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entranceooc2013-12-27 03:37 pm
vitaelamorte) wrote in entranceooc2013-12-27 03:37 pm
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+ OOC Secret Santa Reminder/Call for Pinch Hitters +
Hey guys! We hope you guys all had a very Merry Ewaymas this year. It's now the 27th and all of the decorations have come down, all the cracks in the floor and the air have vanished, and everyone is back in their proper point in time. Hooray! This is normally where we would post a recap, but we sort of gave you the entire event at the beginning this time, so I'll just link the original announcement in case anyone missed it. /o/
Right now though, I'm here to talk about Eway Secret Santa. First of all, sorry for the lack of a reminder this time around. The holidays got a little busier than expected on my end, but I'm here now and I want to make sure everyone who signed up gets something wonderful, even if it's a little late.
First of all THIS POST IS SCREENED - I have no intention of publicly embarassing or shaming anyone.
I haven't given out my Secret Santa present BUT I'm working on it/my giftee is out of the country/I'M out of the country/I have some other reason my gift is late.
Let your giftee know as soon as possible. I know this takes the fun out of having it be a secret until the very end, but it's significantly better than leaving your giftee wondering why their Secret Santa hasn't given them anything yet or feeling like they've been forgotten about. Drop them a note and let them know that you are their Secret Santa and their gift is coming as soon as possible. Please only do this if you are going to follow through and give them a gift though which brings me to-
I haven't given out my Secret Santa present because I'm having some kind of crisis/I can't afford it anymore/Something's happened/I won't have time anymore/My crayons broke/my life broke/I have some other reason I can't participate anymore.
Let one of the mods know as soon as possible. I'm the one running all of this, but I know Mouette and Kristen will pass it along to me if I'm not around. And hey, it's okay. Seriously, don't stay quiet because out of shame or anxiety or anything. Things happen, and life happens, and sometimes you take on WAY too much at the holidays without realizing it. I've been there. It doesn't matter why you can't do it anymore (and you don't need to feel obligated to tell us). We're also not going to tell your Secret Santa who their Secret Santa was – they will just be assigned a Pinch Hitter.
My Secret Santa hasn't said anything and I still don't have a gift!
Let one of the mods know as soon as possible. We will contact your Secret Santa for you, and try and figure out what happened. It might not even be that they forgot! It could be something as simple as the Email didn't go through, or maybe the Email address was missing a letter or something silly like that. I will emphasize that we would really prefer it if Secret Santas who are going to be late or can't participate anymore take action on their own, instead of waiting for one of us to tell them their giftee hasn't received anything. But anyway, this is what's going to happen:
1. We'll contact your Secret Santa and let them know that their giftee hasn't received anything.
2a. They say “Oh! I totally sent that; what happened to it?!”
And then we'll go through the E-mail thing, try sending it again, and if that doesn't work then I'll just suggest another method of getting their present to them – Plurk, Email, PM, whatever is most likely to work for that person.
2b. They say “OH! I'M SORRY I'M REALLY CLOSE TO BEING DONE I JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME.”
I will say “Are you sure?” and if they say yes I will give then 48 hours. I'll check in with the giftee after that, and if the giftee has not received anything in two days, a Pinch Hitter will be assigned to them. I'd rather they accidentally wind up with two gifts than feel excluded.
2c. They say “Oh! I'm sorry. I'm probably not going to be able to do it. 8(“
I'll say okay and seriously worse things have happened; don't sadface too much. Then, I will assign a Pinch Hitter to their giftee.
2d. They are no where to be found!
I'll go “??????!?!?!” and if I can't get a hold of them within 48 hours, I will assign a Pinch Hitter to their giftee.
3. If 2b-d occurs, a Pinch Hitter will be assigned and they will put something together for their new giftee.
4. If I haven't heard from the Pinch Hitter or the giftee within a week, I'll check in again and we'll go from there.
I'm aiming to make sure everyone winds up with something by January 6th.
Can I be a pinch hitter? I missed sign-ups and/or I'm feeling very generous this Christmas season!
YES PLEASE WE WILL TAKE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. Pinch Hitters will be done on a first come/first serve basis (in other words, the first person who needs a Pinch Hitter will be assigned to the first Pinch Hitter we have available). Please only volunteer to Pinch Hit if you know you can follow through and give your new giftee a gift. The point is to get a gift to someone who didn't receive one, so it won't help if you're going to be late! We need Pinch Hitters to be able to give out something within one week of being assinged a giftee. It's also entirely possible we might not need all of our volunteers (and technically it's possible we might not need any of you), but please know that we appreciate each and every one of you.
Can I Pinch Hit even if I already participated in Secret Santa?
If you want to, you can! I don't see why not. No one should feel obligated if they've already given someone a gift though; this question's mostly here because someone asked last year.
Should I feel weird if I can't volunteer to Pinch Hit?
Not at all! We know not everyone's going to be able to Pinch Hit (or even participate in the first place) and those reasons vary from “my life situation is bad” to “my family got me sick during the holidays” to “all of my creative energy is spent and I just don't think I can”. And that's totally okay! Don't worry about it. ♥
That...should be about it! This post is screened so I'm not separating it into categories, but you can use this post to contact us, or you can PM the mod account or contact any of the mods. I'm also not putting up a FAQ thread (because it's screened and no one can see it) but if you have a good question and you ask it separately, I'll unscreen it and unscreen the answer.
