The reasons for the Academy's rule are easy to guess at: They're trying to keep the workload of nominating committee members manageable, and on one hand, screening 71 movies is a lot of work. (theatlantic.com)
Richards - Kortum was named a AAAS elected fellow in 2008, and she currently serves as an Electorate Nominating Committee member for AAAS» engineering section. (aaas.org)
Additionally, many of those screenings featured a significant number of no - shows of SAG nominating committee members. (awardscampaign.com)