I agree with most of what has been said actually. And I for one know I am guilty of not posting here as much as I should or could (though I visit and read the forum practically every day), but I often find it difficult to find the time to satisfactorily edit and post pics to different topics. I'll often read the forum during my lunch at work, but my photos are on my home computer mostly. And when I'm at home many other things seem to take priority. That includes finding the time to post-process some of the many shots I've taken in the recent and not-so-recent past. Actually, that would be my one point against restricting assignments to photos taken during a certain period. Sometimes I'll have shots taken awhile ago that I just haven't processed until recently...sometimes I'll enter those in the weekly photo contests. So maybe change the criteria for the weekly contests that the photo must be taken or processed during the week to count. I agree that the stricter assignments should probably be new work inspired by the assignment topic to encourage new photos and even the playing field more for everyone. Just my 2 cents.

Stephen