All right folks, it is bugging me that I have not posted the general details for this new group and it will bother me until I do, so here goes... I am so excited!!! I hope I can make everything clear and precise. If you have any questions just post them here or send them to me (Jeanne) or Shirley (sjc48). Shirley has agreed to be the coordinator for this group along with me. A big thank you to Shirley!
The group name is: Friends of the Earth: Simple Swaps (You will see the abbreviation FOTESS in some of the headings.)
This is a new swap group requiring membership. However, membership is pretty simple. We just want to see who you are and that you have been a responsible GardenWeb member. You must be an adult. If you are brand new (or sort of brand new) to GardenWeb and have no track record to speak of, you can still join as long as one of the other members is willing to be your sponsor. (More about that in another post.)
The purpose of the group is to allow for Simple Swaps - those that focus on Read, Seed, and Recycle --- sharing seeds, sharing lightly used reading materials, recycling (both ideas and using actual recycled items) and maybe some things relating to food (preserving, cooking, and things like that), garden related crafts, etc. We'll celebrate some holidays and special occasions... and here's the good part - we are going to do all that we can so the majority of the swaps will not cost much to participate in and will not be very costly to mail. Our goal is to make most swaps something you can mail in a padded envelope. (Yes, simple swaps!) Shirley and I will likely alternate months for hosting a swap. September will simply be to organize our membership and vote on the logo, but there will be a swap for October! Wendy (our wonderful Sassybutterfly) has also agreed to help and she will fill in as needed. I'm sure others will help, too. (I recognize so many of the names of those who have posted in response to this and all of you that I know are great GardenWeb members!)
As for rules, once you join you will be expected to participate in about 20-25% of the swaps. We hope you will be interested to that extent. The group will get no larger than 50 people. If someone has not been active for 12 months, their name will be removed from the list so there is room for newcomers. You must keep the swap hostess and swap partners advised if there is any delay in sending out your swap. Without extenuating circumstances, failure to send in a timely manner will delete you from the group and result in a report being shared on the Rate & Review section. We want to be totally fair about this, so just keep in touch if something unusual comes up.
In order to join, send the following by e-mail to either me or Shirley:
Real name
Mailing address
GardenWeb name
E-mail address
Month and date of your birthday (no, we don't need the year!)
Once the list of members is compiled, it will be shared with other group members by e-mail. The information is not to be used for any purpose other than communicating within this group. Please respect the privacy of others and do not post others' personal information on the forum or elsewhere. Proper etiquette is that when referring to other members you should do so by GardenWeb name and/or first name only.
Once your membership information has been received and confirmed by me or Shirley, you are asked to post the following information to the board in one sentence: This is our way of getting acquainted. Wow, that will be some sentence. I tend to be "wordy" so this will be hard for me!
1. Something about yourself
2. A favorite gardening tip or something about your garden (what you like to plant, etc.)
3. Your favorite kind of books
4. What and how you recycle, and
5. An idea for a future swap within our group --- We will compile a list of future swap ideas and we encourage you to keep sending them in as time goes on.
Also, once you are a member, you can vote in the contest for the logo for our new group. The selected logo will be at the beginning of each month's swap and give us an identity. I am posting the logo choices separately. (It will make it easier to count the votes! In fact, you can vote for a 1st choice and a 2nd choice. The first choice will get 2 points and the second choice will get 1 point and then hopefully there will be a clear winner.)
Our forum is intended to be a place where you can talk about recycling tips and ideas, how to save and store seeds, general planting information, winter sowing, harvesting, preserving and cooking food, things you enjoy reading, and garden related crafts, events, and related hobbies. We encourage you to post about web sites where you find useful information relating to all of those.
I can't end without saying thank you for your interest. It is always a bit uncertain starting a new swap group, but we think we have a winner here! We hope this group is active and lots of fun for everyone!
Jeanne & Shirley
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