QUOTE(everyking @ Mon 15th December 2008, 4:12pm)
I suppose I should update this thread with a note that voting has now closed and the seven winning candidates are Casliber, Risker, Roger Davies, Cool Hand Luke, Rlevse, Jayvdb, and Vassyana, in that order.
How does everyone feel about these results? I'm pretty satisfied with how things turned out. While I only have a definitively positive opinion about one of the seven (CHL), none of the others have given me any particular reason to think they won't perform well, and I'm optimistic that we're going to see a much improved ArbCom.
CHL had my strong support, no huge issues with most the others except to say that Vassyana is apparently a Prem Rawat Kool Aid drinker which is a pretty big negative IMO. Jayvdb I was going to support wholeheartedly but some things like not answering all the questions right until the end and some charges of being inclined to favour his friends in disputes while trying to keep the appearance of being neutral stopped me from doing so. SirFozzie and The Fat Man I also supported strongly but neither of them made the cut. The only other support I gave was for Kurt - for the lulz.