mbroberg
IAP Activities Manager, Emeritus
I've had another member step up and volunteer to run another Pass it Forward activity. Before we start another one I want to get some opinions on a potential issue with how these things play out.
In my mind the emphasis should be on quality over quantity. Pass it Forward Activities always start out in small flat rate boxes and as the box progresses it grows. Every time the box grows so do the shipping expenses. Members participating south of the half way point get stuck paying higher and higher shipping.
Is this a problem? Are the expanding boxes being filled with materials of equal quality of those that are being taken out?
Removing a $25 blank and replacing it with 5 or 6 blanks worth $5.00 each is not, in my opinion, what should be happening. That $25 blank should be replaced with another blank worth $25 or more (preferably a little more). Several blanks, say 3 blanks worth $10 each should be replaced with 3 or fewer blanks valued at a total of $30 or more. The size of the box should not be increasing, the value of the box should be.
Once the box has reached the end of the line it will be returned to the member who started the activity. It should be worth significantly more than it was when that member filled the original box. That could be considered the reward for the hastle of running the event; or the completed box could be sent out again to increase even further in value; or the box could be offered up as a prize in the BASH or some other IAP activity.
These are just my thoughts. What are yours. After all, these are your activities, not mine. Are things just fine with the Pass it Forward activities the way they are now or should we tighten up the rules to make sure that the quality of the boxes, not the size of the boxes, increase.
Please post opinions in this thread.
In my mind the emphasis should be on quality over quantity. Pass it Forward Activities always start out in small flat rate boxes and as the box progresses it grows. Every time the box grows so do the shipping expenses. Members participating south of the half way point get stuck paying higher and higher shipping.
Is this a problem? Are the expanding boxes being filled with materials of equal quality of those that are being taken out?
Removing a $25 blank and replacing it with 5 or 6 blanks worth $5.00 each is not, in my opinion, what should be happening. That $25 blank should be replaced with another blank worth $25 or more (preferably a little more). Several blanks, say 3 blanks worth $10 each should be replaced with 3 or fewer blanks valued at a total of $30 or more. The size of the box should not be increasing, the value of the box should be.
Once the box has reached the end of the line it will be returned to the member who started the activity. It should be worth significantly more than it was when that member filled the original box. That could be considered the reward for the hastle of running the event; or the completed box could be sent out again to increase even further in value; or the box could be offered up as a prize in the BASH or some other IAP activity.
These are just my thoughts. What are yours. After all, these are your activities, not mine. Are things just fine with the Pass it Forward activities the way they are now or should we tighten up the rules to make sure that the quality of the boxes, not the size of the boxes, increase.
Please post opinions in this thread.