Announcement/general discussion thread about changes to seed runs

[LemonadeJoe]

@Kushking902

Also who’s in this action group?

Currently only the distributors which make the backbone of the seed runs co-op. Check them out: Action Group Members

@HolyAngel

I mean… to be fair, its a whole $2 per person per strain that the site would be missing out on.

I don’t think that’s correct. It’s a non-profit, community driven effort. That $2 covers shipping and packaging… Only if there is anything left after covering all costs, it is donated to the site as it was outlined in the original statement…

@MomOnTheRun

All package prices are in USD and determined by your regional postage costs plus 2 dollars USD per seed strain to cover costs of packaging and mailing to distributors as needed with any excess balance over 155.00 going to OverGrow server costs.

@willie

I never realized that rare and discontinued were the sole parameters for a seed run.

Yes, that’s a fact. Please read the first sentence in the original statement. The goal is to preserve strains, not to make cheap knock-offs. Don’t forget, there are original breeder’s rights to a strain and other obstacles that prevent blanket inclusion in the co-op effort. And practically, with the growing number of OG members the distributors would be quickly overwhelmed, so they need to get back to the original mission and that is to preserve strains.

@HolyAngel

Everyone is free to keep making their seed runs.

Exactly.

@Kushking902

Is this the beginning of loosing those freedoms?

Not at all!

Hopefully I understand it correctly. The difference is between co-op seed runs and individual seed runs. Co-ops can use the system in place for the distribution (that means breeders can send bulk seeds if they are approved in the voting topic). Individual seed runs can be accepted too, but only if they pre-package individual packs.

See below:

@G-paS

Each breeder needs to have their co-op grows pre-approved. Non approved grows fall under individual grow.