Id say first of may but it needs a sticky and a locked one listing the rules.
New thread each month with the title consisting of
Photographer of the Month: THEME
So for May as brummie suggested...
Photographer of the Month: Technology
Once the thread has been started peoples entries have to be posted in that thread. Each entrant is only allowed ONE POST in the thread to cover ONE IMAGE that he has entered.
Deadline for all entries will be the 28th of the month that it starts on, leaving a few days then for Voting to take place and the winner to be declared.
I suggest that the winner picks the next theme by the 1st of the next month, so 2 days of voting start on the 28th... winner declared on the 30th May... by the 1st of June the winner will post another thread following the format as mentioned above, replacing the THEME with his/her chosen theme.
Whos going to start it, I presume badabing should create the thread to be stickied with the rules in and guidelines as its his idea.
Then... someone on the 1st of May needs to create a thread with the correct title and theme