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Karen (babemuffin) and Debbie (lakelady2282) have let me know that they will both be withdrawing from this group, Karen after the April round and Debbie immediately.
I'd like to thank them very much for their participation up to this date and wish them all the best for the future.
Karen has asked me to pass on that if anyone is interested in her books on the list, please choose them this round as they will be unavailable going forward,
cheers
Rachel
I'd like to thank them very much for their participation up to this date and wish them all the best for the future.
Karen has asked me to pass on that if anyone is interested in her books on the list, please choose them this round as they will be unavailable going forward,
cheers
Rachel
2crimson-tide
I feel the issue of members leaving the box needs some further discussion. I suggested the following to Rachel, and she asked that I post it on the forum for comment.
I have absolutely no objection to members leaving, but I feel that the manner in which they withdraw needs to be fair to all. All the other VBBs I belong to (or have belonged to in the past) require members to leave their books in the box and continue to send if requested, or replace as necessary, until they have none remaining.
We all contribute two books to the box when we join. If someone leaves with (say) five books in the available list, and those books are simply removed, then that member has obviously chosen and received three more books than they have sent out to others (because their books were not chosen). To me, this really doesn't seem fair to all the other players.
I'm in a couple of (international) VBBs over on BookObsessed that I'd really like to get out of, but I still need to keep replacing my books with new ones until I put something in that is chosen, and until I have no books at all left in the box. It's a bit of a pain, but I see the reasoning, and it's only fair to all. Otherwise I could choose half a dozen (or more) books I want and then say "sorry, gotta go"!!
In the case of this VBB, I'd be happy with a compromise in that members could leave when they have only two books left (the same number they put in at the start) rather than having to wait until they are all chosen.
-- cross posted here and on the "Proposed changes to the guidelines for the VBB" thread --
I have absolutely no objection to members leaving, but I feel that the manner in which they withdraw needs to be fair to all. All the other VBBs I belong to (or have belonged to in the past) require members to leave their books in the box and continue to send if requested, or replace as necessary, until they have none remaining.
We all contribute two books to the box when we join. If someone leaves with (say) five books in the available list, and those books are simply removed, then that member has obviously chosen and received three more books than they have sent out to others (because their books were not chosen). To me, this really doesn't seem fair to all the other players.
I'm in a couple of (international) VBBs over on BookObsessed that I'd really like to get out of, but I still need to keep replacing my books with new ones until I put something in that is chosen, and until I have no books at all left in the box. It's a bit of a pain, but I see the reasoning, and it's only fair to all. Otherwise I could choose half a dozen (or more) books I want and then say "sorry, gotta go"!!
In the case of this VBB, I'd be happy with a compromise in that members could leave when they have only two books left (the same number they put in at the start) rather than having to wait until they are all chosen.
-- cross posted here and on the "Proposed changes to the guidelines for the VBB" thread --
3babemuffin
Appreciate your thoughts, crimson-tide.
The only reason I'm withdrawing (temporarily -maybe for the rest of this year) is because we're moving. We are currently building a house but whilst it's being built we're moving in with my in-laws. All of our stuff will have to go into storage and I'm trying to minimise things to put into storage. I'd like to get back into VBB when we're settled into our new place (probably with 'new' books as I'd like to not store what I have now).
So far, I've received 2 books and sent out 1. I'm more than happy, at the end of this round, to send out to anyone any books I've put into the box. At the moment, these are the books in the box from me:
The White Tiger
The Woodlanders
Vanity Fair
Memoirs of a Geisha
The first book I've received and ready to go back in the box is A Town Like Alice. The second book I've received (but not read and will therefore kept til I'm back in) is the African Trilogy.
-- cross posted on the "Proposed changes to the guidelines for the VBB" thread --
The only reason I'm withdrawing (temporarily -maybe for the rest of this year) is because we're moving. We are currently building a house but whilst it's being built we're moving in with my in-laws. All of our stuff will have to go into storage and I'm trying to minimise things to put into storage. I'd like to get back into VBB when we're settled into our new place (probably with 'new' books as I'd like to not store what I have now).
So far, I've received 2 books and sent out 1. I'm more than happy, at the end of this round, to send out to anyone any books I've put into the box. At the moment, these are the books in the box from me:
The White Tiger
The Woodlanders
Vanity Fair
Memoirs of a Geisha
The first book I've received and ready to go back in the box is A Town Like Alice. The second book I've received (but not read and will therefore kept til I'm back in) is the African Trilogy.
-- cross posted on the "Proposed changes to the guidelines for the VBB" thread --
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