Vladimir Krasnopolsky CUA
Tae-Soo Pyo Subaru Telescope
Colby Jurgenson Magdalena Ridge Observatory
Alanna Garay National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Observatory
M. L. Delitsky CSE
Noel Jackson University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Galen Gisler University of Oslo
Robert Barron Tel Aviv Uni.
Hoi Fung Chau University of Hong Kong
Knut Olsen National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Gerhard Neukum Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Yi-Jehng Kuan National Taiwan Normal University
Tom Van Flandern Meta Research
Minho Choi Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Oliver Hartmnann FU Berlin, Remote sensing of the earth and planets, Geosciences
Stephen Baloga Proxemy Research
Amara Graps INAF-Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI)
Sze-leung Cheung Ho Koon Astronomical Center Hong Kong
Stefan Schroeder Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung
Pablo Gutierrez-Marques MPS Center
Sebastian Walter FU Berlin
Feng Tian NPP
Patricio Rojo Universidad de Chile, Astronomy Department

I simply picked the foreign sounding names without an obvious US link. There were many foreign sounding names with an obvious US link supporting the view that the US draws in those interested in planetary astronomy.

Please note David Tholen of the University of Hawaii who I belivee does a lot of KBO detection work did sign the petition.

But you may be right about that cultural bias issue. Your own attitude suggests that perhaps ant-US sentiment caused an emotional revolt against having a definition that would allow yet another American to have discovered a planet. That and a good number of after conference beers would explain the stupidity of the definition adopted. It reads like something that sounded like a good idea after a few beers adopted without time for sober consideration.

Regards,
Mark