[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Secret Santa!

Thu Dec 17 22:31:10 UTC 2009

A reminder to sign up by Sat. if you want to participate. -- phoebe

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On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:51 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Wikimedians,
>
> Austin and I thought it might be fun to have a Secret Santa New Year's
> drawing among Wikimedia friends! We're basing it on the MetaFilter
> community Secret Santa drawing, which has 256 participants and uses a
> website called Elfster.
>
> Totally optional of course, but totally fun to get random things in
> the mail from other community members.
>
> Here's the link to sign up and join the group, if you want to participate:
> http://www.elfster.com/apps/exchange/Join.aspx?euid=D78EF055-CF27-4E8F-8E29-205AE28927F6
>
> How it works:
>
> * Sign up at Elfster by Saturday, December 19 if you want to
> participate. This part is important -- we'll do the automagical
> drawing that day. Don't forget to add your address! (address settings
> are under "you" on the site; only the person who draws your name will
> be able to see your mailing address. But do remember that if you want
> to participate, you'll have to make your postal address available to
> at least one other person. The name you register with is visible to
> other group members, but not email.)
>
> * Elfster sends you the name of your secret santa recipient (from
> "santa at elfster.com")
>
> * buy, make or find a gift -- price guideline $10ish or less
> (+postage); it's just a guideline but don't go crazy. Small gifts are
> fine.
>
> * the deadline to get your present to your recipient is Saturday,
> January 16th (since we're starting so late -- and yes, the
> international mail will have delays).
>
> Happy New Years!
> -- Phoebe and Austin
>

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