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ZAPPED! December RAK nominations closed - PMs to be sent re winner!

ZAPPED! December RAK nominations closed - PMs to be sent re winner!
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I am honored to be taking over for David (docfish2u) for the RAK attacks.

I am now taking nominations for December's RAK victim. I will announce the winner around November 30/December 1st.

RAK= Random Act of Kindness.

This is a wonderful thing that we do each month for a member of our family here at DPF.

Please send nominations in by November 29th (end of day) so that I see them on November 30th.

On or about November 30th or December 1st, I will PM everybody that has signed up who the month's "victim" is. Then you have around 2 weeks to gather whatever you want to send (art, tasty treats, cards or pins) to me so I can box everything up and send a large care package to the lucky person selected. I'd like to get all items by December 18th if that's possible!

Please pm me the nominations, do not post them here!!!

If you have signed up for it in the past and no longer want to be involved please pm me a note.

If you want to join in and be part of this wonderful thing we do for members here please post below. You can participate any or every month you like. You will not be sent to pin prison if you don't participate.

Here are the people who have said they want to be in:

docfish2u
Cjvandever
Catz
Zagales14
AverysFairyTale
TheAlyssadon
Snoffsan
Connies_Hobby
Nettiejeanne
Orlandoismycat
MMiano
Shelterkat
Rocke01
ksnuggles
ClanMcDuck
sorapandora
norlando319
dawny
ElysionsPrincess
CheshireCat
Romancing_Train
Dalamara
lwrn2
chroll
nsingleton
BugCatcherJenna
nblaughs
starry_solo
fireheadfred
Firebaby22
JayLeeJay
Trade Winds Pins
PinHunters
PurpleRose
Onlera
The Wise One
kupo1121
ClaudWin
Clara9271
cristywill
Tbird
Elvenprincess
Elysandrra
LumpyLover
tokyodisneydad
reeneibakini
laura_uk
jennisney
akaibara
Maleficent913
MotherKnowsBest
milly5513
doodlebug86
dulcecab13
Skellington08
bjean
SiuJerkJai
HightopNinja
weebo
Pin-A-Colada
Vixy
ALittleBitOfMagic
Carolanne C
bensmum1
disneypinqueen
Snow
626_pinlover
angel1
Dreamwisher
FlowerGleam&Glow
Princessdorothy
curiousdinah
GoofyinMadison
kocho72
teddy_ruxpin
Allie.Pin
timeerkat
mattolsen21698
speedwaystar1
bookhugger
loomi
jadeites-lady
jazzytrumpet
sockgnome


If you have not signed up and want to join in please post here!!! To everybody who joined in for previous's RAK attacks thank you!!!

Li

Here is a list of people that have been RAK'd by one of the groups here on DPF:

Tiggermickey (Judy)
docfish2u (David)
Teddy_Ruxpin (Sabrina)
gbdb4ever (Greg & Debbie)
Psycho Pixie (Kristine)
King Niptune (Greg)
crushedbubbles (Erika)
mickeymousje (Rachel)
Jrdnsmom (Janice)
fireheadfred (Hollie & Karl)
disneypins99 (Stuart)
TheOtherSteve (Steve)
Aquata (Laney)
Romancing Train (Carissa)
Sorapandora (Sara)
Molly (Molly)
Cjvandever (Carla)
AgentOfAnarchy (Mary-Lou)
lwrn2 (Laura)
April 2014: AgentR (Ryan)
May 2014: bjean
June 2014: MattOlsen21698 (Matt)
July 2014: ethanwa (Ethan)
August/September 2014 (Darris & Angie [Rasputin/MotherKnowsBest])
November 2014:
December 2014:
January 2015:
February 2015:
March 2015:
April 2015:
May 2015:
June 2015:
July 2015:
 
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Bump up for this! I am contemplating about making a change in how RAK packages are sent. Rather than send to me to ship at once (in one large box), I was thinking possibly that we could each ship our own packages to the RAK winner/victim. We coordinate a time (during a one week time period) that we all ship to the person and then that person gets multiple packages.

Or do you think getting one box full of packages is nicer? If you were the RAK recipient, would you prefer one large box full of packages? Or would you prefer multiple packages coming in during one week? obviously, the first RAK package would probably ruin the "surprise", so maybe one large box is better. Ideas and thoughts are appreciated!
 
I can see an up side either way. One large box means you get it all at once, the surprise is sprung on you one time, and your (the recipient's) address is only given to one person. Lots of individual packages means a few days of something new every day, like a snowfall of presents. :)
 
starry_solo said:
Bump up for this! I am contemplating about making a change in how RAK packages are sent. Rather than send to me to ship at once (in one large box), I was thinking possibly that we could each ship our own packages to the RAK winner/victim. We coordinate a time (during a one week time period) that we all ship to the person and then that person gets multiple packages.

Or do you think getting one box full of packages is nicer? If you were the RAK recipient, would you prefer one large box full of packages? Or would you prefer multiple packages coming in during one week? obviously, the first RAK package would probably ruin the "surprise", so maybe one large box is better. Ideas and thoughts are appreciated!
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Hey there.

This is how it's done on the art site in which i stole Rak attacks from! But from what I realized when doing this is that there's a huge difference in sending an art card and sending a pin.

The first few victims of the RAK attacks here on dpf actually had mail stolen and several gifts taken, which is why we switched to one big box. It seems a trickle of gifts over time to one person is better then the mass showing up on one day. Either the post ate them when so many arrived or something...but yeah.

Just a thought.

EDIT:

It also depends on the recipients location.

But the rak attacks name actually come from the slew of individual gifts you'd receive for like a week.
 
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Just a FYI, I have sent PMs to everyone on the list above to let them know who December's RAK winner is! Later on this month, I am going to go through the list and delete people who haven't been on within the past 30-45 days (some of those names, I haven't seen post or been on in more than one month).
 
Ok, thanks! Not sure if we can make the 12/19/14 self-imposed deadline but if not, that's fine. With packages getting misplaced during the holidays, etc., maybe it would be better for the package to be sent in January
 
FYI: If you haven't already shipped your December RAK package, would you please wait until after Christmas to ship (so no earlier than December 29th)?

I noticed the post office has been really slow with packages shipped this week already! I shipped two packages out on the 15th and one finally made it to Los Angeles to be delivered yesterday (after four days) and one has made it to Los Angeles towards its journey to Central California TODAY (so delivery not til Saturday or Monday at the earliest). And, they are no longer scanning at all stops!

Plus, I just found out that they have changed their sorting. Before, first class mail and priority mail was sorted by zones at the post office where you dropped off your packages. Now, only priority mail is sorted by zones. Everything shipped from the post office in Riverside is heading to Long Beach for sorting by zone (whereas before, it used to go to San Bernardino, which is the main hub closest to Riverside.)
 
Daaaaangit! *headdesk* Will you be at the parks tomorrow by any chance? I'm planning on stopping by in the afternoon after my niece's dance recital.
 
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