RE: Secret Santa negotiations

[<http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Responses below.

 > From: "Chris" <http://www.picis.com/~Chris>
 > Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:58:04 -0500
 >
 > I think individual Secret Santa would work.
 > 
 > Robert, can you host a basic wish list web page?  Basically, everyone
 > would either send you a link to www.thethingsiwant.com
 > <http://www.thethingsiwant.com/>  or their wish list in a word/text
 > format.
 > 
 > How does that sound?

http://drawnames.com has a wishlist feature.  What's more, you can
anonymously ask questions about your Santee's wishlist.  Pretty nifty.

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 > ________________________________
 > 
 > From: Flora  [http://www.dps.state.vt.us/~f] 
 > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:23 AM
 > To: Bhavani; http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
 > Cc: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg; http://www.aol.com/~starsapphire68; Chris;
 > http://www.juno.com/~W1few; http://profiles.yahoo.com/tim; http://www.gmail.com/~369marnie
 > Subject: RE: Secret Santa negotiations
 > 
 > Individual is fine with me.

OK.  I think this may end up supporting the least-among-us, as long as we
have a cap on the cost.

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 > From: Bhavani [http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl] 
 > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:19 AM
 > To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
 > Cc: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg; http://www.aol.com/~starsapphire68;
 > http://www.picis.com/~Chris; http://www.juno.com/~W1few; Flora ;
 > http://profiles.yahoo.com/tim; http://www.gmail.com/~369marnie
 > 
 > *The other thing is that we could just do couples and have Marnie as a
 > couple?____
 > 
 > Robert(I presume):  Do you mean that if an entity (only a couple or
 > Marnie, in this case) gets a couple as their Santee, then the entity
 > would buy 2 gifts, one
 > for each person in the couple?  Or would no particular rules be
 > specified? 
 > 
 > *No particular rule, but I was thinkin' along the lines of one gift for
 > a couple unless a couple doesn't have a wish list together?? This is
 > just something I'm considering...now on second thought...maybe it ain't
 > such a good idea after all.  I originally thought it would make it
 > easier- not the case.

I agree -- I think this makes things more complicated.  In addition, it
may end up costing the noncouples more per-person.

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 > BhavaniMa
 > Bhavani
 > 
 > AKA plain Mom
 > * red font BhavaniMa...
 > 
 > Drawnames.com allows you to have a wishlist. *That sounds good for
 > Drawnames (whatever the heck that is...)  ... And again to reiterate
 > anything  could go for the gift ...$1 - $$$) ...if everyone agrees.  

Can we agree on a cap/max?  I'll start out the negotiations.  How about $50?

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 >  > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 >  > Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:03:34 -0800 (PST)
 >  >
 >  > no, the point of buying for a couple would be to get one present!duh.
 > 
 >  OK, well, we could still do this.
 >  One question I would like to get resolved before sending out my mass
 >  e-mail: Do you think Marnie would be offended as the only non-couple?
 > 
 > I do not think Marnie would be offended at all- I think..maybe.  Sooo
 > what is the consensus of our clan... group?_______

Everyone should send me their preferred email address so I don't
accidentally stomp on someone's privacy/workplace etiquette/etc in
http://drawnames.com

Thanks.