Dear Members,
As our site continues to grow, the interest for Geek Critques increase. We are currently reviewing four cigars per month, two via retail sponsorship and two via member sponsorship. In order to continue our progress with this venture it is imperative to not only keep ahead of the demand in an organized fashion, but most importantly to honor our sponsors by providing reviewers who can adhere to our posted deadlines.
Beginning today, a reviewer who posts their review late will receive neutral feedback. A reviewer who does not post at all will receive negative feedback. There are always exceptions to the rule, and a reasonable excuse for tardiness or a no show will be respected and thus not counted against the reviewer. Our sponsoring members and our administrators make the choice of who is to participate in any particular Geek Critique and can be better informed of their choices with this new initiative in place.
Our retail sponsors trust our site and our members in order to have their cigar exceptionally reviewed. In exchange, we promise those reviews to be posted for two weeks on our home page. It is in our best interest to adhere to our part of the bargain and get those five reviews posted accordingly. Our member sponsors are extremely generous. They not only provide a cigar for a reviewer to review, but they quite often send something extra along as well. On top of this, they ship it to your door for free. And on top of everything else, they do it five times over. The very least a reviewer can do is to get the review in on time and communicate when they cannot.
You may have noticed that due dates are usually scheduled for one week before the actual posting day. This is because the reviews need to first be edited by our admins and then passed on to Paul to organize them with pics, headers and footers. Please allow us the time to do this work by submitting your reviews on time. In most cases we are well organized and make great efforts to ensure the cigar arrives at your door well in advance of the due date. We will continue our efforts to give the reviewer access to the review template as soon as possible.
The best way to avoid any neutral or negative feedback would be to communicate with either the sponsor or the coordinating admin before the deadline. It is not only imperative to the scheduled process, but mostly it is being respectful to the sponsors and those behind the scene working to get the reviews posted according to our commitments.
A special thanks goes out to all of our sponsors and reviewers. Your Geek Critique sponsorship and participation is greatly valued, assuredly appreciated, and an integral part of our successful community.