User blog comment:SpaceWeather/Congrats Bruno! However now there's a slight issue to address./@comment-5931267-20140730034854

I think that some people are missing the point of why I made this a public forum. Honestly, look at the field of potential candidates we have for the position. There are so many users deserving of the position and yet only one spot to give. I let this go open to help see which candidate the users of the wiki thought was best qualified in a form that isn't restricted by how long a discussion goes on chat. This is a concrete way of letting everyone see and weigh in on the issue at hand. Plus the only users commenting are users who this change will effect, users who use chat. It's true that we didn't have an open forum on Indi's promotion, however a little change is never a bad thing. Plus it's not as if this blog is the be all end all in deciding a new CM, the choice still falls to the other CMs and ultimately the admins. This is just a way for opinions to get across before the decision is made. So yeah it's unnecessary, but it lets opinions be heard that otherwise would be ignored.