"Maybe it's to deal with 'conflict of interests' issues"

 

I realize that was the likely (or plausible) motive, but that could have easily been addressed by asking the right questions. Amateurs...

Not only that, but the coverage of #3 id so broad that they're be doing themselves a disfavour by neglecting everyone.

 

Sounds like a bunch of fucking hammer chewers. If it were me, I'd cancel my membership and use the money more fruitfully.

I realise it's a conflict of interest thing but ... if the results were anonymised (I assume they were?) then there's no real need to protect from that. And anyone who wishes to abuse their position (the museum's web designers for example) could do so either way.

Rampant fucking idiocy.

Suffice to say, I didn't join for the fucking web site (which is ok enuf, I suppose). The museum's collections are awesome, world class stuff. Anyhow, I've got a couple of months left on it, and we just joined the AGO, so may give the ROM a rest for a year or two after frequent visitations (it's nice and handy to work, so I pop in during my lunch break 2-3 times a month). I'm an abject museum junkie...

Agreed. Really fucking stupid marketing. Even if they wanted to bin submissions from a particular demographic for whatever reason, they should just have done so quietly, after submission.

_ I have a pirated copy of Front Page.

_ I took a class in HTLM.

_ Nike $50, Rolex $75, Viagra $5.

All good reasons for you to be banished from decent society.