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Originally Posted by DrNefario
"Runs" in the sense of "organises", not "controls". What do you imagine they can do?
I would say the evidence of their impartiality is provided by the puppies themselves, and the success they had in getting their stuff on the ballots.
And I'm guessing the Worldcon/Hugo organisers have little to no crossover with the Nebulas, since the first group are fans and the second are pros.
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It is true that Worldcon and the Hugo awards are run by a different group than SFWA and Nebula awards, but there are a lot of SFWA members who also attend Worldcon. If there is a "clique" of SFWA members who nominate the same things, the changes to the Hugo nomination rules would diminish their influence on the Hugo nominees, just as the rule changes made it much harder for the puppy slates to get more than one or two items nominated for any given category.
I personally don't nominate very often because I tend to be reading novels that are new to me, but published several years ago.