New rule for penpal thread that applies to all group projects:
I think we've experienced a slow down on this thread because folks are reluctant to sign up for projects when we are having some people repeatedly not come through with what they signed up for.
For 2015, the rule is if one of us is more than a week late or drops out of a project for whatever reason, that person is welcome to continue posting but is not allowed to sign up for a project again until 2016. No exceptions. This rule must be posted at the bottom of all new projects that are being wrangled so that members can thoughtfully consider whether we wish to commit to a new project.
This is not a punishment but is a way to try and make the group projects something members can trust that we are getting what we signed up for.
This is a new beginning, so we are all starting at the same place
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