Allow people to cancel or withdraw a lottery application before March 16. GOOD

Direct people to log onto their account after the lottery to get lottery results. The email notification didn't work for many people last year. NEUTRAL

Try publishing "Most requested dates" during the lottery application phase, like Yosemite is doing for Half Dome.
GOOD. HELPS US PICK DATES THAT ARE LESS POPULAR

Possibly utilize the "accept or decline your trip date", with the non-refundable $15 per person fee payment made when you accept.
YES!

allow people the freedom of requesting a wide range of dates, as in the paper lottery, without financial hardship.
LAST YEAR'S PROCESS WHERE MULTIPLE DATES HAD TO BE SPECIFIED INSTEAD OF A RANGE OF DATES WAS DEFINITELY BURDENSOME.

DEFINITELY LIKE THE ACCEPT/DECLINE PROCESS