New England Eeyore
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Just wanted to get the initial message out there about the upcoming "Fill in the Gaps" swap. The idea behind this was many of us, especially those of us who have been swapping for a long time, have certain gaps in our swap stash - attractions, rides, etc - that we have few or no swap items for. So this swap is to fill in your own personal gaps. Anyone interested can email me their "Wish List" of topics you'd like to create items for and that's how we'll come up with the groups for the swap. The groups will be small: 4-5 people max. Within the groups everyone will be working on the same topic, just with different element selection (1 element per person).
Once I get the "Wish Lists" I'll have a better idea of what kinds of topics we're looking at and how things fall. We can run groups as small as 2 (that's 2 more items than you have right now, was my thinking) or combine groups if there seems to be some logical fit. When I open up signups, I will automatically put you into the groups on your wishlist, then people are free to join other groups as they wish.
Old attractions are fair game here too. If you've never scrapped your Tarzan Rocks pictures, for example, now's your chance! I was thinking of rides and attractions when I thought of this swap, but it can also be a place for other topics that never quite fit in elsewhere - like someone mentioned the monorail awhile back. Because I believe we'll have swaps specifically devoted to restaurants and resorts in 2008 I'm going to exclude those from this one.
This has the potential to be a huge swap, so we have a longer time period to work. The due date will be January 10 so it will stretch over the holidays. Keep that in mind as you figure out what you have time for.
Signups will be on November 5, but I'll need the wishlists ahead of time. I will be away at WDW next week, so I'm going to ask you to email me your wishlists (and include your DIS name) anytime between now and then to: newenglandeeyore@comcast.net. (This is a temporary email address just for this purpose. Don't try to reach me at it in the future!) Please also post on this thread that you sent an email so I can be sure I received it.
It's perfectly clear in my head, but it might not translate so well into words, so let me know if something doesn't make sense. I'm also open to any suggestions to make it better/easier.
Once I get the "Wish Lists" I'll have a better idea of what kinds of topics we're looking at and how things fall. We can run groups as small as 2 (that's 2 more items than you have right now, was my thinking) or combine groups if there seems to be some logical fit. When I open up signups, I will automatically put you into the groups on your wishlist, then people are free to join other groups as they wish.
Old attractions are fair game here too. If you've never scrapped your Tarzan Rocks pictures, for example, now's your chance! I was thinking of rides and attractions when I thought of this swap, but it can also be a place for other topics that never quite fit in elsewhere - like someone mentioned the monorail awhile back. Because I believe we'll have swaps specifically devoted to restaurants and resorts in 2008 I'm going to exclude those from this one.
This has the potential to be a huge swap, so we have a longer time period to work. The due date will be January 10 so it will stretch over the holidays. Keep that in mind as you figure out what you have time for.
Signups will be on November 5, but I'll need the wishlists ahead of time. I will be away at WDW next week, so I'm going to ask you to email me your wishlists (and include your DIS name) anytime between now and then to: newenglandeeyore@comcast.net. (This is a temporary email address just for this purpose. Don't try to reach me at it in the future!) Please also post on this thread that you sent an email so I can be sure I received it.
It's perfectly clear in my head, but it might not translate so well into words, so let me know if something doesn't make sense. I'm also open to any suggestions to make it better/easier.
