Regarding ongoing 6 x 6 exchange

As Cher's *original* helper in the ongoing 6 x 6 square exchange, I feel something needs addressing.

It clearly states in the FAQ's that you sign up HERE at the newsgroup.

*some* have been privately emailing Nora to sign up, and while I know that Nora doesn't "mind" (and will probably *say-so*).... I feel there is a REASON to publicly sign up... it is so ALL can SEE in ADVANCE who their potential partner might be..... and..... if there is a 'problem' .. IE, maybe you don't want to exchange with a particular person, etc... THEN you email Nora PRIVATELY and ask to not be paired with so-and-so. With these private sign-ups that have been occurring, no one has an opportunity to see the 'list' of signee's in advance... GET IT? example: I sign up privately. Nora pairs anonymous with me. Anonymous didn't even know that I had signed up this month, and gets paired with me when Nora posts the exchange list. Anonymous either can't stand me, or lives in another country and cannot justity the cost. NOW anonymous has to take the time to email Nora privately, and ask to be 'changed'... making more work for Nora, as the exchange list has already been posted. ... GET IT? Now, by publicly signing up.... anonymous sees in advance that I'm IN this month.... and can email Nora BEFORE she pairs us and request to NOT be paired with me. GET IT? Just my 2 cents.... Noreen the original first N in CNN, now the N in CNN Network
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Noreen's Knit*che
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Hi Noreen, The faqs were changed a while back, also, a list of people who sign up should be put out so that people can see if they are on the list and if not they can tell Nora... it was changed ages back, that some people could write to Nora privately because for one I had pc probs and crashed three times eventually it led to me being off list for a whole month or more, and since having a pc again, itis rather slow and so I haven't until today downloaded the newsgroups headers, it's taken an \hour to do so. |Also we changed it as we had two people asking to join us, but who were too shy to come onto the list ....at that time...to ask on list to sign up, they do now, and we felt that by allowing new members who were too scared to post to write to Nora for their first exchange, we could entice them onto list/group, by her and I pairing with them the first two months.....this has worked.

So that is why some email Nora now direct.....however a list of people who have signed up should go onto the newsgroup a day before the pairings go out. So far we have not met up with anyone not wanting to pair up with anyone else, and if we did then it would be dealt with.

I think \this is rather confusing now, as you have not seen the amended Faqs which were changed some months back when Norma came onboard. The group where you host the 6x6 info for us, probably needs updating, but as Nora is the sole person who takes on the role of pairing people up she now has her own way of doing this, and other than wanting info on this that and the other, I rarely interfere with her ways of doing it, only here if needed and as the founder of the exchange.

At the end of the day, it is meant to be a fun thing, a way of linking up our friends on here, some of whom have never spoken with their new partners, and maybe never would have done without this exchange. When both yourself and I coudn't do the pairings because of other commitments Nora stepped in and has done it ever since, happy to let us do it if and when we wanted to, but we both stepped out and since then she has done an admirable job as I'm sure you will agree.

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Cher

Hi Cher... I have seen the newer FAQ's that totally left me out, (and we discussed that....) remember our on and offlist discussion about that? In any case, the smartgroup is now for EVERY member of RCTY, not just exchangees, and has been that way since December,when *i* got back online. Yes, I agree it should be FUN. I need to talk to you privately offlist, as I have some other concerns that I will only discuss with you, the founder. Hugs, Noreen

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Noreen's Knit*che

OOPS, wasn't quite done... and yes, of course I agree that Nora's done a magnificent job. Hugs, Noreen

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Noreen's Knit*che

Noreen, I took you off of the 6x6 exchange when you asked everyone to vote on whether you stay or go....saying at that time that I hadn't realised how much of a strain this was for you....when you didn't reply to it, it was sent to you..when you didn't reply to that either I thought you were just being funny, why\ else would I have taken on Norma, when you'd first asked when I said it would ab\e too complicated with too many\ people doing it. I took her on after you were taken off the management team.

Hugs.\\|Cher

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Cher

Cher, that's OLD news/subject... and was put-away and forgotten long ago. what I need to discuss OFF list NOW is NEW news/subject. Noreen

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Noreen's Knit*che

Oh ok well email me \when you are ready then....Cheers......Cher

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Cher

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