My reasons for voting "seperate" are probably more personal & marketing orientated.
From a marketing view, it is altogether possible the the YDC99 "winner" could choose a charity which is not fully supported by the majority of other members. One of my aims is to get the nominated charity "on board" with publicity etc. This would fall a little bit flat if the said charity weren't seen to be as popular, or raising much money.
I like the idea of as few "rules" as possible, we already have one promised auction which would be exempted from the YDC "competition",.....if the normal guidelines are followed.
I suspect that there will be many more "exempt" auctions listed as we get nearer to June. So, being totally selfish, it would be a welcome break for me not to even try and sift out a "winner" from YDC100.
Yvonne x