiki nor the announcement thread stated in the rules anything about council being judges and nominees at the same time. If peole are gonna object to something that they can't read from the rules how are they gonna object. It was bound to go this way even if some of the objecters have participated it's not fair to accuse them of being sour grapes.
So as there was nothing to object to according the official rules they acted on common sense that no judge would also be a participant, hence the situation we have now.
You as council should acknowledge this and take your part of the responsibility on this matter.
You made a mistake by not including this in the official rules and therefore excluding information from most of the TMO members as you can only expect people to read the official rules and nothing more and they should cover it all.

Regards Dousan...