Yep, it sounded great until I got to #5, and then to #7.

Sorry Paul, but I predict you're going to get very low adoption on your node if you're taking 1% total fees - that's the main reason most folks mine p2pool... the thought of the decentralization is wonderful and dear to most of our hearts, but cold hard BTC is the driving factor in many people's minds.  I'm sure some folks will use it, it will be better than their other options, but at least here in NJ there are many alternatives with 0% fees.

And, I hate to break it to you, but forrestv is most likely not going to contribute enough at this point, even with the donations re-instated.  I mean no personal knock on him, but given his situation even with his best intentions he hasn't shown the time lately to be around and continually contribute.  I'll not start another long thread about it, but I would make a suggestion - instead of the flat donation, it might be better to form a bounty-type reward system which might yield better results, might not, and might entice users to use your node(s) more also, deciding whether they want to contribute or not.