Hi,
I know alot of you are frustrated about the rising costs of kettles. I still believe that locking the trading post will not matter and hurt the club in the long run. Glrasmussen had a great idea earlier to email a WKC advisor about grills that you would like to keep in the club. This is what I am envisioning:
If you find a SUPER rare grill and:
1- you don't want it
2- you don't know anyone that wants it
3- have no way to access said kettle
4- it's not public information yet
5- want it to stay in the WKC
You can pm or email the Grail-Fella (let's assume that person is me for now).
The Grail-fella's job is to do everything reasonably possible to get this grill into a local WKC member's hands. It will be the responsibility of that Grail-fella to:
1- Know who is in that area and in the market.
2- Know who is looking for what.
3- Have tools at his disposal to contact members.*
All members have access to email and pm of other members but only the Grail-fella will have access to "*the grill fella database"
The "Grill-fella database" is:
1- Earned by being an active and positive member of the WKC. The Grail-fella knows you already.
2- Opt-in. You can sign up for the database with your location. This does not guaranteed you will be contacted right away. I heard the Grail-fella is a nice guy but he prefers to get to know you first if you are new.
3- Part of the google map of WKC members
4- Allow you to have multiple locations in case a back up plan (Plan B) is needed.
5- Only active members will be contacted.
This gives preference to LOCAL members (Plan A), members' agents (Plan B), and then finally posted publically on WKC (Plan C) after A&B are exhausted.
The Grail-fella network is not for kinda rare stuff. This is not for a Red Master Touch. This is not for a SS Performer. You will know a grail when you see one.
This is all just an idea for now, but this could work. It's no work to you if you find something but kettle karma pays dividends well.