This gift exchange will have a submission deadline around end of August. If it is a success we are planning on having another one around Christmas holidays.
For your consideration….....I also agree the first exchange should be in December. Say a ship by date of Dec. 1st. This gives us plenty of time to consider our exchange buddies and their dogs, re-read some posts to get an idea of life style, food and toy preferences, sense of humor, and beat the price mark up of the Christmas season. Also, as "the giving season" nears, perhaps more forum friends will care to join.
Maybe I'm thinking too hard about this, but I'm just excited and fear I won't have adequate time to find something(s) appropriate.
Thanks admin I'm sure this may take more time and effort than you originally anticipated, but what GREAT fun you're providing.
P/S...With all the December b-day Basenji's you have here, it could turn out to be a huge GLOBAL Basenji birthday celebration:D 
I definitely agree with Snorky, I would like an xmas one as well, however I think there is plenty of time to do 2 before then…if we close submissions by the end of august, ship gifts by the end of September, then pick it up again in October or November for the holiday season..that might be good. Otherwise I am afraid if we wait so long, people will forget/not visit the site often by then/etc. If we plan that now, people who dont' want to do both could just opt to wait until the second one, just my opinion, but I will go along with whatever is decided...either way it shoudl be lots of fun...thanks again for doing this!
I forgot about the December birthday part – the postal service will have fun delivering all these basenji birthday presents
I believe we have received enough submissions for this round of Basenji Buddies gift exchange. If anyone is interested to join in please read the top post of this thread and email us your submission by August 29, 2008.
Today is the last day to join this first round of Basenji Buddies gift exchange. If anyone is interested to join in please read the top post of this thread and email us your submission by the end of today (August 29, 2008).
Over the weekend we will randomly pair up everyone who submitted their information to us and send out emails with instructions.
Have you sent out the buddy information yet? I have had a ton of junk mail lately and I wanted to make sure your e-mail did not end up in my spam folder by accident.
Thanks!
It's coming, had to sort through all the submissions myself. 
Alex,
Sorry to be antsy…but I still haven't received an email with the info...have you sent them out yet? Looking forward to the Basenji Penpal exchange!!! :-)Thanks!
Any updates on our Basenji Buddies gift exchange?
Haven't heard anything in quite a while…
We finally sorted through all the submissions and everyone should have gotten their Basenji Gift Buddy. Please let us know (giftexchange@basenjiforums.com) if you have not gotten an email from us.
Also we noticed that several members who voted on the poll did not email us their submissions in the format requested in the first post of this thread. There is still time, hurry and email us.
Those members who did receive their Basenji Gift Buddy email, please send your gift in a timely manner.
Enjoy! This is going to be a lot of fun!
Andrew,
I received my e-mail today from Admin.
Great! Thanks- I just opened my e-mail up
Look forward to sending my gifts to my new basenji buddy!
I also received my eMail from Admin.
Regards,
Esther
I have my goodies ready, now I just have to wrap and send! What fun!
Anne in Tampa
I'm so excited!
My basenji buddy gift is all ready and I'll be getting the finishing touches tomorrow and then it'll be in the post on Monday.
I can't wait to send it off and know that Shango's going to have a new friend!
I am almost ready but I have to pick up something for my buddy this weekend at a Dog walking event. I am so excited to put it all together and get it in the mail.
I mailed mine yesterday, hope our basenji buddy likes it! It was hard to stop, I kept finding things…....
Anne in Tampa
Giving gifts and making new basenji friends is so much fun!
Are we suppose to let our Buddies know who we are?
