Say, is it a good idea to start the project now to come up with better ideas and stuffs
(WARNING: GONNA WRITE STH LENGTHY AGAIN. IF U DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DETAILS, PLZ JUST READ THE BOLD PARTS)
If we start now,
everyone can do this slowly and leisurely (b/c most ppl here are very busy) and have plenty of time for double-checking. Since some of us only logs in here once or twice a week, or a month, the final product of the next project should be posted here at least 1 month before YK's BD for all mems to double-check their articles to make sure we won't miss anything. Also, assuming mems log in once a month, from my calculations, we have:
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2 to 4 months for preparing ideas and
choose 1 leader of the project,
plus 2 sub-leaders (in case one or more of them run into trouble)
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3 to 4 months for everyone to prepare their products (I don't mean to force anyone, but I think it's much more fun if all mems can participate in big projects. Starting early = more mems participate + more ppl volunteer for the staff) Also, this time we should let mems and groups proofread their own products if we do sth related to text again to reduce the workload for editors later.
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1 month for recruiting, positioning staffs (from this year's project, I think Liana and Geogre did too much work, the deadline was too short and they didn't completely agree with each other in some parts b/c they didn't have much time to discuss. And Special_K and some other ppl ended up getting really busy and left, so things got messy. I think it's best to only choose leaders and sub-leaders, then pick the staff, which includes text editors, text translators if possible, proofreaders, photo editors, organizers, etc. After that, all staffs hold a meeting to discuss things using Vsee, Skype, Y!M conference, CPM chatroom, etc.)
_ Probably
2 months of editing (and translating everything to Japanese if possible)
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At least 1 month for all mems to see the entire final product, comment and ask editors to fix problems.
Total time: 9 TO 12 MONTHS if we want a sure-fire success and lots of time to prepare. At this pace, assuming each mem has to write a 2-page article, they only need to write 1/4 A4 page a week at most, or about 2 pics per week if they have to take 10 pics for the project
Another idea is to
throw everything into Dropbox (if u don't know what this is, plz Google) to make things easier and quicker for teamwork and for editors, plus preventing loss of data in unexpected situations. The best thing about Dropbox is, u can do yr part of the project almost anytime, anywhere: at home, in school library, at work, on mobiles with Android, etc. as long as u install Dropbox in those, and try out every idea that comes to mind, so we won't be too worried about lack of time. Also, from what I know, u can get 5GB of free space if u use a promotional link to register an account, and 16GB of free space if u recommend a number of ppl to use Dropbox,
so everyone benefits from this 
(I'm not doing this b/c I want to recommend more ppl to have some free space, b/c I'm gonna use this with project teams in class, which already consists of 16 to 32 ppl)
What do u guys think? :)
Again, sr for writing such a lengthy post.
I've already shortened it.
only $9 to print this. I may print it and make my mom cook me those foods. 
At least she saw it! Yay! 
Nyan stayed up late too, but I didn't know how long ... Starting early can reduce these kinds of problems, hopefully :D