[NJARC] Grab bag=Analog TV

[John Dilks K2TQN]

Walt,

Anything decent today has to cost/be worth at least $20.  It's the 
season for giving after all.

If you have been to a few of these, you would have noticed that there 
are always several items worth far in excess of $20.  I can think 
back - there was a real nice Tektronix scope easily worth a couple 
hundred, and each year there are several nice restored radios worth 
well over $50.

These are put into the game by folks that enjoy giving.  They expect 
nothing back except the enjoyment of watching their present being 
passed from player to player, and the smiles on the faces of the 
players.  Most likely they end up with a $20-30 gift, and that's OK 
with them.  They expect nothing more.

So if you give a gift worth in the $20 range, you'll go home with one 
worth just as much, and perhaps more.

If all the gifts are of little value, the game wouldn't be as much 
fun, and perhaps have too many players.  The more players, the longer 
it takes to finish the game.  (Twice as many players = four times as 
long to play the game.)

And if you choose not to participate, you can still enjoy watching 
the action.  You don't have to play to have fun.

Gift cards should not be an acceptable gift as we are a radio club, 
it should be a radio or radio related.

I'm looking forward to a great holiday evening with my friends,
John Dilks

At 02:10 PM 12/2/2009, you wrote:
>Sadly, another fine old NJARC tradition is nearing the end of the 
>line. What will we do for after dinner entertainment if the holiday 
>party grab bag goes the way of analog TV?
>We could lose the grab bag if an increasing number of people fail to 
>participate because they fear the embarrassment of seeing their gift 
>valued at less than the arbitrary $20 minimum.
>Would it be wiser, instead, to set the value of a grab bag entry to 
>no more than $20?
>Would that satisfy the concerns of players who choose to focus on 
>the value of the gift they receive rather than on the value of an 
>evening's entertainment?
>Or, should we all simply exchange $20 gift cards? That would be fun to watch.
>73, Walt