Mr Ed
Established Member
Its that time again folks. On the basis of the uptake and success of last years event I presume people are going to want to do it again.
For those new to the forum, the idea is that you enter your name into the random draw and everyone is allocated the name of another entrant. You send a handtool gift of your choosing and receive one back from someone else. Thats it, simply really. For inspiration, here is last years picture thread https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... cret+santa
I'm happy to administrate proceedings again and suggest we adopt the rules from last year, which are as follows;
1. If you wish to participate, PM me your name and postal address (I will not disclose this to anyone other than your allocated santa) If you were in last year and have not moved house I still have the list, so just PM and say you're in again.
2. Closing date for names to be with me is 31st October
3. There is no upper or lower value limit - you should give something that you would be happy to receive yourself.
4. Gifts can be shop-made, purchased, something you already own ; whichever suits you best, provided it is handtool related. Personally I think we will get most satisfaction out of this by going with shop-made items if you can, but its by no means compulsory.
5. Once I have all the names I will allocate a Santa to each of the participants in a random draw.
6. Once the list is compiled I will PM the name and address of the person you are allocated to send a gift to, back to you.
7. You are responsible for organising (and paying for) the postage of the gift to arrive in time. I think in the interests of fairness we should assume this is UK only as a starting point, then if the need for any international santa transactions arises I'll try to find someone who is OK with the additional postage costs, but no guarantees.
8. If for whatever reason you need to drop out, let me know as soon as you can so I can try and rearrange the list
9. Wether you choose to remain anonymous to the receiver is entirely up to you - last year some did and some didn't
10.Some gifts arrived late last year, so I must stress that this only works if you get your act together to get it sent in time. If anyone has a suggestion to make things go smoother this year I'm all ears.
Please post any queries or things I forgot in this thread. If anyone has suggestions of things to improve or change from last year please let me know.
If you watched from the sidelines last year, get on board this time its a bit of yuletide fun!
Cheers, Ed.
:ho2
For those new to the forum, the idea is that you enter your name into the random draw and everyone is allocated the name of another entrant. You send a handtool gift of your choosing and receive one back from someone else. Thats it, simply really. For inspiration, here is last years picture thread https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... cret+santa
I'm happy to administrate proceedings again and suggest we adopt the rules from last year, which are as follows;
1. If you wish to participate, PM me your name and postal address (I will not disclose this to anyone other than your allocated santa) If you were in last year and have not moved house I still have the list, so just PM and say you're in again.
2. Closing date for names to be with me is 31st October
3. There is no upper or lower value limit - you should give something that you would be happy to receive yourself.
4. Gifts can be shop-made, purchased, something you already own ; whichever suits you best, provided it is handtool related. Personally I think we will get most satisfaction out of this by going with shop-made items if you can, but its by no means compulsory.
5. Once I have all the names I will allocate a Santa to each of the participants in a random draw.
6. Once the list is compiled I will PM the name and address of the person you are allocated to send a gift to, back to you.
7. You are responsible for organising (and paying for) the postage of the gift to arrive in time. I think in the interests of fairness we should assume this is UK only as a starting point, then if the need for any international santa transactions arises I'll try to find someone who is OK with the additional postage costs, but no guarantees.
8. If for whatever reason you need to drop out, let me know as soon as you can so I can try and rearrange the list
9. Wether you choose to remain anonymous to the receiver is entirely up to you - last year some did and some didn't
10.Some gifts arrived late last year, so I must stress that this only works if you get your act together to get it sent in time. If anyone has a suggestion to make things go smoother this year I'm all ears.
Please post any queries or things I forgot in this thread. If anyone has suggestions of things to improve or change from last year please let me know.
If you watched from the sidelines last year, get on board this time its a bit of yuletide fun!
Cheers, Ed.
:ho2
