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I am making some changes to RAoG this year and wanted to give you a heads-up on what is coming.

Before any member who submitted a wishlist for level 1 of the GE or who who signed up just to receive from the RAoG was eligible to get gifts, and those who had a small enough account were eligible to receive gifts. This year forward everyone who submits a wishlist for any level of the GE or just RAoG will be on the list of people you can send gifts too. There will be no limits based on level or account size.

Along with the prior option of being assigned a random person to gift to, you will now also be able to select a name from a drop-down of everyone who can be sent something.

The reason I have not allowed these things before is it does create a gateway for possible cheating. To combat this there is going to be one more change. Gifting will no longer be anonymous. Anonymity can lead to less savory choices, so to make sure everything is on the up and up it will no longer be provided for Random Acts of Gifting. The anonymity also caused problems with receivers being able to thank the people who gave them gifts. This should make the whole process smoother.

This change means however that your wishlists will be PUBLIC. If you do not want others to see your wishlist for some reason, or simply don't want anyone to send you gifts please head over to the GE sign-up and opt out of receiving RAoG gifts.

Remember that the only way to be sent gifts is to submit a wishlist. So if you don't sign up for the gift exchange no one can send you gifts. You do not need to opt out of receiving if you don't sign up in the first place. You can still however send other people gifts via RAoG if you are qualified by having completed a prior GE.