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Selecting a technical program for a conference, and running the process so that decisions are well received by authors and participants, is a challenging task. We report our experience in running the SIGCOMM 2009 Technical Program Committee (TPC). The purpose of this article is to document the process that we followed, and discuss it critically. This should let authors get a better understanding of what led to the final acceptance or rejection of their work, and hopefully let other