OK the polls on rilezu and reproduction cels has closed.
Per the majority of those voting the results are as follows.
Rilezu cels can be entered in all catagories they fit.
Reproduction cels can be entered but only in their own catagory.
Now on to the other questions raised.
1. Re-vamp entry rules to discuss consequences when they're broken
I would personally leave this up to the event organizers to handle by a case by case issue. So far in the awards I have been a partisipant in there have only been 2 issues of different severity. 1 case involved a person creating "sock puppets" to be able to vote more than once and the other where a fan cel artist submitted a cel that they had sold prior to the contest. While ther first deserved for all entries and votes by that person to be removed the second should have only had the cel in question removed. I am not a fan of blanket punishment.
2. Where to put the rilezu and repros
This was decided by a vote.
3. What should be allowed in the settei category and should it be re-named
I had suggested that this category be renamed Pre Production Art so it can encompass test and model cels as well as other items. The question is should the difference between this award be between Paper and Plastic or Color and B&W.
4. Should everyone have to vote that entered.
I feel that if you enter you should be required to vote in all except the optional catagories. Thats a small price to enter.
5. Cel and Sketches. Together? Separate?
This was decided by vote that they would be separate.
6. Number of entries per category. What's the minimum
I think that there should be at least 3 to be have 1 award 4 to have 2 awards 5 or more to have 3 awards.
I do believe that those who enter in a catagory that has less than 3 entries should have the chance to make an additional entry in a different catagory.
7. Qualification (or lack thereof) of past winners and sequence mates
The rules had been that if you entered a cel you could not enter the same cel for 3 years if it had not won. If it was a winning cel it could not be entered again at all. Now with so many cels changing hands as well as a lot of sequence mates being owned but different collectors we should look at how best to handle things.
I would propose that a winning cel that changed hands be allowed to be entered by the new owner 3 years after the contest it won in.
A cel that had been entered but did not win should be able to be re-entered by it's new owner the next year.
Sequence mates of a winning cel should be allowed to be entered 2 years the 1st cel won an award. Those sequence mates that are of cels thqat had been entered but did not win should be able to be entered the next year.
Thats my opinion , I could be wrong