Wow, okay, post has only been up a few hours and
there's already (by rough count) 18 people who have
indicated they want to participate. That's definitely
more than enough to make this a go. You overseas types
are definitely invited, of course.
Lessee, now we need a name. Someone called this the
perpetual swap in their email (can't remember who,
right now, will look), so how about "The Perpetual
Flybox Swap" for a name? I will start the ball rolling
and coordinate the startup. Deadline for signing up
will be the end of the month, 31st of October. How
many flies you will need to tie will depend on how
many finally join up. No matter what, the first batch
should be fewer than a half-dozen.
***Deadline to complete the flies and get them to me
will be the end of the year!*** I know this is a long
time for so few flies, but with the holidays and
family obligations (and fishing and other swaps) as
well as the usual holiday mail hassles, I figured this
would be better for everyone. If the majority wants
this to get going sooner, email me offlist and I will
count noses (figuratively) and make adjustments to the
time lines.
I will provide a nice new flybox to accomodate the
first batch and mail it out once all the flies are in
hand, which should be first week of January 2003. Each
person in turn will pay postage to send it to next one
on the list, this wouldn't be any different than
paying return postage for a regular swap. If anyone
has any ideas on how this could be done differently,
let me know.
I will also include a small notebook so people can
name and describe the flies they put in and make
comments, this might make an interesting memento if we
decide to auction it off to list members when we're
done. I will also try to set up a site to track where
the box has been, where it's at and where it's going
next. If people will let me know what they've taken
out and put in, I will keep track of that, too. If
people who are equipped for it want to photograph and
post their flies, that would be great.
Since this swap is now a going concern, please reply
to me off list regarding signing up, ideas, comments,
dropping out, etc., in accordance with the guidelines
Byard has set up for swaps. I will post a list of
current participants in the next day or so and update
it as needed. Many thanks to all have joined up so
far. BTW, Jimmy Moore is also in on this.
Oh yeah, one last thing. I will need everyone to email
me there names and mailing addresses as well as their
email address. If you're sure you're going to be in
the swap no matter what, you can send the info now. If
you want to wait until everything is finalized, that's
fine, too.
Thanks, all.
-John
Oregon
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