[ncallaway]

I think this is important to note, and a good call-out.

I think Kevin’s statements were dangerous and problematic (from a maintaining the Hugo trademark perspective) but were more of an administrative/legal concern, regarding the organization’s ability to effectively police the trademark.

His statements also probably weren’t wrong about what was possible, but just not something that an entity that represents the Trademark holder should say in public.

But, he wasn’t associated with the disaster that was the awards presentation. McCarty and other administrators of the award committee should be banned from being near this process for life. Standlee hasn’t done _anything_ so problematic, and seems to have good intentions about the whole thing.