Advisory Board members are nominated by relevant organizations.
People nominate themselves, or are nominated by others, to serve on a panel.
Panel members are selected at random from among qualified nominees to produce assessment panels that are balanced by industry segment and geographic region. Volunteers serve on a panel for a year. They may reapply to be put on a panel for the next year. Annual selection of assessment panel is intended to share the workload, permit as many people as possible to participate, and minimize bias in panels.