Let's keep it simple, but let's do it! a silent auction perhaps (in the library?)
One person's "electric puke candle" (ask paloma) may be another person's golden fireside treasure!
Dont give it too much thought. a good gift- a bad one. what have you. just bring it.
Let's generate some cash to support all the extra booze we'll be drinking this winter! see you then
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Or do it as an active yankee swap--quick and dirty...
the original idea of the auction was to generate money- I find it hard to beleive anywone would pay for my puke candle!!!! Perhaps we are talking about two differnt things- a "Brutal Yankee Swap" (Danny's team does this and the gifts really are brutal) and a silent austion with stuff that people will actually shell out for?
yes- i was thinking the auction would generate money too- so yes- bring good stuff all. And who knows, i think that candle may be a hot ticket item. ;)
brutal swap might be fun too. i'd say, bring some good sellable silent auction stuff- and if you have it, the bad and the ugly too. We can see what we have when we're there.
Mim and I are up for either a silent auction or a swap, or both. I think this group could dig up some great yankee swap items, but we do still want to raise some money-- and I like the idea of the auction being an ongoing thing. I can help with some of the auction logistics (I love a good silent auction!!!) if that would be helpful-- bid sheets, set-up, etc.
great, jen, I confess i don't know anything about the logistics of the silent auction format!
In a silent auction the items up for auction are left out on display, for a given period of time, with a piece of paper for each where you can place a bid presumably at your leisure..... (ie Hayley $5.00)...then someone else comes along after you and writes a better bid ($Jen 7.00) until the acution closes- the last bid on the paper is the winner/buyer!
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