BowWow, I agree this new Nasi proposal is deplorable. What exactly makes it new? Those who have the big bucks go to shadchanim. Those who don’t are ignored. Shadchanim work on cases they think will be easier to handle and ignore others. Why do they speak to more clients than they can handle. I have had so many girls tell me, “I was offered an interview and when I got there she didn’t eve give me the time of day. Her phone was ringing off the hook and she kept answering it.” So a shadchan should decide that she can work on 5 clients at once and then turn down others until she has another opening. Then give those five her full attention. Maybe that would allow her to be more successful.
In my neighborhood they started something that I wrote about years ago. The shuls are taking charge. There are representative in every shul that are collecting applications from all the singles in the shul and they are going to meet up with reps from other shuls to try and make shidduchim. The shuls and Rabbonim are finally getting involved. This should make a big difference in the networking process.