Present Exchange

Despite the unAmericanness of not wanting to make the rich even richer, we would like to invite you to participate in the Missoloransas Christmas Present Free Trade Agreement. Modeled after many of the current economic deals sending most worthwhile American jobs to Mexico or India, the MCPFTA should be good for Wal-Mart and bad for Detroit. But, hey, what do we care? We don't live in Michigan.

Bylaws:

1. Parties must be formally signed up for the the agreement by midnight Greenwich Mean Time on November 21, 2007
2. Parties will be notified of their present exchange recipient by the keeper of the agreement - me - November 22, 2007. Category A (see subsection 3.1) givers and recipients will remain anonymous until the MCPFTA takes place on Christmas Day - no early gift opening allowed (Lee and Casie).
3. Paring givers and recipients: 3.1 Category A (as defined by having enough money in your bank account to shop, a means of transportation to shop, and the ability to send gifts through the mail across state lines on a deadline) will be partnered with other Category A participants.3.2 Category B (as defined by "Boy, Christmas sure is fun because I'm not old enough to have a credit card bill!") shall be partnered with other Category B participants with oversight provided by Category A participants in the same house.
4. Funding limits for individual gifts will be solidified at a later time, but the initial proposal will be at least $15 to $50ish - a range seems nice in case the person who draws my name is feeling rich.
   
5. Presents should be delivered using one of the major carriers (UPS, FedEx, USPS, Fat Man in a Sleigh). Recipients should have presents in hand by Easter (Pause for much contemplating on who should be made fun of here), but we would prefer delivery prior to Christmas.
6. Members of the agreement can post on this blog to give gift ideas and Christmas lists.
7. Category A participants who happen to be parents of Category B participants can use the blog to report on the naughtiness or niceness of said Category B participants.
   
8. Feel free to counter propose via the blog.