I am happy about this change. Mad props to Kev for suggesting this idea. The main problem with the JJNet crew was always that the decision making power was divided unequally among active clans, which naturally caused many complaints among the years. Once the councils are complete, we can ensure that every decision is applied with full reason, as full consensus among the clan representatives needs to be achieved. Time will tell how this new system will work for evolving the competition itself as well, as I'm sure that many of the council members (new ones too) will have fresh ideas to bring up.
Meanwhile we, the people running JJNet as its crew members no longer need to worry about how to deal with the rules or how to make judgements, but can focus on site maintenance and development. Last spring I retired as a JJNet admin after having had sort of a burnout from administrating the ladder. I had been doing a lot of its tasks alone, culminating in the cheating investigation which was a heavy burden on its own, with lots of external pressure from all directions too. Luckily I wasn't forced to make any final decisions on my own. Nowadays I'm still part of the crew as a site developer, though I have been assisting with admin decisions too in the background. Teamwork is way more fun than being under pressure alone. I am anyway happy to give the rest of the decision-making power away to the council (which I am part of anyway), to divide power and workload more equally among other people too.
