First of all, all the best for Zeogold.

I would like to weight in about the nominations.

I feel that, while well intended, I think they are not exactly balanced. I can only request one game for myself, but I could nominate many games away to other people. This bit has been made clear now.
I know it is all about the spirit of sharing, but if someone else is interested, they can come and check it out themselves. And those users who chose not to share their wishlist never get any nominations, no matter how great and deserving members of the GOG family they are.

You can read the list of generous offers and notice a game you are very interested in but it always exceeds your budget, even during promos. You jump into action, excited about the possibilities, and then notice that someone else got nominated for it.
Did they ask for it? No. Did they look for it? No. It just landed on their lap. "Hey, you want this?" Will they be playing it? Maybe. But it is totally different from someone else who also noticed the game on the list and acted on it, but beat you to it.

Nominated people may refuse the offer. In that case will Zeogold see if there have been more requests for it since the nomination, or will those be ignored?

I'm all for allowing nominations. Codes in this list represent games that cannot be played. We are all here because we like to play games, right? So here are my proposals:

You can nominate someone for a game. If they accept it, then both your names go into the "giftees this month" list. Unless it is a special game with lots of copies or expiring soon or game codes laying around for too long.
It may seem harsh, but anyone can nominate other users, so I think it would work out fine. And in all fairness, you are saying "instead of asking something for myself, I would like you to have this game that I think interests you", which I think is more meaningful that "I took your name from a hat, along with some other people".

An alternative would be to allow nominations on games available for for more than one week. But that may mean too much book keeping for poor Zeo. I could help him with that, but I lack the spare time at this moment. Perhaps in a few months we could work something out. I think that for now we should try to experiment some ideas.