The Return of the Modified Post Card Exchange

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 10 Jul 2007 03:28

I'm sure some of you will remember the old exchange that I started back in 2004, and which lasted well for a while.

Well I'm reviving it, because it was cool.

Here's how it works.

You send me an email with "modified postcard exchange" as the subject to owheelj at footbag dot org. In the email you put your address, including the name you want the card to be sent to exactly as it should be written on the postcard.

You'll then be asked to send 2 postcards within 2 weeks to different people every round (which will be one a month probably).

If you fail to correctly send your address correctly, or if you fail to send out your postcards, you'll be banned from the competition (possibly allowed back in if you ask really nicely). If you're going to miss a round, let me know by email before it starts.

The cut off date for the first round is midday this Sunday Australian Eastern Standard Time (we're about 17 hours ahead of the US depending on which side of the country you're on). If you miss the cut off time, you can enter from the second round etc.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 12 Jul 2007 03:14

Bump, only a few people involved so far. I have a wall of postcards from around the world up at work, which is the envy of all my workmates and the nemesis of my enemies.

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 12 Jul 2007 05:00

Jeremy wrote:Bump, only a few people involved so far. I have a wall of postcards from around the world up at work, which is the envy of all my workmates and the nemesis of my enemies.

Lol

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 27 Oct 2007 23:43

Bumpage - a few people were asking me about this, and it didn't get back off the ground last time because of too few numbers, but if people are keen let me know. It's very easy to organise.

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 28 Oct 2007 04:21

Jeremy's Original Thread wrote:I'm sure some of you will remember the old exchange that I started back in 2004, and which lasted well for a while.

Well I'm reviving it, because it was cool.

Here's how it works.

You send me an email with "modified postcard exchange" as the subject to owheelj at footbag dot org. In the email you put your address, including the name you want the card to be sent to exactly as it should be written on the postcard.

You'll then be asked to send 2 postcards within 2 weeks to different people every round (which will be one a month probably).

If you fail to correctly send your address correctly, or if you fail to send out your postcards, you'll be banned from the competition (possibly allowed back in if you ask really nicely). If you're going to miss a round, let me know by email before it starts.

The cut off date for the first round is midday this Sunday Australian Eastern Standard Time (we're about 17 hours ahead of the US depending on which side of the country you're on). If you miss the cut off time, you can enter from the second round etc.

It didn't work out for him. Not enough signed on.
I really want to make this happen so I try again.

Why should you sign up for this?
- It's nice to get a postcard
- It's fun to write a postcard
- It will be good for the community

No deadline yet but please send me a PM as fast as possible with your adress.
So we can get this started!

COME ON JUMP IN ON THE FUN!

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 28 Oct 2007 13:19

I think I wanna join in on this ... anyone else?

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 28 Oct 2007 16:50

More people joined in today Quad.
Just PM me your adress..

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 29 Oct 2007 13:53

Alot of people already joined in. JOIN THE FUN!

A female world champion is part of this now.

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 29 Oct 2007 17:23

whoops!

just sent jeremy an e-mail, and then realized it's way past the due date

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 29 Oct 2007 19:37

If it's still open, I'd like to do it too.
I still have all the postcards from last time

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 30 Oct 2007 00:49

There is no due date - if you\'ll see, the last posts in this topic were really old.

Asmus and I haven\'t decided on a cut off date, people can join up when ever they want at this stage.

footjam_heger · Post by **footjam_heger** » 31 Oct 2007 01:03

how many are there already?

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 31 Oct 2007 02:35

I think 9 or 10, but it's a little unclear because some people have been giving their details to Asmus and some to me. Either is fine, although I wanted to reiterate that I prefer email to pm.

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 31 Oct 2007 05:37

I got 8 + myself = 9..

I can't wait to send out some postcards..

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 02 Nov 2007 02:53

YOU HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY 4. NOVEMBER TO SIGN UP!

Then PMs will be send out with details..

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 02 Nov 2007 03:03

Ok the due date is this Sunday Australian Eastern Daylight time. I'll do it sometime that evening, so any entries received after I've started working out who gets who will be added for next round (not this round).

Erik, neither Asmus or I have received anything from you, so if you're still keen, you should email your address.

Remember that the time in Australia is GMT+11 at the moment, as opposed to the US where it's like GMT -7 (obviously different there are different time zones in both countries), so you should get in soon

Currently there are 15 people on board from 6 different countries.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 02 Nov 2007 03:04

That's Sunday the 4th Australian Eastern Daylight time (GMT+11). Sooner is better though.

Don't worry if you miss the deadline, we'll put you straight in to round 2

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 03 Nov 2007 13:22

These topics have been merged...

and BUMPED!

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 05 Nov 2007 09:06

I am sending out emails to everybody now, so I hope everybody has updated their footbag.org email addresses. If you haven't, and it turns out you don't get an email within the next hour, let me know and give me a new email address. I'm not going to pm them, because I want to keep a record of what I actually send people (in case I make an error) and 2 gb of space is a lot better than 50 messages.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 05 Nov 2007 09:38

All done. Too easy. Turns out my mail merge and other excel skills that I've picked up from work actually do have a practical use

The Return of the Modified Post Card Exchange

The Return of the Modified Post Card Exchange

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