Featured 4/26/2026,Frag Swap member feedback

[MichaelB]

Thanks everyone that volunteered and made the swap possible. It was great seeing everyone that came out.

I'm just seeking some general feedback on the swap as a whole. Rather positive, negative, or suggestions for future swaps.

If you prefer to stay incognito feel free to message me and I could post your feedback for you.

I would urge people to keep things general this isn't a place to bash or single anyone out.

The goal here is to hear the thoughts from those that attended.

General:
What did we do right?
What could we do better?
Was there adquate notice given of the swap date?


Location:
Parking? (If we get this place again we will look into prepaid Parking passes)
Layout?
For those that brought kids or family what where there general thoughts?
Food? (Just don't ask for steak and lobster)
Raffle?
General start and end time of the swap?

Swap related:
Ultra/ Bonus Rounds/ regular picking rounds ?
Time allowed for each round?
Coral variety?
Section of Ultra/bonus coral?
Coral picking area layout?


*Keep in mind sharing your ideas, or feedback won't mean that things are going to change specifically because you mentioned something.

I plan to take all the feedback and ideas into consideration along with the rest of the Bod to see what's practical that we can do/adjust to improve our future memeber only frag swaps.

Lastly the above questions are only a guide and your not expected to answer all of them or stick to the script. I plan to feature this for a few days to give members a chance to respond.

Thanks, Michael

 

[clownvan]

it was my first one, so really all i have are positives.

positive -

• all around camaraderie!!!
• the location was great
• liked that the bathroom had more than one of eveything
• food was plentiful
• parking was plentiful
• lots of space to mingle around

negative

• parking kiosk was not obvious to me. thankfully @supra pointed it out to me.

 

[MichaelB]

it was my first one, so really all i have are positives.

positive -

• all around camaraderie!!!
• the location was great
• liked that the bathroom had more than one of eveything
• food was plentiful
• parking was plentiful
• lots of space to mingle around

negative

• parking kiosk was not obvious to me. thankfully @supra pointed it out to me.

I admit I never found the parking kiosk myself. I was only told there was one.

 

[SupraSaltyReefer]

it was my first one, so really all i have are positives.

positive -

• all around camaraderie!!!
• the location was great
• liked that the bathroom had more than one of eveything
• food was plentiful
• parking was plentiful
• lots of space to mingle around

negative

• parking kiosk was not obvious to me. thankfully @supra pointed it out to me.

I ended up using the QR code that was posted on the doors.

 

[L/B Block]

Overall this swap went well I thought.
I thought venue was spacious enough and tables well laid out.
Good space for freebies and DBTC.

My only two suggestions -
1) Signs -it was not so evident where it was-if I had not followed another car and then person-it may be been a bit more challenging to find that specific spot.
2) Time-overall time allotted is fine for each round-but for those with #5 that get to choose two but they only get the same amount of time as numbers 1-4# as they are going up and down. I think that they should get some extra time.

My two cents.

 

[MichaelB]

Overall this swap went well I thought.
I thought venue was spacious enough and tables well laid out.
Good space for freebies and DBTC.

My only two suggestions -
1) Signs -it was not so evident where it was-if I had not followed another car and then person-it may be been a bit more challenging to find that specific spot.
2) Time-overall time allotted is fine for each round-but for those with #5 that get to choose two but they only get the same amount of time as numbers 1-4# as they are going up and down. I think that they should get some extra time.

My two cents.

Fair consideration on the time group 5 is allowed.

Will also put more thoughts into signage.

 

[jaysway]

It was not only my first swap but also my first bar event and I was thoroughly impressed, I'll be sure to attend as many as possible and look forward to giving more frags back once these grow out!

 

[Qckslvr]

Fair consideration on the time group 5 is allowed.

Will also put more thoughts into signage.

The BAR might want to consider investing in a nice sandwich board or 2 with a magnetic arrow that can be easily flipped. Doesn't need to have a date or anything on it, just something pointing the way. It could have a blank spot on it where you could write the event with a dry erase marker. Kinda like the sample bellow (something nicer than 5 minutes on a dealership work PC)

But the Wife and I both really enjoyed the event, and talking with everyone. At some point during the event maybe announce on the PA a reminder of the raffle.

The parking permits were kind of a PITA. Only one working kiosk and a QR code that was more geared towards student registration than visitors.

 

[MichaelB]

The BAR might want to consider investing in a nice sandwich board or 2 with a magnetic arrow that can be easily flipped. Doesn't need to have a date or anything on it, just something pointing the way. It could have a blank spot on it where you could write the event with a dry erase marker. Kinda like the sample bellow (something nicer than 5 minutes on a dealership work PC)

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But the Wife and I both really enjoyed the event, and talking with everyone. At some point during the event maybe announce on the PA a reminder of the raffle.

The parking permits were kind of a PITA. Only one working kiosk and a QR code that was more geared towards student registration than visitors.

Not a bad idea. I actually have a single a frame sign used for my catering stuff. If we could get a sign with arrow that goes both ways we could easily attached it.

Lol granted how that parking lot surrounds the building we would probably need at least 5 a frame signs.

In addtion I could definitely get a little more fancy with a Google map image to point people the way. Over my last minute attempt to help people the day of the swap.

Thanks for all the help from you and your wife. Is it safe to assume your our raffle guy for the next swap?

 

[Qckslvr]

Not a bad idea. I actually have a single a frame sign used for my catering stuff. If we could get a sign with arrow that goes both ways we could easily attached it.

Lol granted how that parking lot surrounds the building we would probably need at least 5 a frame signs.

In addtion I could definitely get a little more fancy with a Google map image to point people the way. Over my last minute attempt to help people the day of the swap.

Thanks for all the help from you and your wife. Is it safe to assume your our raffle guy for the next swap?

indeed, wife enjoyed taking photos as well. So you can count her in as well.

 

[Turkeysammich]

Not a bad idea. I actually have a single a frame sign used for my catering stuff. If we could get a sign with arrow that goes both ways we could easily attached it.

Lol granted how that parking lot surrounds the building we would probably need at least 5 a frame signs.

In addtion I could definitely get a little more fancy with a Google map image to point people the way. Over my last minute attempt to help people the day of the swap.

Thanks for all the help from you and your wife. Is it safe to assume your our raffle guy for the next swap?

Arnold said we had a few floating around back in the day. He said they were those saw horses. We just had that conversation. Lol
Maybe some old members know where they are at.