Welcome jersysman! We are always taking members; if you want to be a part of the club you are a part of the club. Join in with the discussion and voting any time you like!
Separately for everyone, there are so many responses to reply to individually, so I won't quote anyone but will try to respond to many of the comments as a whole.
First, thanks for all the posts of support, though my post may have been too vague. To be clear, I was never pondering stopping the club. We still have plenty enough members, it seems, to be useful. I did like all the members we had in the beginning, and I suppose part of that must be chalked up to inception excitement, but we still have a good number now. I was only pondering possibly changing the method in which we choose our selections if our numbers got too low for effective nominations and voting. It seems we still have enough for now.
Second, it's a possibility to change or move around the categories some, but I'm inclined to wait until all the categories originally chosen will have had their chance before a change (so around next July).
Third, December's vote will use a hidden poll before we decide what is best. That will give us at least two months with each kind of poll to base our judgments on. Then we should have a decision on it to start the new year and January's vote with.
And finally, and perhaps most importantly since it would be a somewhat major change happening soon, I would like others' opinions on moving our club's timeline half a month over, per issybird's initial suggestion.
The advantage is that our nominations would then be half a month away from the general club's.
The disadvantage is that our club timing may then feel somewhat awkward, having our club months split between calendar months.
If we do it, as with the hidden polling decision, I'd like to decide for January and start the new year fresh.
Also, please feel free to bring up any other ideas I may have missed or that you want to mention.
