Saved email from the swap- some original ideas/concerns
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 7:12 PM Subject: [VFB] PFBS Update/Some Ideas > First of all, I want to thank all of you who joined > up. When I posted it, I thought there might be maybe a > dozen or so wanting to join in. The response has been > overwhelming...literally. <VBG> > > Which brings me to the first concern. With so many > people involved, this may turn into the Slow Motion > Fly Box Swap. Even if the pass-through time (the time > it gets from one person's hands to the next person's > hands) is only one week, which isn't likely at all, it > will still be nearly a year before the last person on > the list gets the box. So, if it's okay, I think I > will split the list in half or maybe even thirds. I'll > still coordinate and keep track of everything and of > course the same rules apply. Let me know if anyone > feels splitting the swap will create a problem. > > In the same vein, there's been a concern expressed > about overseas mail delivery and customs and long > delays due to them. My first thought was to have out > of country (other than USA) participants last on each > list, but somehow I don't feel that's very fair and it > still doesn't speed things up to get the boxes back > here and on the second leg of their journeys. If any > of you have any ideas on how to speed this up, I'd > appreciate it and I'm sure everyone else would, too. > Maybe having all the overseas swappers together so > once it's, say, in Europe, everyone there will get a > shot at it so it's not back and forth from US to > Europe back to US and then back to Europe again. > > Jeff Frye had a suggestion regarding how to keep > things moving. Since everyone will know ahead of time > where they are on the list, they can be prepared by > having flies already tied up and ready to go. He also > suggested using the priority 2 day mail available thru > the post office. Cost is $3.50 for which you also get > a box, everything can be pre-labeled and ready to go. > Pick you flies, put in the new ones and get the box > going. > > Martin Lamar mentioned that we should get insurance on > the box each time it goes out. With 200 plus flies in > circulation, that's a retail value of over $400 > (unless you shop where Joyce does <VBG>). Anyway, both > Jeff and Martin's ideas are good ones. > > As far as keeping track of who tied what. Since > everyone has a list number, just send me your name and > pattern recipe off list. When you send your flies tag > them only with your number, when you put new ones in, > they can be 1a, 1b, 1c (for example) and so on. Then > just send me the recipe for the new flies and I will > post it to the website. This was Jeff's idea also. > > Thanks for bearing with me, sorry if this email is > kind of rambling, this is my first time out as a swap > cooridinator and it's way more than I had figured on, > not complaining mind you, but I sure have even more > respect for the hosts of all the swaps I've been in > before. Once I get the website up, I hope to have > everything in one place for everyone to check on. If > you have any questions, email me. > > > > > > > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
