TalkBoard formerly had a policy that 2(?) slots were reserved for non-US members. That's about all I can recall about it at the moment, but I'm sure Dovster, who is one of the experts in the former policy, will be along shortly to fill in the gaps. I have no real feelings either way as to whether there should be reserved seats. (Which means if it comes up, I could be swayed based upon the arguments. )

With that said, diversity is not a bad thing. We have strong female and non-US candidates, and I get the feeling that the age range is rather broad, so I believe we pretty much have all of the categories in Jailer's query covered this year. A TalkBoard that is representative of the entire FlyerTalk community can't help but be a positive.

In the end, it comes down to the voter deciding who will best serve the interests of the community.