Judges
To select the 2012 class, a panel of consumer electronics industry media and professionals met in New York City on Wed., February 22, 2012, to judge the hundreds of nominations that were submitted by manufacturers, retailers and industry journalists. The judges used the democratic process of the majority of votes to determine the new class. We thank the following journalists and industry professionals for volunteering their time and expertise to participate in the 2012 CE Hall of Fame program:
Dave Arland
Ivan Berger
Jim Barry
Marge Costello
Paul Gluckman
Nancy Klosek
Maggie Reardon
Jim Reilly
Steve Smith
Joanna Stern
Tim Stevens
John Taylor
Jack Wayman
Stewart Wolpin
Judging Process
The Difficult Task of Judging
The induction process begins each summer with a call for nominations for the CE Hall of Fame. Notices appear on the home page of
CE.org, in
CEA SmartBrief, our
Digital Dialogue blog and
CE Vision magazine. The nomination form can be submitted via the Web, fax or mail. Nominations also are accepted onsite at the CE Hall of Fame awards dinner. Nominations are submitted by manufacturers, retailers and journalists and include the name of the person, the company, the date of invention or contribution and the significance to the industry.
When the nomination process concludes, CEA calls upon a panel of media and industry professionals to select the year’s inductees. CEA would like to thank the following judges for their participation in the 2012 CE Hall of Fame: Dave Arland, Ivan Berger, Jim Barry, Marge Costello, Paul Gluckman, Nancy Klosek, Maggie Reardon, Jim Reilly, Steve Smith, Joanna Stern, Tim Stevens, John Taylor, Jack Wayman and Stewart Wolpin.
The judges review the nominations and discuss the merits of each nominee. Narrowing down the list to the final group involves several rounds of voting. The nominees are voted in several categories: founders/inventors; sales and marketing executives; retailers; one journalist per year; and a special miscellaneous category. In the end, the nominees with the highest vote tallies are inducted in to the CE Hall of Fame with no more than 10 inductees per year. The number of individuals may be higher if one or more teams are inducted.
The new class is announced at CEA Washington Forum. In addition, inductees and their guests are invited to attend the CE Hall of Fame dinner at the CEA Industry Forum. Each inductee also receives a special award in honor of their contribution.