I think this speaks (good) volumes about you and your approach - without all the details you take the initiative.

As someone currently using 99designs (booo!hiss!) to get a website relaunch off the ground. There are one or two designers who have actually, well, read the brief, who engage and listen to feedback intelligently. I will want to work with them again in different areas, and am happy to see they have got some portfolio beginning.

Its the difference between asking permission and asking forgiveness.