LOL! Thanks guys.
Mike - anyone ever told you your choice of fonts suck?
The secret to good design is placing eyeline objects on thirds and keeping it simple. I agree that the IYA logo should be there. It must be kept clean however, and not become overcrowded. Too much text is distracting and I'm not too sure about the bluish planet/deepspace collage - it's really too busy IMHO. Looks good on the website but the key logo component is the text itself.
Anyway guys, could I humbly ask that we try not to turn this into a design competition here? We need your images though!