I also think you could leverage these ~400 to make a second contest. Again, someone else could administer it. But, when many people are competing for these funds, we'll produce a much bigger overall effect. Forget tweets - well directed press releases are the way to go. When those land on the right journalists, we will get plenty of the attention we could use.
I agree about maxmint. I'd like to give him first shot at running this. Having lots of people run it might be . . . chaotic
Max does not deserve the punishment of running a giveaway.
btw, have you noticed that when max is active, the order book and message flow and completed transactions naturally take off and go crazy - and the minute max leaves, the market dies until tomorrow? The market is really fun and dynamic, so long as Max is hooking everyone up with transaction help. Once that guy goes to sleep - nothing gets done.