Secret Santa for Pets?

Cherry Blossom

I was just wondering if anyone would be interested in doing a Secret Santa type thing for our pets (pending approval from mods of course ) I would be quite happy to organise it or if one of the mods would oblige or appoint someone if that is preferred. Basically you'd post your pets details, your name and address in a PM. Names would be drawn from a hat and you'd get a PM back with the details of who your secret santa is and have a set amount (eg €10) to spend on them. There would be a date by which everyone would have to have their names in and a date for posting the packages, say the first week in December, so it can be followed up if people don't recieve theirs. People with more than 1 pet could either specify which pet, request their package be suitable for all their pets or put their name in more than once (i.e. if they have 2 pets they will have 2 secret santas to send packages to so they are getting one for every one they send out). I've seen this done before on a forum for horses and it worked great. Of course it depends on good faith from all posters though! If I was to organise it I'd either have to either disqualify myself from it or know who my package was comming from :rolleyes:.

Would this be allowed?? Mods?? Please !!

TooManyDogs

That sounds like a bit of a laugh, I'd be in for it

drongal

Sounds cool, I'm in:-)

i-digress

Aw, I would love to take part in this! So would Roxie

Sigma Force

Cute idea, but I'm going to sound scabby but would a fiver be better rather than a tenner with things being tight. For a fiver though there are plenty of dog toys and treats that can be gotten for that price.
If an individual wants to spend more than that can be up to themselves as long as no one felt under pressure to have to spend more than a fiver perhaps.

I'd be up for it.

Cherry Blossom

I just thought if it was limited to €5 people might not think it worthwhile and €10 really isn't much and there would be a bigger choice of what you could get for a tenner bearing in mind that not all pets are cats and dogs. Open to all suggestions though. The one rule would have to be no food items or treats as an increasing no. of pets these days have food allergies and most people would be quite fussy as to what they allow their pets to eat anyway. It's mainly for the fun of it, boards usernames wouldn't be disclosed so you could do a bit of detective work to try and figure out who your package is for. We would have a date for opening packages as well say 22nd December as most people I'm sure have better things to do over christmas than post on here. We could all post when the packages arrive and what we got when we open them etc. The emphasis would be on the giving as well and not the recieving

Shazanne

I think that's a really great idea! Well done to you! I'm in for sure and so are Millie and Max!! :)

anniehoo

Ah ye can count me in. Im sure Beanie would love to get a xmas pressie in the post from a fellow Boardsie

tommy21

haha sounds good, I don't post here much but want to change that. Lucy (my border collie) would love to partake! Will follow this thread.

anniehoo

Hope the Mods allow this. It would be so cute posting the photos of our pets with their xmas pressies then.

Cherry Blossom

anniehoo wrote: »

Hope the Mods allow this. It would be so cute posting the photos of our pets with their xmas pressies then.

Still waiting for mod input to this thread, will let it gather interest for another few days then PM someone about it

toadfly

Til & Oz are very excited about this

anniehoo

andrenalinjunkie im not sure why we need the mods to approve this now that i think of it. Sure if people are happy to PM you their addresses then its up to them and know exactly what theyre getting into! We're not posting any private info on here so dont see why itd be a problem.

Cherry Blossom

When I started this I wasn't too sure of the rules on something like this, (and still not). Mainly wanted to see what interest there would be in it and would like to notify mods at least if enough interest in it (which there seems to be ) and to avoid possible problems down the line. Would hate to see it starting off and then people being disappointed or un-necessarily sending their personal details to me if down the line mods decided it is inappropriate. And as it's basically being done through Boards to at least ask permission from someone with the authority to give it.

Blogger50

I think its a brilliant idea! Good on ya for thinking of it and taking it on.

Would love to do this! Count me and Finn in!

The Paws

I think it is a brilliant idea! count us in!!

kildareash

I think it's a great idea...Count us in!

belongtojazz

Count me in, I think it's a great idea

sambuka41

Very sweet idea,count me in too!!!!!!!

scudzilla

Count Brodi in

Hellrazer

Im replying to Adrenaline junkies pm.

Cant see anything wrong with the thread.If someone wants to organise it feel free to do so.

