An idea for a contest / giveaway - your thoughts appreciated

Same for me - Canada Post stopped International shipping and I even had a letter to a Norway stamper returned to "sender" (me) so I think we should wait - great project ad it has to be simple !!

Rene

Might be some details to figure out, but I like it. I’d participate.

No and Canada Post says so on their sticker......re-post without charge

René

I think this could be fun.  As others have stated, waiting until postal systems are back to normal would be a good idea.

will give time to add anything to the idea.

David

Terri, I have re-read your original post a couple of times, and it seems pretty clear to me.  Nothing is occurring to me at the moment as a tweak to the idea, but I suspect that once we try it out, we will be able to see better how it works, and then, if tweaks are needed, they will probably become apparent.

I like the idea more and more, as everyone will eventually get to be a winner, and the overall idea is to make it a group effort to help each other out.  Since I have come to the UK, thanks to the local monthly stamp auctions, I now have access to more material than I ever did before, so something like this will be perfect for me.

Also, in line with the other recent thread about favorite long/definitive sets, I have been putting together some sets from these big mixtures that I have, and there are plenty of holes that need filling.  So, I can already start to work on my list of affordable stamps that I am looking for.

I give you full credit for a very nice idea!  My only frustration is that we cannot fully implement right now due to the global circumstances.  Do you think it would be better to start sooner rather than later and get participants lined up now, having everyone create their want lists of affordable items and post them in a thread?

Or should we wait to even start until the world situation has begun to normalize?  I can see it from both perspectives, so just asking the question.

For a name, how about:  All-for-One-and-One-for-All Giveaway?  It would seem to capture the idea, but maybe too wordy?  Thoughts?

Hey, I like the idea. We play the "Birthday Game" at work. We don't ever make money on it, but on your birthday week, everyone gives you $20. There were actually pretty much 1 -2 birthdays a month, so it wasn't too bad. But, on my birthday week, I got about $240. It just makes you birthday week special, because you get extra money to buy yourself something.

I would be in on whatever everyone decides.

Have a great day. Mike.

It's a fair point, Michael.  Waiting 2 years to get something back might be too long to hold someone's interest.  So, if we get a big group, say 20-25 members, couldn't we just have a drawing to divide them into 3 groups of 7-8 people?  Then we could just run the groups in parallel.  Would that work?

I love the idea of this - just worried if I can participate well as I don't really have many swaps compared to the rest of you...

Or to be clear - I haven't finished cataloging a bunch of books and loose sheets of stamps so I have little clue what I have.