Tweeking

Thanks everyone for your feedback. With a group like this we are bound to run into a glitch or two along the way so the input and comments are necessary. After careful examination we will be doing the following:

The official member widget will stay and it will be cleared after every exchange.

If you are interested in participating for the upcoming exchange then you must add your own name to the widget.

I will send out a reminder once a week to get your name on the official list if you are interested in participating.

Everyone has two weeks from the Monday exchange before they must commit to the next exchange. This will give everyone time to analyze their finincial situation, decide whether they need more food for next month or get other people set up with the group. In preparation for December 6th's exchange people must have their name on the official member widget by November 22. This will then give people time to decide what they want to do plus it still gives everyone at least two weeks to really shop the sales.

My recommendation for shopping the sales is shop them as early as you want. For the most part, people who are really interested in participating will add their names pretty early on. So you will have a feel for approximately how many people will be involved. If for example, chicken is on sale and it's still before the deadline then maybe you buy for what you already know or you buy more. Then if you don't end up using it all freeze it for next time or if you don't have enough then keep your eye out for another sale.

I hope this makes things a little clearer and easier. The whole point of this group is to make life easier. Just know that this isn't set in stone and if something just does not work for everyone then we can tweek some things again. But for this month let's try it this way. Thanks you guys!