== My suggested RFA system == 

 Hi, thanks for your comment on my proposal. As it's completely hypothetical at the moment, there are any number of changes that might be possible; although I proposed the system, it's up to the Wikipedia community as a whole to agree on what it should look like, if there's even a consensus for a new RFA system (which there probably isn't).  

 Regarding your specific suggestion: my original thinking was that permitting people to run for RFA only at certain designated times of year would ensure that there are always many RFAs at those times, so there's plenty of competition for the open slots. Allowing people to run outside of those elections and reducing the number of slots accordingly would, it seems to me, rather undermine the system, since anyone who wasn't sure whether they'd make it into the top 10 would just run before the election instead and guarantee themselves a place. The end result would be little change from the current system. But maybe I'm wrong, and if you think that change would be an improvement, feel free to suggest it.