I've never ran SOTW or any other challenges. I always had other people that were willing to do it (when i was a mod). My main focus is increasing activity and keeping the section clean. I'm trying to do that with as little renovation as possible but it hasn't been doing well. I haven't really ran much tournaments such as SOTW because there is simply no reward which is the only way you're going to get "new" people to participate.
I've been trying to educate people a bit one on one to develop some more regular members to this section. As for the renovations I posted, I think they could work a bit in collaboration with an inviting attitude towards new members.
I know Ryan says not to look at the past but sometimes you have to so you can use it as an example for the future. When I posted my first sig, for the most part people were friendly and inviting and helpful. Thread.