Everyone who signs up will be giving and receiving a gift. It’s lots of fun, last year we had 80 entries, let's make the 2007 goal 100 gifts given and recieved. I’m trying to get it going earlier this year so you have two weeks to sign up and extra time to pick out and purchase gifts. I’m stating two extra rules this year you need to have 100 posts or an established member to vouch for you, and if you fail to send a present, the person who vouched for you is responsible for sending one on your behalf (unless you or an immediate family member has participated in the past) and those who did not send gifts last year but did sign up will not be included.
Gifts: Please spend close to $10, absolutely no more than $20. Home made gifts and gifts that are local to your area are the most fun. There will be a thread where you can say what you want, or at least your favorite colors and things you can’t have. Last year I got a model horse from Libbie, the year before I got gorgeous yarn from Coccinelle. Hatrack Festivus will gladly act as a go between for people who aren’t sure what to get.
November 14th: Deadline to sign up To sign up please email hatrackfestivus@gmail.com with your mailing address, intent to participate, and special requests (only from your country, no college students, allergies). If you are a college student, include both addresses just in case, or just the home one if that’s what you want. If you have some special situation like you are leaving for a mission, or traveling most of the holiday, you can still participate, just let us all know.
November 17th: Everyone will receive an email with their match. Please reply to that email as soon as possible after you get it.
December 1st: Mail gifts to college students (yes that will be listed in your info) College students, if that date is too late please let me know.
December 10th: All presents must be mailed. When you have mailed your present please email hatrackfestivus@gmail.com again.
When you receive your gift, please email once more letting us know that, then post in the “what I got thread” and reveal who it was. If you haven’t received a gift by December 24th email again and the hatrack angels will be notified.
Any questions just ask or email. If you have ideas, also email. The only way this can grow and develop is having ideas and problems with past years addressed and fixed.
Entries closed, info will be sent by the date required.
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I don't think it's fair to require 100 posts (although we have participated in a past so it's not a problem for our kids, we've had lurkers and newer members that have not had that many and have participated well in past years. I'm not sure I had many more than that when I first participated, the gift exchange was one of the first things I did on Hatrack.)
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Maybe modify the 100 posts rule to be "you need to have 100 posts or an established member to vouch for you, and if you fail to send a present, the person who vouched for you is responsible for sending one on your behalf."
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We had three lurkers and new members not send gifts last year, they just fell off the board. If someone is willing to do what Eros suggested please email.
KQ I'm fairly certain you had over a thousand posts in three months at hatrack.
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Ooh! Ooh! I've been so broke the past couple of years I haven't participated . . . this year I may just, how fun!
Breyerchic, thanks for coordinating this. I'm always so impressed by people who step up and take on things like this of their own free will! ;-)
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I should have sent it from my secondary account. For some reason that account gets counted as spam a lot.
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As a side note, I have found that it can be a good idea to require that all gift givers get a tracking number on pakages sent out. Maybe that is obvious, I dunno
quote:Originally posted by Pegasus: not enough posts Maybe next year.
Actually, I think breyer has said she's willing to change the rules to what I suggested - that people with less than 100 posts can participate if an established member will vouch for them. I also told her I'd be willing to vouch for a few, so if you wanna participate, just e-mail as directed in the first post. Posts: 4313 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Thanks Eros, I believe I will take you up on the offer, as I don't personally know anyone on this board.
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I'd be willing to vouch for a new person or two as well, if any others are wishing they could participate.
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I'm in. It was great fun last year - although I didn0t have 100 post then. In fact the gift exchange was the thing that switched froma lurker to a poster.
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I think whoever vouches for a new member takes it as their responsibility to send a gift for them, should the new member end up not doing it for whatever reason.
Just trying to avoid the unfortunate eventuality where people send gifts but do not receive one. It really kills the whole experience.
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quote:Originally posted by El JT de Spang: I think whoever vouches for a new member takes it as their responsibility to send a gift for them, should the new member end up not doing it for whatever reason.
Just trying to avoid the unfortunate eventuality where people send gifts but do not receive one. It really kills the whole experience.
That's my understanding. I understand why the restriction is in place and support it, but I also feel like the exchange is a great way to help new people people come to feel more integrated in the community (as anti-maven said). I'm more than willing to foster that by volunteering to be a second, so to speak, for a few new members who want to participate.
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You're covered with 149 posts, but I have to say that I'm surprised that you have so few; I'd have guessed that you had 8 or 9 times that number.
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Squish, you would also be covered under the "you or an immediate family member has participated in the past" exemption, even if you didn't have over 100 posts.
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Synesthesia, maybe you could count the Boy Scout Field Book as a belaited gift? I knew I had a "higher motive", I just didn't know what it was.
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Ok ^^ Boy Scout Manuals are useful just in case civilization should end or I end up lost in the woods.
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I'm amused and definitely not his wife... ^_^ Or at least marriage is one of those things I'd like to be in the loop about.
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quote:Originally posted by miamiandy: Guess I have to few posts to participate. Thats what I get for being a reader and not a poster on this forum.
Except that several of us have volunteered to vouch for members who'd like to participate but don't have the requisite number of posts.
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quote:Originally posted by Squish: I'm amused and definitely not his wife... ^_^ Or at least marriage is one of those things I'd like to be in the loop about.
I didn't think you were married to him... In fact, I forgot you knew him at all...
Brain not work so good.
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