1) Basically,  if you mean in terms of a flesh and blood Bigfoot,  that group would
be scientists, PhDs, in the fields  of zoology, mammalogy, biology and physical
anthropology.  If a dead BF is found, a committee of these would examine the
body, teeth or bones, and agenus and species would be assigned, and an article
publish in a journal such as NATURE  or  The American Journal of Mammalogy.

2) If the findings were of a supernatural or extra-normal nature,  it is likely
a group of physicists and para-psychologists might do a similar article,
but with no mammal name, or some compromise thereof.

3) If the findings CONTINUE (since 565 ad)  to be inconclusive, as we suspect
they will be, then there is NO judging group. No official judging group.
Now we can act as unofficial judges of other's  research, and we do it often, even
weekly, but the results are accepted only by readers who like us or agree with
out line of research. Basically, the finer judgments are made by SCIENTISTS
who work with us as advisors.

4) The BFRO tries to do the same, with folks like Dr. Meldrum and Dr. Swindler,
but then, we can do the same with them, since we know both and others.

5) Note however, that finding tracks or a track, or busted bushes, or even a den
or nest or some hair, or some blood (as we did), or some dna that matches
nothing, WILL NOT PROVE BIGFOOT. This also goes for seeing one, films,
photos, or butt-marks in the snow.

6) IOHO, neither 1) nor 2) will happen in our lifetime, especially 1).

7) Hence, conventions will be planned, with usually special slants to cater
to  one over all group of fans or the other, and the f&b conventions
will continue for years to be the same old, same old, with the "Usual
Suspects" saying the same stuff over and over....(snore...)

8) No truly openminded convention has ever happened due to the closed
minds of the organizers.

9) As for hoaxes and elaborate claims, a gullible newbie pops into this
field of interest every 6 hours, reads the old wrong books and thinks
he knows everything. As PT Barnum said :  "There's a sucker born
every minute."  (Beware...)

10) For a decent stab at the truth, watch these pages.