Distribution and algorithm

Yes, you can cancel a distribution in order to restore participants' wishes.

When you run an automatic distribution, Racine uses the current wishes and priorities to allocate items.
If the result is not what you expected, or if you want to run a new distribution starting from the same set of wishes, you can use the cancel distribution option.

1. Open the relevant group.
2. Go to the group settings.
3. Use the “Cancel distribution” option (or its equivalent in your version of the app).

This will:

• remove the item allocations made during the cancelled distribution;
• restore wishes and their priorities as much as possible, even if some were modified in the meantime.

This allows you, for example, to:

• set up or adjust a consensual manual allocation first;
• then launch a new automatic distribution only on the remaining conflicting items, while keeping the original wish base.

👉 If you don't yet see the distribution cancellation option in your app, please:

• make sure you are using the latest version of Racine;
• contact us so we can assist you if needed.

The allocation proposed by Racine's algorithm is not final by itself.
It is a proposal intended to help the group reach an agreement.

• The group administrator can, if needed, cancel a distribution and reset the item allocations.
• The administrator has an important role: ideally, this is a person trusted by everyone, or even a neutral third party who does not take part in the allocation.

From a legal standpoint:

• the allocation only becomes truly binding if members sign an amicable settlement agreement (for example, attached to a deed prepared with a notary or lawyer);
• each member remains free to refuse the allocation if they feel unfairly treated; in that case, no amicable agreement is signed.

If no compromise can be found, the co‑owners may need to start a judicial partition procedure.
Racine’s goal is precisely to help avoid that by providing a fair, transparent, and well‑documented proposal.

In Racine, you can exchange an item between two participants once the allocation has started.

The idea is simple: you change which participant the item is assigned to, then save.

1. Open the relevant group.
2. Go to the list of items.
3. Tap the item you want to exchange to open its detailed view.
4. In the section showing which participant the item is assigned to, select the new beneficiary.
5. Save the item.

The item will then be reassigned to the new participant in the allocation table and in the group’s tracking screens.

Today, the item list in Racine is paginated: you see a certain number of items per page and need to change page to see the rest.

Originally, the app offered infinite scroll (continuous scrolling), but this caused performance and stability issues on some phones.
We therefore chose a more reliable paginated approach for now, while we work on bringing back an improved scrolling experience.

Regarding deleting items:

• for the moment, deleting can bring you back to the top of the list or the first page;
• it is not yet possible to delete a series of items while staying exactly at the same scroll position.

We are working on improving navigation and deletion in the item list.
In the meantime, if you need to delete many items, it can be easier to use the CSV export (filter the rows to remove, then adjust the inventory in the app).

Before you start a distribution, Racine asks you to select the participants who are involved.

This lets you distinguish between:

• people who actually take part in the sharing (those you tick);
• people who only view the items or help you prepare the inventory (not ticked).

In practice:

• ticked participants can receive items during the distribution;
• unticked participants will not receive anything for that specific distribution, even if they expressed wishes.

This is useful, for example, when:

• you invite extended family members (grandchildren, cousins, etc.) so they can see the items and pass their wishes to a smaller group of decision-makers;
• you want to run the sharing in several rounds, with different subsets of people (for example, children first, then grandchildren).

You can create as many users as you need in a group, then decide on a case‑by‑case basis who is included in each distribution.