Do you look around faire and see nothing but strangers? Have you felt alone in a sea of faces? Are you looking for a reason to reach out and meet new people? Buddy, you could use a R.U.B.!
R.U.B (Random Undisclosed Benefactor) is Secret Santa for everyone who works at the faire; booths, joust, guilds, crew, alestands, you name it. It's great, and it’s happening again this year at the Northern California Renaissance Faire. Many have known the joys of being RUBed, and now this joy can be yours!
~ Bring the customers into our world by asking them to deliver things for you!
~ Make new friends by interviewing your RUB's closest companions!
~ Fake out your friends!
~ Utilize people from faire you've never met before to help you out!
~ Practice slight of hand!
~ Give and get presents!
This is Fantastic! How Do I Sign-Up?
To be a part of the exciting world of the RUBs, we’ll need the following sent to: mongerweb @. yahoo .com :
Real Name:
Faire Name (if any):
Faire Affiliation:
E-mail:
The emails will only be used to contact you, should there be any problems. Your RUB will not have your e-mail, and we will not give it out to anyone. We are not accepting any applications after faire begins. The deadline is Thursday, September 6th, so sign-up now, and tell your friends to sign-up, too.
How does it work?
- On opening day packets of sealed envelopes will be delivered to each guild area, booth, etc. to be distributed to the people who signed up. Reveal your assigned person to no one. Spies are everywhere!
-MINIMUM once a weekend for the run of faire you must do something for your secret pal. Be it a singing telegram, a lollipop, flowers, a cool handmade thing, or something you bought at the 99 Cent store. If you really want to spend money, we set the cap at $15 max. per gift, but we really encourage people to have cheap, creative, personal gifts. It doesn’t have to have a lot of value, just selct things with care. In return, you will receive something from your RUB each week.
-As the RUBer, it is your job to discover things about your mark. Send them your own questionnaire the first weekend, perhaps along with a non-offensive gift, like a rock with a string around it. Everybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around. :)
-If you know ahead of time that you won't be at faire on a particular weekend, either communicate this to your RUB pal the weekend before, or have a trusted friend make a delivery for you. You would not want your RUB to think they are being neglected. If you couldn’t relay the message beforehand, make it up to your mark the following weekend. If you cannot be reliable, please don’t sign up.
-On closing weekend of faire you get to reveal yourself to your secret pal.
What Rub Is Not:
- This is not an occasion to flake out! You volunteered for this yourself. Please don't set some nice person up for disappointment. After all someone's sending you a gift. A list is kept of who is assigned to whom, and heads will roll if you're naughty... or you'll at least get a stern talking to. You won't like it. Trust us.
- This is not intended to be an acceptable form of a freaky stalker love connection. There is a fine line between flattering and creepy. Do not make your RUB buddy anticipate your messengers with dread.
This is an activity set up by participants for participants. The powers that be at the faire are not affiliated with this in any way.
Thank you!
-Diana Kaufmann
RUB Organizer, Mongers
R.U.B (Random Undisclosed Benefactor) is Secret Santa for everyone who works at the faire; booths, joust, guilds, crew, alestands, you name it. It's great, and it’s happening again this year at the Northern California Renaissance Faire. Many have known the joys of being RUBed, and now this joy can be yours!
~ Bring the customers into our world by asking them to deliver things for you!
~ Make new friends by interviewing your RUB's closest companions!
~ Fake out your friends!
~ Utilize people from faire you've never met before to help you out!
~ Practice slight of hand!
~ Give and get presents!
This is Fantastic! How Do I Sign-Up?
To be a part of the exciting world of the RUBs, we’ll need the following sent to: mongerweb @. yahoo .com :
Real Name:
Faire Name (if any):
Faire Affiliation:
E-mail:
The emails will only be used to contact you, should there be any problems. Your RUB will not have your e-mail, and we will not give it out to anyone. We are not accepting any applications after faire begins. The deadline is Thursday, September 6th, so sign-up now, and tell your friends to sign-up, too.
How does it work?
- On opening day packets of sealed envelopes will be delivered to each guild area, booth, etc. to be distributed to the people who signed up. Reveal your assigned person to no one. Spies are everywhere!
-MINIMUM once a weekend for the run of faire you must do something for your secret pal. Be it a singing telegram, a lollipop, flowers, a cool handmade thing, or something you bought at the 99 Cent store. If you really want to spend money, we set the cap at $15 max. per gift, but we really encourage people to have cheap, creative, personal gifts. It doesn’t have to have a lot of value, just selct things with care. In return, you will receive something from your RUB each week.
-As the RUBer, it is your job to discover things about your mark. Send them your own questionnaire the first weekend, perhaps along with a non-offensive gift, like a rock with a string around it. Everybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around. :)
-If you know ahead of time that you won't be at faire on a particular weekend, either communicate this to your RUB pal the weekend before, or have a trusted friend make a delivery for you. You would not want your RUB to think they are being neglected. If you couldn’t relay the message beforehand, make it up to your mark the following weekend. If you cannot be reliable, please don’t sign up.
-On closing weekend of faire you get to reveal yourself to your secret pal.
What Rub Is Not:
- This is not an occasion to flake out! You volunteered for this yourself. Please don't set some nice person up for disappointment. After all someone's sending you a gift. A list is kept of who is assigned to whom, and heads will roll if you're naughty... or you'll at least get a stern talking to. You won't like it. Trust us.
- This is not intended to be an acceptable form of a freaky stalker love connection. There is a fine line between flattering and creepy. Do not make your RUB buddy anticipate your messengers with dread.
This is an activity set up by participants for participants. The powers that be at the faire are not affiliated with this in any way.
Thank you!
-Diana Kaufmann
RUB Organizer, Mongers
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