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multifandom_postcardxchngHey there, everyone. It is with a heavy heart that we have decided to begin the process of closing the Multi-Fandom Postcard Exchange. The exchange will officially close on August 29th of next year (2024).
The primary reasons for this decision are a lack of funds and a lack of commitable time. The lack of funds in particular has made it impossible to keep up with annual increases in PO box pricing, ever-growing postage rates, and maintenance of required tech.
Please read on for further important information.
❤ Vex and Rebel
Sending Postcards
Current members are welcome and encouraged to continue sending postcards from now until July 1, 2024. This cut off date should allow mail from international members to reach us before our PO box closes at the end of August 2024.
Please remember to continue registering your received postcards!
Membership Management
Membership has been CLOSED and no new member applications will be accepted. Current members are still welcome to manage their membership through these forms:
There will be one more members-only Fortune Friday event. It will occur on Friday, October 13, 2023.
Holiday Cheer
We are very sorry to announce that we will be unable to coordinate Holiday Cheer this year. We understand that Holiday Cheer has been a popular and appreciated event for the past three years and we apologize for any upset this change causes.
Additional Information
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment.
Behind the cut below, you will find a more in-depth and personal explanation of our decision to close the Multi-Fandom Postcard Exchange, ways to keep in touch, and a thank you.
Explanation of Circumstances
The decision to close the MFPE came down to two things: money and time.
Since opening in August 2020, we have spent $1,260.09 in postage, $582 in PO box fees, and $180.31 on certain miscellaneous gifts to our members. That last number does NOT include the cost of things won from our Prize Vault, the cost of items distributed during our Member Appreciation Giveaway, or other gifts that were never itemized. In other words, far more has been spent than the $2,022.40 outlined above.
As of October 6, 2023, the MFPE has received $757.53 in donations, and we have been grateful for every penny. But the MFPE was never meant to run off of donations.
Why? Well, Vex (that’s me) had a secure, stable, well-paying job for over a decade and expected to stay at said job until retirement. I definitely did not expect to become increasingly unable to work due to traumatic stress. In fact, when my therapist suggested I take a long break from work, I laughed and said it would be impossible. (Ha ha ha.) So instead of applying for the short- and long-term disability benefits I had access to at the time, I kept going and going until I suddenly reached my breaking point and quit my job in a fit of desperate frustration.
That is the simplified version of the story. The tl;dr version would be: I used to make money and now I don’t.
But even if it were possible to fund the MFPE purely through donations, Rebel and I are still unable to commit the time.
Keep in Touch
If you would like to keep in touch, I am currently more active on Dreamwidth than anywhere else. A majority of posts are friends-only, but feel free to subscribe tovex_verlain and request access (drop a comment saying you’re from the MFPE!).
Other places you can find me are listed on my Fandom vCard.
Thank You
To our members, volunteers, and supporters: thank you for all of your kindness, interest, passion, and cheerleading throughout the years. It has meant more to me than I could possibly express and you have my endless gratitude.
Spread joy. Be kind to each other. Every small action has the potential to save someone’s life.
❤ Vex
The primary reasons for this decision are a lack of funds and a lack of commitable time. The lack of funds in particular has made it impossible to keep up with annual increases in PO box pricing, ever-growing postage rates, and maintenance of required tech.
Please read on for further important information.
❤ Vex and Rebel
Sending Postcards
Current members are welcome and encouraged to continue sending postcards from now until July 1, 2024. This cut off date should allow mail from international members to reach us before our PO box closes at the end of August 2024.
Please remember to continue registering your received postcards!
Membership Management
Membership has been CLOSED and no new member applications will be accepted. Current members are still welcome to manage their membership through these forms:
- Update Public & Private Information
- Update Interest Profile
- Update Gifting Information
- Retire Membership
There will be one more members-only Fortune Friday event. It will occur on Friday, October 13, 2023.
Holiday Cheer
We are very sorry to announce that we will be unable to coordinate Holiday Cheer this year. We understand that Holiday Cheer has been a popular and appreciated event for the past three years and we apologize for any upset this change causes.
Additional Information
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment.
Behind the cut below, you will find a more in-depth and personal explanation of our decision to close the Multi-Fandom Postcard Exchange, ways to keep in touch, and a thank you.
Explanation of Circumstances
The decision to close the MFPE came down to two things: money and time.
Since opening in August 2020, we have spent $1,260.09 in postage, $582 in PO box fees, and $180.31 on certain miscellaneous gifts to our members. That last number does NOT include the cost of things won from our Prize Vault, the cost of items distributed during our Member Appreciation Giveaway, or other gifts that were never itemized. In other words, far more has been spent than the $2,022.40 outlined above.
As of October 6, 2023, the MFPE has received $757.53 in donations, and we have been grateful for every penny. But the MFPE was never meant to run off of donations.
Why? Well, Vex (that’s me) had a secure, stable, well-paying job for over a decade and expected to stay at said job until retirement. I definitely did not expect to become increasingly unable to work due to traumatic stress. In fact, when my therapist suggested I take a long break from work, I laughed and said it would be impossible. (Ha ha ha.) So instead of applying for the short- and long-term disability benefits I had access to at the time, I kept going and going until I suddenly reached my breaking point and quit my job in a fit of desperate frustration.
That is the simplified version of the story. The tl;dr version would be: I used to make money and now I don’t.
But even if it were possible to fund the MFPE purely through donations, Rebel and I are still unable to commit the time.
Keep in Touch
If you would like to keep in touch, I am currently more active on Dreamwidth than anywhere else. A majority of posts are friends-only, but feel free to subscribe to
vex_verlain and request access (drop a comment saying you’re from the MFPE!).Other places you can find me are listed on my Fandom vCard.
Thank You
To our members, volunteers, and supporters: thank you for all of your kindness, interest, passion, and cheerleading throughout the years. It has meant more to me than I could possibly express and you have my endless gratitude.
Spread joy. Be kind to each other. Every small action has the potential to save someone’s life.
❤ Vex
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