[Pat Fairbank]

Pardon my intrusion, but I'm not so sure this is an effective method to pick a new host.

I can think of a large number of people who would make excellent FIRSTcast hosts, but would be a waste of a nomination as they are either uninterested or far too busy to do so. You might quickly fill out your five nomination spaces with people who don't want the position, and it would waste time to ask each candidate as they are nominated whether or not they are interested.

On the other side of the coin, there are also a fair number of people who would make equally good hosts, and would be interested in the position (but not to the point of shameless self-promotion), but who the average CDer wouldn't think of off the top of their head.

I think you need to find some way to identify those who would be interested before they can be nominated.