mbroberg
IAP Activities Manager, Emeritus
Bash 10 is now wrapping up. The Donation Drawing is complete. We have a few more auctions but for the most part this Bash is history. But there will be another in just a short year from now!
The management of the IAP and the Bash Planners welcome your honest feedback. We know that we can't please everyone and we are not trying to. What we are trying to do is please as many of you as possible. We attempt to run a variety of fair, simple contests and events with two goals in mind. First, we are trying to raise enough funds to keep the site operational. The IAP does not want to be constantly badgering its members for money but the reality is that it takes money to keep this forum up and running. This once a year fundraising effort, and Jeff's stewardship of the funds seems to allow us to accomplish that.
Secondly we want to provide the members with the best on-line party experience we can. We want people to look forward to the Birthday Bash each year. I think the Birthday Bash allows us to do more than just raise some money; I think it brings us closer together as a community of individuals who share a common passion for creating pens as an art form and a common goal of improving ourselves in that regard.
What did you like about the Birthday Bash this year? What did you not like about the Birthday Bash this year? What should we continue to do? What should we no longer do? What do you think could be done better? What is absolutely perfect the way it is? What would you like to see expanded? What should be scaled back? What should be added? What should be eliminated?
You get the picture? We need your feedback in order to provide you with what it is you want.
I cannot promise you that each and every suggestion or comment will be implemented. I can promise you that each and every suggestion and comment will be read, considered, discussed and taken seriously. It is not up to the Bash Planners to decide what the Bash will be. It is up to the Bash Planners to provide the membership, or at least the majority of the membership, with the Bash that they want.
I'd like comments and suggestions posted here so that others may address them with further comments and suggestions. That will allow us to get an idea of what the really "Hot Topics" are. If, for some reason, you do not want your name associated with your comments or suggestions go ahead and PM them to me and I will post them on your behalf without identifying you.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and thanks in advance to those of you who respond. We look forward to your comments.