Not to get this all complicated, but maybe the problem is how quickly the 5 get chosen and the method....
Don't get me wrong, I check BF every day to see what's up, but I always seem to forget about the ROTM until a few days after the 1st of the month, and by then it's already been decided who the 5 are.
Maybe some kind of "open" nominations for the first week, and then some way to decide who the final 5 should be (least nominated previously or something like that?). Or a random selection of 5 people who have posted in the previous month that have been members long enough to be eligible (if it is possible by computer program or such to do this)?

I agree that it's just for fun, but wouldn't it be more fun if it were a surprise who the 5 were? Maybe they could be PMed by the administrator to make sure they wanted to be entered?

And no, this is not sour grapes just because I'm one of the "never been nominated" (I love my Blazer whether it wins anything or not, just so long as it makes me happy), but there are lots of other Blazers on BF that I do admire.

Just my two cents, any one else got change?

 

I think that if we had open nominations for a week, then we could select the 5 that were seconded the most. Everyone would be able to nominate 3people they wanted, then they could second 3 people. This way it might be a little more fair and then people know that the nominations would take place the first week of the month, because 3 weeks is long enough for voting. Just my opinion

 

Ok, so I have decided to move this into a topic of its own. Please post your thoughts on this in the ROTM Nominations Discussion thread.

I'm still waiting for a few pics! Remember 640x480 resolution!!