Re: Holiday ideas and celebrations
Re: Holiday ideas and celebrations
- Subject: Re: Holiday ideas and celebrations
- From: Deborah Shadovitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:49:16 -0800
On 11/18/03 6:43 PM, "Elsa Travisano" <email@hidden> typed:
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December is approaching (some might say all too rapidly), and many groups
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are gearing up for their holiday events and activities.
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Does your group do something special for the holidays? Any ideas you can
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share with the last-minute procrastinators among us?
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Elsa Travisano
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MUG ONE
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Editor, Apple User Group Bulletin
Years ago, for the Long Beach, CA group, we used our group's money and had a
vendor thank you party. Being in CA we have a lot of local vendors, so this
was viable. If you have local vendors I recommend it. It may not be too
late.
We moved from the auditorium of our school to the cafeteria. Vendors were
invited to set up displays if they wanted and sell holiday gifts or whatever
they wanted to do. We had games and prizes. Members brought food and it was
quite a potluck spread. The group's money went for soda, cups, plates, deli
platters and such so there was certain to be enough food. I did the same
thing one year for the Los Angeles Mac Group and people still remember it
and ask for that again.
The best game was the Mac trivia game. Some was based on a game that was out
at the time. Then, in the invitation, I asked vendors for trivia about their
companies and products. I stood on a table and asked the questions. Prizes
were thrown at the winners. It was silly and fun. I got the idea from a time
when a fun woman from Iomega threw a Bernoulli disk across a room to show
durability and then had us have a long distance catch so it would drop.
I still have the invitation letter parts. (I customized every invitation.
Thank goodness for text clippings!) If you'd like, I can send it to you
offlist.
If it is too late, I'd suggest picking a not-formal restaurant, choosing a
fixed price menu, and having everyone pre-pay.
~ Deborah Shadovitz <
http://www.shadovitz.com>
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