[Nfb-krafters-korner] Gift Exchange, Input Please

Mon Sep 7 06:56:49 UTC 2015

When is this to take place?
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On Sep 6, 2015 11:08 PM, minh ha via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> The highest I would go for a gift exchange is $15. Since this is a<br>crafty group, I would love it if I could receive a small hand-made<br>item of some kind or a crafting supply like a couple skeins of an<br>interesting yarn. I also love the idea of holding a gift exchange for<br>our furry children. I'm not sure how you would pull this off though. I<br>don't think I could afford to ship internationally.<br><br>Minh<br><br>On 9/6/15, Marianne Denning via Nfb-krafters-korner<br><<a href='mailto:nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org' style='color:#3333ff'>nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Greg, I think $10.00 or $15.00 is a good limit.  I would consider a<br>> gift card if I need to send it to someone in another country.  I think<br>> a gift exchange for people only is the better idea.  Since this is a<br>> craft group I would suggest a craft supply.  We could each list the<br>> crafts we enjoy so others have an idea of what to purchase.  Thanks so<br>> much for all of your hard work!<br>><br>> On 9/6/15, ncbootman--- via Nfb-krafters-korner<br>> <<a href='mailto:nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org' style='color:#3333ff'>nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>>> Terry K has asked me to plan the first ever gift exchange for the<br>>> Christmas<br>>> festivities this year. So, help me with your input and I’ll be back with<br>>> the<br>>> plan and guidelines. Here are a few questions we need answered. If I don’t<br>>> respond to every e-mail, please don’t feel left out as we are a big group<br>>> and I may just take down a lot of information for input.  I’ll try.<br>>><br>>> 1. What do you want? Some ideas are a handmade ornament exchange, a craft<br>>> kit exchange, a craft supply of some sort, a you get to choose what the<br>>> gift<br>>> is, or an even better idea that you suggest.<br>>><br>>> 2. What should be the monetary minimum and maximum for value? We want it<br>>> to<br>>> be fun and fair for all. Remember that postage will be in addition to this<br>>> amount and cannot be really estimated at this point.<br>>><br>>> 3. Would you be comfortable with shipping your gift internationally or<br>>> would<br>>> you prefer to ship within your own country regardless of what your country<br>>> is? Despite what the input on this one is, all will be included one way or<br>>> another.<br>>><br>>> 4. Do you want your furry friends to have an exchange of their own<br>>> separate<br>>> from the humans, or shall we simply invite them to the celebration where<br>>> I’m<br>>> sure they will all cause quite a raucous lol?<br>>><br>>> Some rough guidelines of how this will work are as follows. Based on your<br>>> input, I’ll design a sign up form and e-mail it to the whole list a few<br>>> times. You will need to fill it out and send your response directly to me.<br>>> We thought about class sign up for this but it simply does not give enough<br>>> information. I’ll give you a date by when I must have your form and will<br>>> then set the matches. I will take the last person to be matched. This will<br>>> be a lot of work, but I hope we’ll all have fun. More details will follow<br>>> once I have your feedback. 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