The size of your text won't change my mind. The idea behind voting for proposals doesn't just mean how many out of 3 people actually like it. It also matters whether there is a general interest for the project. If people are not interested enough in an idea to even vote, it seems like a waste of time and energy. There has to be a substantial amount of overall interest for the numbers to take effect.
Did my text look bigger on your screen?
If a proposal passes, only those who are interested have to participate, therefore it is not a waste of anything. The system we have now is very flawed and unrepresentative.
I have another idea. How about we propose projects in the form of interest checks? Anyone who's interested will say they are in the thread, anyone who is uninterested won't. Then, after a certain amount of time, everyone who is interested will do the project.
I don't think that the majority of people feel that they can't get a proposal passed. Rather, I think they just don't have any ideas (or want to get those ideas really solid before putting them forward). That's at least the case for me, but I don't think I'm alone in that. We've done a couple projects already, and passed proposals before. We know it's possible to do, but I think we also have rather firm ideas of what is worthwhile to do. That differs from person to person, but overall we've gotten proposals passed and completed, and I think there is an understanding that a successful proposal should be something people feel passionate about or feel would be helpful to the site.
Not at all. I only want to say we have 20 members and 60% of that is 12. Having 12 people support this is unlikely. I don't want you to waste your time and energy. Most are hidden, but we had about 8-10 proposals already. Only two passed so far. Those are very bad odds. Suggesting something personal, makes them even worse. Ideas need to be broad, helpful, and applicable to everyone. Anything else just won't cut it.