[Gemme]

Originally Posted by sis

Just wading in on the date deadline.....I mailed a personal package to you, Jennifer, on January 3rd. My ChinaPost tracking said it cleared customs to leave China on January 16th. Sometimes, those not living in the US have no control over the postal service. Yes, it went airmail. This is one reason I've only participated in projects due at the beginning of July and even then I have sent them express mail as CanadaPost has its issues. Perhaps there can be some consideration as the need arises for those not living on the continental US.

Do you feel that there has been inconsideration towards you and others throughout the years who are not in the continental US?

I feel we all want to be inclusive of everyone but sometimes customs can really bog things down. I know that I appreciate that you take the mail flow into consideration when you sign up for projects and, as you said, send your packages so they will reach their destination in a timely manner when you are in Canada.

Part of the reason we designed the tardiness rule was how long it was taking work to come in to the wrangler, if it came at all. Just like there are consequences to not meeting a deadline in the real world, we had to come up with consequences here too as we all take time out of our lives to do these projects and no one should have to wait weeks and even months for those projects to go out. It sometimes holds up future projects and really takes the morale down, in my opinion.

I'm obviously not outside of the US, but I do believe that in 99% of the rounds, ample time is given to complete the project and get it to the wrangler. This time things were a bit tighter. If I'm missing something, please let me know specifics as this would help others going forward the next time we have a round that includes international participants.

Should we have one long round with an extended arrival date, maybe around the time that you are in Canada? It's really too confusing to have multiple projects going on at the same time unless they are super short and easy ones, I think, but one long and one short in short succession might work.

I don't see why we can't make any adjustments that are necessary for all to feel as included as possible but we can't draw out every round either. We have to strike the balance between the two.