Can someone please address this? (Please?)
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Okay. I have an e-mail list of contributors. I think the next step is to identify exactly what needs to be sent out physically. Then I need to identify who gets what. Then we'll get those mailed out.
There's still some turnover for the project, but we are moving forward.
There's still some turnover for the project, but we are moving forward.
Brother Shatterstone
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Thanks Dinkeldog.Dinkeldog said:
I know that’s a big task you just took and I’m sure everyone will appreciate it. 
maransreth
Explorer
alish2o was the collection point for all the physical (paper) books. Only the pdfs that were for all (or donators who donated over a certain amount) have been sent out. Alish2o has a list of pdfs that publishers offered as specific prizes.
So what needs to be done is:
get a list of what product there is up for grabs.
if there is more/less than the number of contributors randomly assign 1 product to people.
if there is more, then once everyone as at least 1 product, keep going through until everything is assigned.
email every person to see if there email address stills works and if they still live at the same address. Note a mail merge email document might be a quick easy way to do this.
the emails that come back not known, do a shout-out and find out what their new emails are. If they dont get back to you within a fixed period of time, then drop them from the list.
I think that's a start for what needs to be done. Note there were a couple of people offering to help with determing randomly who gets what once complete lists of emails and products were determined.
So what needs to be done is:
get a list of what product there is up for grabs.
if there is more/less than the number of contributors randomly assign 1 product to people.
if there is more, then once everyone as at least 1 product, keep going through until everything is assigned.
email every person to see if there email address stills works and if they still live at the same address. Note a mail merge email document might be a quick easy way to do this.
the emails that come back not known, do a shout-out and find out what their new emails are. If they dont get back to you within a fixed period of time, then drop them from the list.
I think that's a start for what needs to be done. Note there were a couple of people offering to help with determing randomly who gets what once complete lists of emails and products were determined.
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maransreth said:
AWESOME! That's the missing piece that we moderators didn't have and were afraid only PCat had. I'm still going to try to get a hold of PCat and let him know we're underway. Thanks a bunch!
I already have the list of e-mails, but not screen names to match those with. The next step will be the random numbers (which are pretty easy, really), and I should get a ton of headway done this weekend.
