I think Rena is having some health problems (or at least she was a few weeks ago).
If there is enough interest right now, someone can PM Rena and see if she's up to hosting at this time. Someone could sub for her if she's not up to it.
There's a lot of work involved in hosting. Mostly, it's getting the word out that a swap is in progress. We're stuck away in this little corner of the internet, so few people know there's a swap going on. If you mention it on the main forum, your post will be deleted or moved unless it's part of a larger post. So even publicizing it on this forum is difficult. Rena sent PMs to all the people who have participated before. She seems to come up with enough participants to make them successful, however she does it.
In addition, you have to deal with the people who don't mail on time, or don't cut correctly, or don't like the way the swap is set up or send in fabric that doesn't meet the criteria. Doing the actual swap is easy. Getting the people to participate and follow the rules is the difficult part.
Of course, you have to respond to all the questions which involves checking the website almost daily.
If anyone wants to substitute host for Rena, I suggest you check with
Patrice J (the moderator for this swap) and ask her what procedure to follow before PMing Rena. I believe that all hosts have to be cleared by Patrice J.
bkay