[deanhills]

[...] May be we should have a sticky banner on first page visit from unregistered users that says how many unclaimed vps are there and what was the minimum number of posts that got a vps that month. It would encourage people to join.

That's a brilliant idea. I'll take this up with Dynamo once he's written his exams. And you're right, one can't see it at first glance. One has to dig up that information. So visuals may be a great idea.