Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Secret Santa!
A reminder to sign up by Sat. if you want to participate. -- phoebe --- On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:51 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@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 sa...@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 -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Secret Santa!
phoebe ayers wrote: 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. ... * 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. Anyone on the list who uses eBay (or similar site) can purchase online and have the seller send the item directly to the recipient. Ray ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Secret Santa … and Env ironment
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:51 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@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. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/freakonomics/pdf/WaldfogelDeadweightLossXmas.pdf ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Secret Santa … and En vironment
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:51 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@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. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/freakonomics/pdf/WaldfogelDeadweightLossXmas.pdf LOL. Is this the dreaded sweater return problem in economics? :) Anyway, such economic analysis make the assumption that the gift is worth a fixed, intrinsic value to start with. A piece of paper, envelope and (domestic) stamp costs about 50 cents, but a letter from a friend is, as the commercials say, priceless. I like to sign up for gift exchanges, send postcards when on vacation, and keep penpals because all of these activities help build community and friendship, and it's a lot of fun to receive something that you know someone thought about and wanted to surprise you with, and to do the same for someone else. I blogged my thoughts on gift-giving, from a U.S. non-religious-but-still-celebrates-Christmas perspective, last year at this time: http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog/?p=566 But the reason I said this exchange was optional is because, obviously, it's optional :) only people who find such things fun and valuable should sign up. I also forgot to mention that I can set up do-not-draw lists for people if you're concerned about not getting paired with someone. -- phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
