If you are curious about the long delay it took to get from conception (Nov 07) to Round 1 actually opening, I wrote a bit of an explanation here. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Philip_Greenspun_illustration_project/Round_1#About_the_delay.
We are going to work on getting more people involved at the organisational level to try and keep things going more regularly from now on.
thanks, Brianna