Post #469368 by Liana on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 1:41 AM

On 2009-07-15 15:44, MadDogMike wrote:
Did someone say "Tiki Bob"? Sounds like a good theme (I like Palapala's "7 Deadly Sins" theme too) Is it too early for another swap? Will someone volunteer to organize it? I'm kinda a newbie, how's this work?

It is not too hard to organise a swap. First you have to put it out there. Start a thread saying you think it would be a good time for a swap - ask people for opinions on the theme and whether or not enough people want to participate. Set a cut off date - by this date everyone who wants to participate in the swap needs to have photos of the finished product posted on the swap thread. This is so you know they have a product to swap. In past swaps (on other forums) some people havent had their piece finished by the due date but said that they would so they were still included. They then get their new swap piece from their partner and then slack off finishing and sending theirs. To stop this from happening you need to be tough on the cut off date - no photo of the finished piece then they will not be included in the swap. After the cut off date write down all the names of the people who posted photos of their finished pieces, cut the names up seperately and put them in a hat/box, draw the names. The first 2 names drawn out of the hat will be swapping partners, the next 2 names drawn will be swapping partners, and so on till all the names have been drawn..

In the end the organiser simply acts as a facilitator of the swap - they also need to make the final decision on time frame, theme etc.