any ungifted Santa giftees at that point will have the option to throw their names back into the pool to be gifted by other volunteers
I really, really like that idea a lot.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
Anne W. - Nov 01, 2009 5:17:47 pm PST #4154 of 6786
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
beth b - Nov 01, 2009 5:22:13 pm PST #4155 of 6786
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I like it too. I might be able to pick up an orphaned giftee , because christmas pressures will be gone.
esse - Nov 01, 2009 8:24:27 pm PST #4156 of 6786
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Pinch hitting! We should definitely do that.
Laga - Nov 01, 2009 9:11:55 pm PST #4157 of 6786
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I enjoyed pinch hitting when I was a brand new buffista but I'm not sure I like the idea of a deadline as early as March for Slackers. One of the best gifts I ever got was (iirc) delivered in June.
NoiseDesign - Nov 01, 2009 10:59:26 pm PST #4158 of 6786
Our wings are not tired
I'm one of the people spending all year ruining Christmas. My gift has been sitting here while my schedule has been kicking my ass for months and I haven't mailed it.
Seems fitting that I haven't gotten my gift either.
I will not participate in the gift exchange in the future.
Nilly - Nov 04, 2009 4:31:26 am PST #4159 of 6786
Swouncing
Sorry for the late response (the rain that usually arrives with the season surprises everybody completely, as usual too, so there were electricity problems for the last couple of days).
So it seems like people still wanna play with Secret Santa, with a slacker deadline of March, right? I'd love to organize that.
And, as I said several times on the Good Riddance thread, since there are several gifts which were not openly posted about in thread, if there are any giftless giftees from the Goodbye 2009 exchange, could you please e-mail me, so that I could follow what's going on, and see if anything can be done, even at this late date?
Also, msbelle rocks.
Pix - Nov 07, 2009 3:46:56 pm PST #4160 of 6786
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
This conversation petered out, but I think it's important enough to put out as an official proposal to talk about in Lightbulbs.
Proposal: To set a closing deadline of March 31st for the Goodbye and Good Riddance Thread (I think the actual date is good thing to debate in Lightbulbs), with the caveat that any ungifted Santa or Slacker Santa giftees at that point will have the option to throw their names back into the pool to be gifted by other volunteers (with the wonderful, "shit happens, no hard feelings" attitude Vortex and others demonstrated in B'craxy). This would be a way for people who found themselves unable to gift for one reason or another to bow out gracefully and for everyone to get closure on the year without the thread going on for months.
Seconds?
Hil R. - Nov 07, 2009 3:53:58 pm PST #4161 of 6786
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Second.
amych - Nov 07, 2009 3:58:21 pm PST #4162 of 6786
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Third
Sue - Nov 07, 2009 4:03:38 pm PST #4163 of 6786
hip deep in pie
fourth