I hope everyone had a good holiday! ♥
~ Koji
Right now though, I'm here to talk about Eway Secret Santa. First of all, sorry for the lack of a reminder this time around. The holidays got a little busier than expected on my end, but I'm here now and I want to make sure everyone who signed up gets something wonderful, even if it's a little late.
First of all THIS POST IS SCREENED - I have no intention of publicly embarassing or shaming anyone.
I haven't given out my Secret Santa present BUT I'm working on it/my giftee is out of the country/I'M out of the country/I have some other reason my gift is late.
Let your giftee know as soon as possible. I know this takes the fun out of having it be a secret until the very end, but it's significantly better than leaving your giftee wondering why their Secret Santa hasn't given them anything yet or feeling like they've been forgotten about. Drop them a note and let them know that you are their Secret Santa and their gift is coming as soon as possible. Please only do this if you are going to follow through and give them a gift though which brings me to-
I haven't given out my Secret Santa present because I'm having some kind of crisis/I can't afford it anymore/Something's happened/I won't have time anymore/My crayons broke/my life broke/I have some other reason I can't participate anymore.
Let one of the mods know as soon as possible. I'm the one running all of this, but I know Mouette and Kristen will pass it along to me if I'm not around. And hey, it's okay. Seriously, don't stay quiet because out of shame or anxiety or anything. Things happen, and life happens, and sometimes you take on WAY too much at the holidays without realizing it. I've been there. It doesn't matter why you can't do it anymore (and you don't need to feel obligated to tell us). We're also not going to tell your Secret Santa who their Secret Santa was – they will just be assigned a Pinch Hitter.
My Secret Santa hasn't said anything and I still don't have a gift!
Let one of the mods know as soon as possible. We will contact your Secret Santa for you, and try and figure out what happened. It might not even be that they forgot! It could be something as simple as the Email didn't go through, or maybe the Email address was missing a letter or something silly like that. I will emphasize that we would really prefer it if Secret Santas who are going to be late or can't participate anymore take action on their own, instead of waiting for one of us to tell them their giftee hasn't received anything. But anyway, this is what's going to happen:
1. We'll contact your Secret Santa and let them know that their giftee hasn't received anything.
2a. They say “Oh! I totally sent that; what happened to it?!”
And then we'll go through the E-mail thing, try sending it again, and if that doesn't work then I'll just suggest another method of getting their present to them – Plurk, Email, PM, whatever is most likely to work for that person.
2b. They say “OH! I'M SORRY I'M REALLY CLOSE TO BEING DONE I JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME.”
I will say “Are you sure?” and if they say yes I will give then 48 hours. I'll check in with the giftee after that, and if the giftee has not received anything in two days, a Pinch Hitter will be assigned to them. I'd rather they accidentally wind up with two gifts than feel excluded.
2c. They say “Oh! I'm sorry. I'm probably not going to be able to do it. 8(“
I'll say okay and seriously worse things have happened; don't sadface too much. Then, I will assign a Pinch Hitter to their giftee.
2d. They are no where to be found!
I'll go “??????!?!?!” and if I can't get a hold of them within 48 hours, I will assign a Pinch Hitter to their giftee.
3. If 2b-d occurs, a Pinch Hitter will be assigned and they will put something together for their new giftee.
4. If I haven't heard from the Pinch Hitter or the giftee within a week, I'll check in again and we'll go from there.
I'm aiming to make sure everyone winds up with something by January 6th.
Can I be a pinch hitter? I missed sign-ups and/or I'm feeling very generous this Christmas season!
YES PLEASE WE WILL TAKE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. Pinch Hitters will be done on a first come/first serve basis (in other words, the first person who needs a Pinch Hitter will be assigned to the first Pinch Hitter we have available). Please only volunteer to Pinch Hit if you know you can follow through and give your new giftee a gift. The point is to get a gift to someone who didn't receive one, so it won't help if you're going to be late! We need Pinch Hitters to be able to give out something within one week of being assinged a giftee. It's also entirely possible we might not need all of our volunteers (and technically it's possible we might not need any of you), but please know that we appreciate each and every one of you.
Can I Pinch Hit even if I already participated in Secret Santa?
If you want to, you can! I don't see why not. No one should feel obligated if they've already given someone a gift though; this question's mostly here because someone asked last year.
Should I feel weird if I can't volunteer to Pinch Hit?
Not at all! We know not everyone's going to be able to Pinch Hit (or even participate in the first place) and those reasons vary from “my life situation is bad” to “my family got me sick during the holidays” to “all of my creative energy is spent and I just don't think I can”. And that's totally okay! Don't worry about it. ♥
That...should be about it! This post is screened so I'm not separating it into categories, but you can use this post to contact us, or you can PM the mod account or contact any of the mods. I'm also not putting up a FAQ thread (because it's screened and no one can see it) but if you have a good question and you ask it separately, I'll unscreen it and unscreen the answer.
I hope everyone had a good holiday! ♥
~ Koji