Anyone planning a OB Spring Project for 2014

[Polarizeme]

I'd really love to get in on one of these.

Is anyone planning one?

[Daethen]

I was just thinking of asking this same question. And I would love it if we did another flask project. I didn't get in on the last one.

[Polarizeme]

That's what I was thinking. I'd love to do a flask. Do you know of any good sources?

[Daethen]

Not really, but someone will

[theroc1217]

I hope so. I was thinking a flask of something uncommon would be nice.

[zxyqu]

Flasks were a great idea and an issue. It's such a long wait and availability is always tricky. Plus they can be expensive sometimes. But it doesn't have to be official for a project to find a small interested group. Hopefully the moss will catch on and if not a little side project can spring up.

[billc]

Get a flask and join the existing project. The way my paph deflasks are going it will be several years!

Bill

[Polarizeme]

Maybe I should see if I can find a flask. Isn't that project almost a year old?

[RosieC]

We usually wait until the weather warms up a bit more (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere).

Anyone can run a project so if you are interested in running one contact the moderators. There is no-one official chosen to run one this spring, but someone did ask me about it back in the autumn and say they might look to run one. I can't remember who it was though now.

I would advise against another flask one straight away, it's nice to keep doing different things to give as many people as possible something that is of interest to them.

Usually the process for the project is as follows...
1. Ask for people who are interested to sign up (to get an idea of numbers).
2. Ask for ideas for the project (unless the person running it has a fixed idea what they want to do). This can also involve researching the requirements of various plants to give a selection that meet certain criteria.
3. Vote on what the project will be (there can sometimes be a few rounds of this).
4. Once a plant (or type of plant) is chosen people buy it and start discussing.

The person running it raises the threads and co-ordinates the discussions (moderators can make threads into stickes where required). In early projects the person running it also did a lot of research into the plants being suggested, but in more recent years we asked people suggesting plants to do a lot of the research, even so consolidating that info could be a lot of work. When looking to buy just one plant, the person running the project also needs to check availability with vendors (usually for Europe, USA and Canada, if there are a lot of people wanting to take part from another country that also needs checking). There is no point choosing a plant that most people on the project can't get. Once the project is underway there is not much more needs doing.

Camille and I worked together on one a couple of years back, others have been run by one person. The flasking project was I think a little simpler to run as there was less research and more flexibility with what people were buying (so everyone could research their own flask).

[billc]

Originally Posted by Polarizeme

Maybe I should see if I can find a flask. Isn't that project almost a year old?

I think it started last May/June but it's more of an ongoing venture (or adventure). It's been a good growing experience watching the little ones develop.

Bill