it should be a public vote, nominated and voted for like Board of the Month.

I would vote for this everyday! I love the idea!!!! how can we upstream this to the staff??? count me in!

Why don't you start setting guidelines and rules, let us be lobbyists...

When I envisioned this I did not want it to be a popularity contest. I wanted it to be a charity effort. I wanted the effort to go to boards that needed it, and concepts that deserved it. An essay voted on by those who actually sign up to do the work seemed logical to me, and still does. We have a board of the month already - this is a very different concept. This is developers and designers giving something real and concrete to the vBulletin community that we can all feel proud of when the day is over.

Think of Pimp-my-ride, where people plead their case as to why they need the help - or Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where again it is done on the bases of the applicants 'story' and need.

No, i hear that. But i think the public should have a say. As it is these are most likely all new forums, nobody can pick favorites so quickly so its not a popularity contest. The public will read the essays just like us, and we do the work. I dont think it will work well if its just an inside vote.'

But hey, its your idea. Ill be glad to help out.

I'm just making my case. I give this idea freely to the community and will do whatever they decided to do with it :)

Non pimped car:

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9743/panda6qp9.jpg

Pimped car:

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http://www.gizmodo.com/assets/resour...icture%203.png
http://www.gizmodo.com/assets/resour...icture%204.png


lol xD

So how would one go about pimping a forum, I need mine pimping and since it's not open yet I don't see much chance of mine getting pimped.

Lots of custom coding etc.. A nice skin etc