A reminder to sign up by Sat. if you want to participate. -- phoebe

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On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:51 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@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-...

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

"santa@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