The Eden Fantasys Birthday Club!

As we draw close to celebrating a brand new year together as a community, I wanted to update everyone as to what’s going to happen with the Birthday Club. After all, it’s all about finding reasons to celebrate together!

First, I am happy to announce that I will be continuing the Birthday Club! It was up in the air for a while as my life keeps getting busier and busier. But I would honestly miss you lot way too much to quit now! I will be the point-of-contact to submit your birthdays to. As I have had many issues in the past with successfully receiving emails, I want to keep the submission option ONLY to PM through EdenFantasys. Also, your point-of-contact with Eden-points questions is Stormy. Just keep in mind that we’re both busy ladies if you send us a question.

Second, if you have any suggestions to make to Birthday Club more exciting, more participatory, or just have great ice-breaker questions – send them to me! Also, I want this thread to become the new question and discussion section for the club, so post away! I’ll try my best to get to every question, concern, and idea.

Third, because I receive loads of one sentence PMs asking me what the Birthday Club is, how to participate, where to find it, etc. (basically questions that could ALL be answered by reading any of the shout-outs already posted), I wanted to post a complete list of the ‘rules’ and FAQ in one place for easy reference. It’s the boring part of this post but completely necessary. Just see the info included below!

And something I know everyone is wondering – when will the January 2013 shout-out post?! And my answer is: SOON! I am really excited about this new format I’m working on and I want it to be the best it can be. Happy New Year, Edenites!!! less

Birthday Club – FAQ

1. What is the Birthday Club?
a. The Birthday Club is an awesome once-a-month thread to celebrate birthdays! There are no dues to be paid, homework to complete, or required meetings to attend. All in all, it’s a fun monthly post for every to share warm and fuzzy birthday feelings while learning a little bit from the posts.

2. How do I join?
a. You PM me. No, posting on a thread doesn’t count. Writing on my profile wall doesn’t count. Sending messenger pigeons doesn’t count. Simply PM me through EdenFantasys with your birthday.
b. On the note of sending your birthday – PLEASE type out the month name. Why? Not all countries use the same format! Some countries use month first, others use day first. If I typed 3-10, you don’t know if it’s March 10th or October 3rd.
c. No, I don’t need your year.

3. How do I participate?
a. You find the most recent Birthday Club Shout-out and join in on the discussion! Read the post to learn something cool and then celebrate with the other Edenites!

4. Who do I message and when?
a. You should PM as soon as possible. It doesn’t matter if it’s 11 months from your next birthday because I save them all! If you forget, however, and message me after the shout-out has been posted for your birthday month, you will need to patiently wait until it comes around again. We do this to be fair. Also, Eden is so amazingly generous, there will be plenty of fun, fantastic, and free opportunities during the rest of the year, which makes waiting easier. less