Know the feeling. I just hosted a tiny fly swap here in Sweden. We were twelve tiers but it turned out to be ten flies... with five "reserves" who had seen the announcement too late, but were standing in line to jump in. One envelope came in with a big hole in it... flies lost. But as he was eager to tie new ones, we agreed to push the due date a week for him to be able to do his best and not his quickest. This gave the two no-shows another week too... and I called them both, since they didn't answer my PM's on the forum. The one I reached said that he had forgotten about them and was "going to mail them tonight... tomorrow at the latest". The PLANNED extra week passed and, due to factors preventing me to do "my stuff" with pictures and sorting, so did another week.
I mailed them today, three weeks later than planned. The one I didn't reached is still not to be reached. The one who said he was going to mail his flies three weeks ago hasn't said a word since... and if they had just SAID that their flies weren't coming, it wouldn't have been a problem filling both places... having five people waiting with three weeks to tie. Preventing people from participating... and making the other tiers spending extra hours behind the vise (the size range on the flies tied in this swap was #24-32... not five minute-flies to quite a few, who before this swap hadn't tied smaller than #20). They will be reminded about this if they show interest in future swaps of mine. /Nick -----Original Message----- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Nevile Gosling Sent: 24 September 2009 21:32 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] We Need a BLacklist It seems to me that we need to establish a blacklist of those persons who sign up for a swap and then fail to communicate with the swap master or other swap participants. It is ok if a person has to drop out for valid reasons, or even if they have taken too much on and can't continue AS LONG AS THEY COMMUNICATE. Those that do not communicate should be balcklisted and stuck off IMHO. BY taking a position in the swap, it is quite possible that they have prevented someone else from participating. Neville (Nev) Gosling, Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Romero Sent: September-24-09 10:34 AM To: virtual fly box Subject: [VFB] Re: for John Bennett - Wet Fly Swap Iain, i've tried to get ahold of John Bennett 3/4 times in the last few months..........no luck. mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From: iainsh...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] for John Bennett - Wet Fly Swap Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:06:07 +0000 Still waiting for flies iain SECOND Traditional Winged Wet Fly Swap If you entered both swaps you only pay postage once. If you entered both swaps dress Different fly's for each swap please. Tie ELEVEN flies, toe tag them,send them to me by the end of august. Enclose 3 US dollars for return postage iain short, 29 Rothesay Terrace, Bedlington, Northumbria, NE225PT. ENGLAND All flies must be clearly marked second swap ! Name your fly 1. Deb Duran - Peter Ross Variant - - ARRIVED 2. Dan Gober - Professor - 3. Iain Short - Peter Ross - - - - - - ARRIVED 4. Mark Romero - Mallard and Claret - ARRIVED 5. Garry Smith - Grizzly King - - - - - ARRIVED FIRST (& wins prize) 6. Reuven Segal - 7. Rene Zillmann - Teal Blue & Silver - ARRIVED 8. George Vincent - Teal & Green - - ARRIVED 9. David Mason - Guinea Hen - - - - ARRIVED 10.John Bennett - 11.Mike Bliss - Liberty - - - - - - - - - ARRIVED ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
