I've just had a minor revelation about this monument thingy: EVE already has a monument, and in many ways it's considerably better than the one CCP is planning.
Not sure how many out there are aware, but the Musem of Modern Art in New York City has a display about EVE (alongside several other 'notable' video games such as Dwarf Fortress and Myst). For those of you who haven't seen it, it's a wall-mounted display with a cluster map (the same one we see in the ingame map viewer), some screens displaying footage of some visually better fights, and a few text info panels.
And, IMO, it works far better as a monument to EVE as a game then some wierd abstract art-thingy with a bunch of names on it (if CCP's monument had a rifter 'in flight' over a list of names, I might be somewhat more sympathetic. Only somewhat, though). The museum exhibit makes it clear that we were included because we built something cool with our own efforts.
The only thing I can really say I approve of in CCP's exhibit is the ability to include the names of players who have passed away.