[FARC] FARC Holiday Supper

[Jeff Fishman]

Come one, come all to the Frederick Amateur Radio Club 2009 Holiday Supper!
 Everyone is invited, whether a FARC member or not. This annual event takes 
the
 place of the December meeting and a good time will be had by all!

Date: Monday, Dec. 21
Time: 6:30 PM
Place: China Wok Restaurant, Seventh Street Shopping Center, Frederick (a 
few
doors down from Giant Eagle)
Cost: $7.99 per person for the standard buffet

Courtesy of Bob Moroney, here are the details of the Gift Exchange:

> An entertaining "Holiday Gift Exchange" has become a tradition at the FARC 
> Holiday supper.   If you haven't been to one, here's how the gift exchange 
> works:
>
> 1.) Participation is optional, but as always, the more the merrier, so 
> please consider bringing a gift.
> 2.) The gift you bring should be valued at about $12.00 to $15.00.
> 3.) The gift should be something useful or simply nice, i.e., something 
> that you wouldn't mind receiving as a gift yourself.  (In other words, 
> stuff like socks, underwear, perfume, cologne, neckties and the like may 
> not be appropriate...)
> 4.) "Re-gifting" something you've received is fine, but please keep #2 and 
> #3 in mind.
> 5.) Gifts should be wrapped; wrapping paper and ribbons are fine if you're 
> so inclined, but a brown paper bag taped shut also works fine.  The idea 
> is to keep the gift a "secret" until it's opened.
> 6.) Everyone who brings a gift gets a  numbered ticket.
> 7.) After supper, matching tickets are drawn at random, one by one.
> 8.) The first person whose number is drawn gets to select a gift from 
> among all those brought to the supper.  He or she then unwraps the gift so 
> all can see what their lucky number and wise selection has gotten them.
> 9.) The second person whose number is drawn can select from all the 
> remaining gifts, OR grab the gift the first person selected.  In that case 
> the first person gets to go back to select one of the remaining gifts.
> 10.) And so on until all the numbers are drawn.  As you can see, the last 
> person whose number is drawn has the "pick of the crop" of all the gifts 
> already claimed, plus the one remaining mystery gift that hasn't yet been 
> claimed and unwrapped.
>
> The process is much more complicated to describe and read about than it is 
> to actually do, so please consider bringing a gift and joining the fun!

Please contact Jim Ridgely (301-662-6557) or me by phone or email if you
have any questions.

See you there!

73,

Jeff Fishman KB3FIO
(301-663-8187)