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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: maryland
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2019 Holiday Gift Exchange!
Hi Everyone,
It's time for our annual gift exchange! If you haven't participated before, it's a lot of fun. Read some of the past year's threads. And, if you are interested in a vidiot style holiday gift exchange, follow the directions below: 1. To participate: Please e-mail me by 11-2-2019. My e-mail address is mandagermain@comcast.net. Please put "VF Gift Exchange" in the subject line so I don't accidentally delete it as junk mail. Your e-mail should contain: Your VF Username (for example, mine is "ots") Your Real Name Your Mailing Address I will e-mail you a confirmation that I received your e-mail. If you do not receive a confirmation from me, that means I didn't receive it. In that case, please PM me at VF. Last year, a couple of people volunteered to be willing to be matched with our international VFers. If you're willing, let me know. 2. I will put all participants' names in a bucket. 3. On 11-3-19, I will e-mail each participant the name and address of another member (which I will get by drawing a name randomly from the bucket). In the past, we have had people that got the same person as a previous year - it's bound to happen. If that happens to you and you want to switch out - let me know right away! 4. To participate, each person will send a fitness related gift (in the past, it included a DVD, but other options are worth considering) that you think the person will really like. A wishlist thread is started after the names are sent out --- please participate in that thread. Your secret santa will be looking for your post! You may also include a small token gift (something inexpensive) that the person might like. Please remember to include some less expensive options on your wish list --- we come from all walks of life and I would hate for someone to feel like they can't participate because of costs. 5. Another fun part is searching the VF boards to learn more about your person to come up with the perfect items - read some of their posts. This is easy to do...just do a search under their username and all the threads they have participated in will come up. But, even if you don't post often, don't worry - I haven't posted in a while myself. It's all about having fun. 6. Gifts must be mailed out (postmarked) by December 7th. Please make sure that you can postmark your gift by December 7th --- some people have had to wait until after Christmas for their gifts and that isn't fair to them. Obviously, things happen -- but, let's stick with the holiday spirit! 7. This goes without saying, but PLEASE only sign up if you will follow-through. I'd hate to see anyone disappointed by not receiving a gift! This did happen in the past - so please be considerate. 8. Sherry7899 has agreed to once again serve as official VF elf! This means if you have questions or want to have someone reach out to your giftee, she will be there for you. She is also great at spreading the holiday cheer. Thanks Sherry!! Hope you will all participate...you can post comments here, but please remember to also e-mail me your user name, real name and address. Last, on this thread, I welcome comments on what we can do to improve the gift exchange. When we first started, it was VHS and some DVD. Then it became all DVD. Now some people are exclusively streaming. How should we adapt so that we can continue to have a great exchange? All suggestions welcome! It'll be good to see how everyone's doing.... THANKS! Anne. |
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