* Establish a formal proposal to pitch to Decipher in around 3 months time
* Formally establish who will take on various roles within the PC. A chairman needs to be elected (TheJord?). The PC needs representatives to coordinate major components of the PC and to also have a group of people working with them (tournament team, marketing team, design team, web team, rules team, play-testing groups, etc). Who are these going to be, how will the PC decide? The process of who leads each committee should be decided on merit and the skills that they have in conducting such a role – formal applications may need to be considered to decide who will take on these roles.
* I propose that if we are serious about the PC it is time to formally elect a chairman, and then elect representatives the head each of the major committees. The chairman and the representatives will need to communicate regularly to establish a plan of attack (can we set up private forums?). Representatives on each committee will need dedicated helpers to work with them to discuss and put into place the pieces that are needed to make the PC happen (and to form the pieces needed to pitch the idea to Decipher).
* Address the website issue – will the PC have its own website and promote TLHH forums – if so it would look good to have this website operating when the PC pitches the idea to Decipher – as the PC must be not-for-profit I can foresee issues if the PC operates from a .com website (and TLHH does not endorse v-cards, although that may change with Deciphers consent)
* Establish tournaments again. While GCCG is fantastic, it would look good when the idea is pitched to Decipher if we have tournaments running, and better still players attending them. If tournaments get going we can re-establish territorials, nationals and world championships.
* GCCG, Zorbec's etc are great, but the PC needs to know if these programs will support the PC with approval from Decipher. If they do not endorse and incorporate v-cards it becomes a challenge to produce v-cards effectively.
* v-cards be it errata, alternative images (to re-introduce essential out-of-print cards) or completely new cards will need a design team. MidnightLich has stated this was the last piece of the puzzle put into place with the Star Trek continuing committee. Does the PC envision that we will have a product to show to Decipher, and to release a product once we have approval, if so it is time to start work on this ASAP.
* The PC needs a way to communicate ideas within committee groups without the use of public forums. Whilst the forums are good for collecting a range of ideas, too many cooks in the kitchen can make for slow progress.
* Rules team needs to be established – problems will arise with the rules in the future (they already exist now) – particularly if v-cards are released. New CRDs will need to be released periodically. So aspects of the rules may be incomplete and need to be updated altogether. A separate rulebook for each format of play would be ideal. Star Trek recently released a completely new set of rule to address timing issues (and I suspect LoTR could do with the same) – but I am not an expert here (that is for the rules team to work out).
* Contact ST and SW continuing committees and discuss the models that they use so that the PC can adopt a model that best suits
* The PC must be not-for-profit. This doesn't mean it can't generate an income (I think – Star Trek does and asks for donations). If money can be generated to support the cost of running the PC, then an accountant will be needed to manage and distribute funds. I am not an accountant but I may be able to help with this (I am a trained high school maths/science teacher).
The list is long, and I am sure I have left some stuff out. As you can see, if the PC is going to happen then there is a lot of work involved (but I think we already knew that).