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Old 10-12-18, 09:45 PM  
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2018 Holiday gift exchange!!

Hi Everyone,

It's time for our annual gift exchange! It says 2017 in the title --- but I can't figure out how to edit that --- sorry!

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 11-2-2018. 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 11-3-18, 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 fitness gift (usually a DVD, but more and more ---- access to streaming sites) 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 8th. Please make sure that you can postmark your gift by December 8th --- 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.

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! I haven't been on the site much this year --- work has been super busy. It'll be good to see how everyone's doing....

THANKS!
Anne.

Last edited by ots; 10-13-18 at 10:13 PM. Reason: tried to edit title --- to no avail...OK done!
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Old 10-12-18, 09:55 PM  
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Funny you posted this because this popped into my mind yesterday!
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Old 10-13-18, 04:16 AM  
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Old 10-13-18, 10:19 AM  
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Edit your post, then click on "go advanced" and it will let you edit your title.
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Old 10-13-18, 10:14 PM  
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Edit your post, then click on "go advanced" and it will let you edit your title.
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Old 10-14-18, 10:44 AM  
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I had a great time last year - a wonderful Santa and a wonderful Santee! I'll give it some thought for 2018.
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Old 10-14-18, 11:39 AM  
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I logged in today and was pleased to see a post about this event! I love to participate each year. It would be wonderful if more people would join in the fun.
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Old 10-17-18, 08:42 AM  
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Old 10-22-18, 08:11 AM  
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I just sent you an email Anne.
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