I've been wondering about a couple of things...
Firstly, the timetable. Do we really need until the 10th of December to make our nominations? It seems like most people have already submitted theirs, or are content with the existing nominations. If it were up to me, I'd say the nominations could end at the end of the month. That way, we could get started earlier and spread the posting of the polls over at least a week (five a day for seven days, for example) rather than putting them all up on the same day, which would feel pretty overwhelming. I also think it would be nice if the 2012 awards were handed out in 2012, rather than at the start of the next year as they were last time. New Year's Eve, perhaps?
Secondly, I noticed this in last year's handing-out-awards thread:
I have a list of everything I want to do to address these problems and would like to give it another shot next year.
I know that Force isn't running things this year, but if he still has that list, maybe he could share it here or pass it on to Aaron directly to make sure those problems are avoided this year