Greetings all!
Welcome to the Unlimited Edition of the Magic Library Holiday Gift Exchange.
I’m Analog_Kid. My wife MoonSprite and I have again volunteered to coordinate things this year.
First we'd like to thank Ralph for graciously allowing us to continue this event and thanks also to Sylvanstu (wherever he is) for having started this now annual event.
We are pleased to see that many of you (and hopefully many more) are willing to participate in this years holiday (seasonal) gift exchange.
What is it?
It's a celebration of goodwill and community spirit among the members of the Magic Library. We come here with a shared interest and very often have been enlightened or at least entertained, by the things we see or read here. The gift exchange is a fun way to participate in the sense of comraderie with your fellow members and make new friends.
Basically, participants put their names in the hat, we draw names at random for each participant and they send something (usually/ preferrably Magic related) as a surprise gift at the holidays. (Often called a Secret Santa.)
Why the Unlimited Edition?
Magic inside humor, of course.
Sylvanstu started the gift exchange in 2004. The following year (2005) when MoonSprite and I first volunteered she commented that calling it the “2nd annual†just didn't quite capture the spirit of the event. She said calling it the Beta Edition seemed more fitting.
She couldn't have been more right! =D>
Naturally, we had to call this one the Unlimited Edition. ;-)
To keep the joke running, next year would be called the Revised Edition with subsequent years designated with the appropriately numbered base set edition.
At this point it is just the announcement that we will be coordinating things for the exchange. We will have the “registration†information and giudelines posted and available on Saturday, October 14th , 2006
There are three primary reasons for the early start.
1. We would like to give members the opportunity to sign-up/ register. Some folks are not able to visit the forums as often as they'd like to and we'd like to give them a chance to share in the community spirit.
2. It allows members time to learn about their recipient and locate items they feel are appropriate.
3. It will also (hopefully) provide adequate time for postal services from around the world to deliver items in a timely manner.
Not to mention, it'll give everybody a chance to make their " little wishlists". (They usually help. ;-) )
If you would like to “sign-up†please post here or PM either of us and we will add you to the list below.
A “sign-up†is not final. It shows us that you are interested in participating. We hope that you will follow up by actually registering.
We will start “registering†after we post on October 14th ,2006.
So watch for the posting.. We'll have all the details then.
If you have any questions, feel free to PM us.
Have a wonderful day!! :-)
Analog & MoonSprite
SIGNED UP (but not registered)
Mahdishain
Tha_Gunslinga
Misterpid
Dragsamou
Mr.C
Bigfatkitty
Hammr7
Savagebtings
NightBeing
Rick21n
Registered paricipants listed below- =D>
Analog_Kid
Dilligaf
Ende73
Goobafish
Me-and_we
MoonSprite
Notsofasteddie
Pickle.69
TerraFrost
Volcanon