Hi @Entropy and thanks for creating this proposal.
As most questions have already been asked and I totally agree with most of them I would like to add that the “main focus area” should be a fixed and defined list.
Why?
Because otherwise we will end up in thousands of possible categories and it may happen that some submissions may be similar but the topic is different, as anyone can decide it on his own behalf.
I would rather like to see them defined by the DAO upfront so we can focus on a few selected ones for this year for example. I know that in the end everything is possible and there could be the argument that we would limit the DAO or Devs, but I also think that sometimes limiting the scope is better to achieve a goal fast rather than giving the opportunity to have an endless selection.