SVB
Established Member
Well folks,
Following my post in the earlier thread offering to help if no one came forward I am here to offer my services
. I do work full time and have a young family so may not be able to be quite as attentive to 'coach' stragglers as Waka always managed to do so effectively, but I will certainly do my best to make sure this year's event is a successful as previous years'.
I propose using the following rules that have served us well (copyright Waka acknowledged!)
Secret Santa Rules
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 hand tool gift of your choosing and receive one back from someone else. That’s it, simply really. 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 forum handle, email and postal address I will not disclose this to anyone other than your allocated Santa.
2. Closing date for names to be with me is 10th November. You will be informed of your SS within a week.
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 hand tool related. Many have commented on getting 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.
8. SS gifts should be sent no later than 10th December to allow for delivery before Christmas.
9. 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.
10. Whether you choose to remain anonymous to the receiver is entirely up to you - last year some did and some didn't.
Please post any queries or things I forgot in this thread.
So, there it is, 10 days to put your hat in the ring and let's hope this year's event will be the most successful to date.
Best regards
Simon. :ho2
Following my post in the earlier thread offering to help if no one came forward I am here to offer my services
. I do work full time and have a young family so may not be able to be quite as attentive to 'coach' stragglers as Waka always managed to do so effectively, but I will certainly do my best to make sure this year's event is a successful as previous years'.I propose using the following rules that have served us well (copyright Waka acknowledged!)
Secret Santa Rules
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 hand tool gift of your choosing and receive one back from someone else. That’s it, simply really. 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 forum handle, email and postal address I will not disclose this to anyone other than your allocated Santa.
2. Closing date for names to be with me is 10th November. You will be informed of your SS within a week.
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 hand tool related. Many have commented on getting 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.
8. SS gifts should be sent no later than 10th December to allow for delivery before Christmas.
9. 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.
10. Whether you choose to remain anonymous to the receiver is entirely up to you - last year some did and some didn't.
Please post any queries or things I forgot in this thread.
So, there it is, 10 days to put your hat in the ring and let's hope this year's event will be the most successful to date.
Best regards
Simon. :ho2
