*As both a Panelist and Awards Producer, I have taken special precautions to make sure that I am not unfairly biased in any Awards process. Rules governing the Panel apply to every Panelist, including myself. It's a great honor to have been voted into the Panel; thank you.

What is the Panel?
The Panel is a very important part of the My Little Pony Awards. Not only does it decide the nominees and winners for Technical categories, but it also decides the first group of 20 nominees for each Peoples' Choice category from all work submitted. Panelists basically have their hands in everything.

The voting public assembles the Panel. Everyone who applies for a panlist position will have a portfolio of work displayed on the Awards Website in order to aid the public in choosing the most qualified applicants. This portfolio will be compiled by myself, using the information and pictures supplied in all panelist-hopefuls' applications. 5 Panelists will be chosen.

*IMPORTANT*: Each Panelist has a large responsibility to the My Little Pony Awards. Panelists should have a broad and developed knowledge about webdesign, as well as a body of work to support this knowledge. Applying for a panelist position for Websites is not the same as applying to be a panelist for Fanfiction; the Websites Panel disbands once the winners are announced.

Panelists are sworn to secrecy about all decisions they make regarding the My Little Pony Awards. Under no circumstance may a panelist reveal [especially to fellow panelists] which websites or webdesigners they have voted for; only Vote Counters are privy to that knowledge.

Panelists' work is still eligible to compete in the Awards. Because panelists are intended to be top webdesigners, awarding a winner without considering their own work would leave the Awards erroneous. There are enough checks and balances within the Awards that favoritism will not only be diswayed, but completely nonexistant.