I am sure that this was a proposal, not a statement. so, i dont see how motto and salutation contests may be "obsolete" because of announce

Greeting Asgardia,

Proudly present: Asgardia Motto: One Humanity, One Unity

Even if that is to become the official motto, iit doesn't impact the salutation.

Hi Protean,

We have received thousands of applications and are currently working through all the entries. Dr. Ashurbeyli suggested this and asked people to consider endorsing this as the Motto for Asgardia,

The various contests will run as scheduled and entries will be closing on 20 January 2017 as originally announced.

no need to make it big he already said i hope you accept this motto One Humanity, One Unity and in my opinion is a great motto