GeekDavid
Auror
Just an idea I've been noodling in my head for a while, want to see what all of you think of this. Here's the main points of the idea:
This would be a completely voluntary idea... you'd have to sign up to be part of it. Sometime between the end of November and the middle of December I'd randomly pick people to get holiday gifts for each other. (One thing that's up for debate... does A get a gift for B and B get a gift for A, or does A get a gift for B, B get a gift for C, and C get a gift for D?)
Since we're all readers and writers, the gifts would be books (traditional paper or e-books) chosen off the recipient's Amazon wish list (which means that no one has to know the recipient's address except Amazon). Of course, you'd have to tell the coordinator (me) the web address of your Amazon wish list so I can pass it on to whoever is getting you a gift.
The giver should make every effort to follow the recipient's guidelines regarding priority of gifts, but this isn't mandatory in order to keep the gift a surprise.
Recipients are on the honor system not to peek at the "bought" section of their Amazon wish list to see what they're getting.
The gifts will have to total more than $9 US but no more than $10 US (The lower limit is to keep someone from getting a $0.99 e-book for their recipient and calling it good while the recipient is buying a $9.50 traditional book for their recipient).
Gifts are to be delivered the last full week of December (22-28), but are not to be labeled as "Christmas" or "Hanukkah" or "Kwanzaa" or "Festivus" gifts to maximize inclusiveness.
What does everyone think?
This would be a completely voluntary idea... you'd have to sign up to be part of it. Sometime between the end of November and the middle of December I'd randomly pick people to get holiday gifts for each other. (One thing that's up for debate... does A get a gift for B and B get a gift for A, or does A get a gift for B, B get a gift for C, and C get a gift for D?)
Since we're all readers and writers, the gifts would be books (traditional paper or e-books) chosen off the recipient's Amazon wish list (which means that no one has to know the recipient's address except Amazon). Of course, you'd have to tell the coordinator (me) the web address of your Amazon wish list so I can pass it on to whoever is getting you a gift.
The giver should make every effort to follow the recipient's guidelines regarding priority of gifts, but this isn't mandatory in order to keep the gift a surprise.
Recipients are on the honor system not to peek at the "bought" section of their Amazon wish list to see what they're getting.
The gifts will have to total more than $9 US but no more than $10 US (The lower limit is to keep someone from getting a $0.99 e-book for their recipient and calling it good while the recipient is buying a $9.50 traditional book for their recipient).
Gifts are to be delivered the last full week of December (22-28), but are not to be labeled as "Christmas" or "Hanukkah" or "Kwanzaa" or "Festivus" gifts to maximize inclusiveness.
What does everyone think?