Id personally prefer if it was kept to pm`s and maybe a mod should be copied in all the pms that are exchanged.

Im more worried about peoples personal details being out in the open so to speak but I cant see anyway around it.

Can we wait and see what the other mods think before going ahead with this?

Cherry Blossom

Hellrazer wrote: »

Im replying to Adrenaline junkies pm.

Cant see anything wrong with the thread.If someone wants to organise it feel free to do so.

Id personally prefer if it was kept to pm`s and maybe a mod should be copied in all the pms that are exchanged.

Im more worried about peoples personal details being out in the open so to speak but I cant see anyway around it.

Can we wait and see what the other mods think before going ahead with this?

Thanks for your reply . Yes all personal info would be sent to me personally in PM's. I would have no problem at all forwarding them all on to a moderator, posters would only be given the name and address that they would be sending their package to (again by PM) and few details on the pet it was for eg, breed, male or female etc.

seamus

Don't see a problem with it. If people are happy to send their personal details onto AJ and happy for him to send those details onto one other person, then that's up to them.

That sounds negative, that's not how I mean it. I would be happy to give my personal details to AJ.

Cherry Blossom

seamus wrote: »

Don't see a problem with it. If people are happy to send their personal details onto AJ and happy for him her to send those details onto one other person, then that's up to them.

That sounds negative, that's not how I mean it. I would be happy to give my personal details to AJ.

All information would of course be in the strictest of confidence and would be forwarded only to a moderator, used for no other purpose and be deleted as soon as I no longer needed it. Thanks Seamus

Hellrazer

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

All information would of course be in the strictest of confidence and would be forwarded only to a moderator, used for no other purpose and be deleted as soon as I no longer needed it. Thanks Seamus

Fire away so.As long as all personal info is deleted after its used.

Cherry Blossom

Hellrazer wrote: »

Fire away so.As long as all personal info is deleted after its used.

I'll let October get itself out of the way first then so, then post dates and stuff to get organised in early November

Cherry Blossom

Back to this again!

I have given this a lot of thought over the last few days given some issues that have come to light, and considered the fact that it may not be such a great idea after all. However I think it would be a shame not to go ahead with it and would be a great way of bringing us all together and enforcing the Christmas spirit and all that jazz. I have therefore come up with a few tweaks.

First of all I think mods will have to retain the right to disclude any poster from this without giving any reason to that poster, to me or anyone else.

Secondly all participants will recieve their packages either at their home address or a C/O (care of) address if they prefer. Please make sure you will definately recieve your package at the address you give though! I would just ask that you let me know at the time if you will be using a C/O address so I can keep track (particularly when I'm checking if everyone has recieved theirs).

Assuming that it is still OK to go ahead with this I will post the 'Official Secret Santa' thread tomorrow with full instructions on how it will work etc.

Blogger50

I dont see any reason for this not to go ahead and am still happy to be part of it.

After all, if people aren't happy with how its being done then they don't have to participate

Whispered

Great Idea.

You could have it posted to your pet!

I can imagine the postmans face with an envelope addressed

Harley the dog,
Whispereds House
Co. Kildare

Shamanic

This is a fantasic idea!! I haven't posted on her at all really but our cat just passed away and I'm hoping to get one either from a fellow boardsie I'm in contact with or some of the shelters ive called. So can I join in and give my wee monsters name later?

Shazanne

Please do go ahead with this! I think it's really novel and a little ray of light in these dreary times. We all need some fun in our lives and well done to you for taking on something that will bring a smile to many human, canine and feline faces:)
I am still all up for it. I have two precious dogs, Millie and Max, and my daughter also wishes to be involved with Stig and Chloe. So that's four excited wagging tails who might give the postman the first welcome he has ever received from them:D

tommy21

I'm totally up for it. Don't see any problem with giving out address, how often do all of us enter competitions etc and don't hesitate to give our contact info. Just delete it afterwards! Are cats included in this too so, have a dog and a cat and both like to have something under the tree

Count me in anyway.

