Before I began to create one I looked at other projects.  I found one that was wonderful and I decided to write to the creator and see if she had any advice.  Brandy was the creator of Kindergaten Pot Luck.  Her is her response to my questions.

> I have to create a project for a Master's class I am taking.  I saw your project and love it.  How do you have people submit there projects. 
First, I post the project on an internet projects registery.  People that are interested email me and I pick the participants.  My first project was hard because everyone wanted to do it, but when the deadline came up there were some teachers that did not fulfill their obligations.  That is why the Kindergarten Potluck Project has some letters available for this year.  With my Christmas project I am being a lot more pickier with who I let partcipate.
 Do they send you the info and you put the pages together or how does that work? 
The teachers that participate send me their information when completed and I post everything on the site.I suppose they could create a page and I could link to it but that is quite complicated.  It is easier for me to keep everything organized from my end. Plus I like to design my pages and use graphics of my choice so that everything matches.  There are a lot of teachers that love participating in the projects but do not know how to do the technology aspects of it (scanning pictures, jpg formatting, etc)~  I let them mail me their stuff.
 
 What are some tips that you can give me for running a project?
Make sure that once you have all of your participants you email them very specific instructions.  Let them know what is expected of them and that the deadline for completion is final. Make it clear to them that if they can't finish on time, it is best that they exit the project and let someone fill their spot.  At the beginning of the project you will get tons of people that will want to be involved--and you will have to turn down a lot of them.  My mistake was not putting these people on a waiting list~ that way when someone wasn't following through I could contact a new participant.  I tried to be nice and give extensions and it ended up costing me 7 unfinished projects.  Sometimes you can't be nice.
 

Brandy's response helped me to create a simple project that I would easily be able to maintain.  That is how the Newspaper Network Learning Project was created.