Just to remind people of Aaarrrgh's suggestions...
Aaarrrgh wrote:
OK, time to make some proper suggestions which might make this happen. I suggest we create a Convention Committee with three positions:
Convention Overseer - This should probably be a GobO. The person with the power and the vision to make this happen.
Contest Manager - The person who keeps track of the different contest, who is running what, what prizes and awards there are for different things, etc.
Event Manager - The person who keeps track of everything that isn't a prize-awarding contest, such as games, Q&A's, discussion threads, etc.
Then anyone who has an idea for a contest or event submits it to the appropriate manager, who evaluates the ideas and gives a first yes/no. Then the managers bring all the things they approve of to the overseer, who gives final approval and puts together a Convention schedule, which would then be double-checked and approved by both the Managers and the Site Admins, and we'd be ready to roll!
From the perspective of someone who has never participated in or organized an online event of any real magnitude, this sounds like a reasonable setup to me.