Cherry Blossom

Shamanic wrote: »

This is a fantasic idea!! I haven't posted on her at all really but our cat just passed away and I'm hoping to get one either from a fellow boardsie I'm in contact with or some of the shelters ive called. So can I join in and give my wee monsters name later?

No problem.

I'm not too sure about pets names? Obviously I will be dealing with peoples personal information here so it depends really on how identifyable people want to be, if you give your pets name your Secret Santa will find it much easier to find you on boards. Of course if they find out who you are they will be better equiped to make you gift as suitable as possible, so I suppose pets names optional?

First things first, shall we just call the official thread "The API Official Secret Santa Thread" or should we come up with a title that looks completely boring and uninteresting to egits that spot it in the main page (threads most recently posted to)?

Cherry Blossom

tommy21 wrote: »

I'm totally up for it. Don't see any problem with giving out address, how often do all of us enter competitions etc and don't hesitate to give our contact info. Just delete it afterwards! Are cats included in this too so, have a dog and a cat and both like to have something under the tree

Count me in anyway.

All pets will be included - Dogs/Cats/Smallies/Birds/Lizards . . .

tommy21

Lets call it Accountacy finals or something

kildareash

I think it would be a shame if the secret santa didn't go ahead. It's such a great idea, and I think it will be such a laugh trying to figure out who sent it to you!

As Tommy says, we all enter random competitions and as long as our details are treated with the strictest confidence and deleted afterwards then there shouldn't be any problems.

Fair play to AJ for coming up with the concept and for being willing to co-ordinate it.

anniehoo

Adrenalinjunkie, its a great idea, do continue with it. If everything is done by PM then you shouldnt be worrying about details getting out etc. Just match up the names to everyone, PM people who they got and then everyone can come back here and say how they got on...or post pics....definitely post pics

Shamanic

Not sure i can get from dublin to laois to pick up the cat needing a home, but if all else fails we'll be fostering until we find that special someone to fill the house with the pitter patter of tiny paws, so count us in and hopefully we'll have a a wee family member by xmas x

Cherry Blossom

Shamanic wrote: »

Not sure i can get from dublin to laois to pick up the cat needing a home, but if all else fails we'll be fostering until we find that special someone to fill the house with the pitter patter of tiny paws, so count us in and hopefully we'll have a a wee family member by xmas x

There will be plenty of time yet. The next 2 weeks will be about registering your interest, I won't be looking for information until near the end of that 2 weeks. Please don't be in rush to find a cat in the next 2 weeks though just because of that deadline, it will still be fine.

Shamanic

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

There will be plenty of time yet. The next 2 weeks will be about registering your interest, I won't be looking for information until near the end of that 2 weeks. Please don't be in rush to find a cat in the next 2 weeks though just because of that deadline, it will still be fine.

Thanks AJ x

Cherry Blossom

Well the 'Accounting Finals' thread is up and running now, looks a bit rubbish though, a load of rules and stuff, unavoidable really I suppose. We can all add our bits now though to it to transform it into the happy thead of sweetness and light it's supposed to be!

Have to change the thread a bit having just remembered I can't edit or delete posts more than a day old :rolleyes:

Done and dusted this time!

Cherry Blossom

Link to the new 'official' thread as I suspect there are people following this thread and not the other one. You can send PM's now anytime if you think you might forget

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056079924

anniehoo

Are we doing SS this year?Might be a bit late for organising as it got going a mth earlier in Oct last yr. Any thoughts? It was great craic last yr

Cherry Blossom

Work In Progress . . .

Kali_Kalika

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

Work In Progress . . .

I think I need to start reading the dates of posts a bit more accurately

I've sent you a PM with all of my details for the "Accounting Final" :rolleyes:
What can I say - I'm an eager eejit!
Feel free to delete that message as I thought sign up for the event was now - then realized after I'd sent you the message that the thread I was looking at was dated 2010 :rolleyes:

So, suffice to say - I'm an eager beaver for this if its going ahead! And appologies on the PM being sent :rolleyes:

Cherry Blossom

People - do not send me PM's with personal info! :eek:

Work in Progress I said The thread linked was for last year.

Sorry but for the time being -

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<ETA> Never mind Kali_Kalika it was free entertainment!


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