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All right, I agree it's time to decide on a course of action. I don't think there's any need for only you and I to decide everything including specific categories, Bookpossum, as there are other members who may want to participate in category nominations, but it does seem that others will be fine going along with whatever general outline we decide on.
I think we should go with my idea as it's simple and easy, gives everyone an opportunity to pick their favourite category for the next year, gives you what you want in pre-booking rotating months, and gives us all as many Region and Time Period months as possible for the last year they'll be available in their current form.
Besides Bookpossum who gave her opinion, I cannot guess what others think of multiple Region and Time Period months next year so I can only go on the popularity of those categories in the past. I'm OK with multiple Region and Time Period months, Bookpossum posted that she is OK with more than one of each, in the past these have been basically our two most popular categories, these two categories were originally designed to run multiple times a year, and, as Bookpossum mentioned, silence from other members can in this case be construed as consent, so with all that in mind I do think we should try to maximise the number of those categories for the upcoming year.
Since I'm not sure if anyone still might question if a lot of Region and Time Period months in one year might be a bit overwhelming, I'll go ahead and add this as well- though we might be coming back to these same categories multiple times in the upcoming year, each month would be a brand new experience since in these two categories we choose a specific region or time period to focus on. In that way it's like Rotating months which we are fine having six of per year; yes we have multiple iterations of Rotating per year but every Rotating month is very different and so it stays fresh and enjoyable despite coming round so often. It will be the same with Region and Time Period. Really, those two categories are many separate categories (e.g. Japan, The South Pacific, South America and so on) all crammed into one with a quick vote to pick the actual category when the month comes up. Even if all 12 months were filled with Region and Time Period, each month would really be a different category.
So with all that said, I think we should just use my plan as it's the simplest and easiest considering the special circumstance of this next year being the last for these two categories as they currently are. I laid it out in detail in my earlier post on it, but I can put the plan more succinctly to illustrate how simple it will be:
-We now pre-book rotating months on our regular bi-monthly set-up until no one else volunteers and then take a break from them until our next club year.
-We then have category nominations and allow one per person for anyone who's participated in the club at least semi-recently and these nominated categories automatically become categories for the upcoming year.
-We finally fill in all the remaining months with Region and Time Period and then we're done.
Bookpossum, as you are the one who asks for Rotating volunteers, would you like to take charge of now pre-booking the rotating months? It'd be great if you do it but I can if you'd rather or if you don't have the time over the next few weeks. I think we can start asap given July is approaching and we've had over a week since you and I first posted our thoughts. We can use the Rotating Nominations thread and have it stickied while this is going on. I envision whichever of us does it asking now for a volunteer for August 2017 and giving say four(?) days for someone to volunteer. Once someone does, we immediately pencil the volunteer in for that month and then ask for a volunteer for October right after and again give say four days. We continue in the same manner until no one volunteers before the time limit, and after that's completed I can start right away with the category nominations. Also, besides those who've already volunteered for Rotating this cycle, I think you or I should PM anybody who's participated in our club recently or semi-recently asap to alert them to the Rotating pre-booking so that they will not miss their chance to volunteer if they so wish, in case they've missed our discussion here.
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