FS Secret Santa Discussion Post

[case]

⌈ FS Secret Santa Discussion Post ⌋


This is a discussion/suggestions post only. Do not sign up or anything here!

So after getting some of your input yesterday, here's the current plan!

FS can run two separate Secret Santas:

1. Fanwork Secret Santa
2. General Secret Santa

Everyone who wants to participate can sign up for one or both, and both will follow the same structure and timeline. The only difference is in the kind of gifts that each will encompass!

In the Fanwork Secret Santa, no money is involved. The idea is to get creative! Any and all types of fanwork can go here: fanfic, art, readings, essays, journal themes, icons, gifsets - even if you can't write or draw, there's plenty of other things that would qualify!

The General Secret Santa is for monetary gifts, but these are limited to those that can a) be sent anonymously and b) don't require p2p money transactions or anything. Basically anything that can be sent in the form of a transferrable gift code, counts! Gifts can include games from Steam or GoG, Amazon and Etsy cards (with an attached gift recommendation, or something!), and so on.

The prospective min-max of the General Secret Santa is $8.00-$15.00. That should cover most small things nicely, and if you find something on some massive sale for $4.99, finding another $5 item shouldn't be too hard! Also if something is like $6.49 or $15.99 or something, that's fine - just expect to receive something in the 8-15 range.

(Note: If you have other suggestions as to fanworks or possible online gifts, comment with them please! It'd be a good idea to list everything out for suggestions, because like yesterday showed, someone might be more than open to receiving a reading of their own fic or something for a fanwork gift but never mention it because it hadn't occurred to them to ask!)



The current timeline is as follows:

DECEMBER
1st-7th: Sign-up posts go up for both Secret Santas!
8th-10th: Matchups are determined/sent out and gift hunt begins!
20th: Gift period ends! All gifts should have been sent to the primary FS Secret Santa email by this date.
21st: If gifts are not in, pinch-hitters notified of assignments and have until the 24th to help out!
25th: Gifts are sent out to recipients!
26th: Response post goes up!



For people who are interested in participating, here's what you need to know:

- You will need a LJ/DW/tumblr/etc (whatever your site of choice is) account and an email address to join!

- You can join either or both of the Secret Santas!

- In the application, you will be asked something like the following:

Will be sent to Santa:
Name/Handle
Email
Fandoms (+ preferred characters/ships)
Other likes / dislikes
Gifts that you DO want
A note for your Secret Santa (optional)

For matching only:
Gifts that you DON'T want
Gifts that you can provide
Whether or not you can pinch-hit

- If you are a pinch hitter, you might be asked help out if a Secret Santa goes AWOL or can't get a gift by Christmas. Pinch-hit notifications should go out by Dec 21st if that's necessary, so you should have 5 days to get back to us!

- If you are a Secret Santa who has something awesome in mind but can't send it in by Dec 20th, just let us know! The recipient can be informed anonymously (through us!) about the delay.




Questions, comments, suggestions?

I've recruited some people to help with the organizational stuff, so don't worry about that!

Comments

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Wait, why must participants have a DW account? It's obvious why people can't be completely anonymous, but I thought having an account on LJ would suffice...

[case]

Oh, LJ works too, yeah. I'll edit that in.

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Phew, that's good to hear. I was so excited for this yesterday, so I got all bummed, haha. Thanks!

[case]

It's just something for some measure of accountability, that's all! (Like so some anon can't ask for 10 gifts and stuff, I mean. Not so we can chase you down if you can't get a gift in. Life happens!)