It looks like we may have a solution to our problem. This is the way I'm looking at it now -- let me know if your vision is different. We have 3 people who said they would give it a go, but not permanently. If the mug rug swap takes the summer off, then it could start up again in September. That means, beginning August 20th, someone will post the September swap, or maybe post September 1st. The way this swap has always been run is, we work a month ahead. So in September, we would be working on October mug rugs. This is only relevant if the theme is seasonal, of course. So the mug rug swap could be done by one person from September-November, 2nd person December-February, the 3rd person March-May. Then there's the summer again, although this could be decided later. We have jaba, Armylady, & klaws who said they could run the swap on a temporary basis -- if this system is agreeable to them. Or, they could rotate one month at a time, but hostess 3 swaps during the year (from September-May).
Does anyone else want to jump in & give hostessing a try? If we had 4 people, then each could hostess 2 swaps during that 9-month period. Oops ... mathematically, that doesn't work. but I'm sure someone will do the odd month.
Thank you to jaba, Armylady & klaws for offering to jump in & help out. How do you ladies want to work this?