The problem is: everyone has their own opinion of what is safe.
THAT is why we ahould have people who KNOW what's safe/unsafe to approve bedding.
Just because someone is 100% sure that their bedding is safe, doesn't mean that it is. I recently saw a post on another forum where a new vendor was selling BEAUTIFUL pouches that she had created. However, they were made with "furry fleece", which is extremely dangerous because gliders can easily get their little feet caught in the strings. Anyways, the point is that I'm sure she's not intentially making unsafe pouches, she just doesn't know any better. I think that's why people are so afraid to buy from newbies, not because they make bad bedding, but because some of them jsut don't know any better.
I'm hoping that by appointing people to approve bedding then it will help newbies to learn how to make bedding properly and will give buyers the confidence to know that that person's bedding is safe because it's been checked by experienced, knowledgeable people in the glider community.
I've scratched the poll because it's been pointed out to me that 1) things need to get settled out first and 2) having a poll might be an altogether bad idea. It would probably be best to jsut stick to having a couple members in charge that have been around for a while, know how to sew, and are unbaised against people based on their past/current relationship with that person or their status as a member(newbie/oldie). The first 3 people that come to my mind are Suz, Karin, and Alicia(queenduck). If they would be willing to volunteer for this(Suz and Karin are in, but we'd have to gang up on Alicia to force her to join in, lol) then I think that it would eliminate the need to have "levels" of approvement or to even have more then one person check a piece of bedding because all 3 ladies that I just listed are experience in making, selling, buying, and having their gliders test their bedding.
There would be no need to doubt their approval because they're all going to have the same opinions on what is safe/unsafe because they've been around long enough to know the difference.