WHAT IS FULLCIRCLES ABOUT?

First, what FullCircles is NOT about:

FullCircles is NOT about giving only to the poor.It is

NOT about getting as much free stuff as we can. It is

NOT about getting things to earn money on the side. It

is NOT about getting rid of junk that would be better

off in the landfill. It is NOT about posting a "wish

list" for expensive items and expecting a fairy

godmother to fulfill it for us.

It is NOT a community bulletin board for finding

rentals, dentists,mechanics, or advertising our

businesses and services or special events.

What FullCircles IS about: FullCircles IS about keeping

things out of the landfill. It IS about giving away

something that has no use in our life anymore to someone

who could extend its usefulness a little longer. It IS

about giving gifts to people while clearing out our own

clutter. It IS about creating, building, and sustaining

an environmentally aware community.

Offering Items We No Longer Need to Those Who Need Them:

When we post an OFFER, we are offering to give someone a

gift. It is up to us to give this gift to whomever we

feel would be the best recipient. We are not obligated

to give our gift to someone who is rich, poor, single,

married, has no kids, has 1 kid, has 15 kids, has a car,

doesn't have a car, or has a purple octopus named George

living in their backyard. We can choose the most polite,

the rudest, the funniest, or the shortest response to

receive our gift. We can put their names in a hat and do

a draw, or we can wave our magic fingers over our

screens and pick one that way. We can choose the first,

3rd, or 53rd respondent. We can wait 24 hours and then

decide. It is up to us.
Letting Other People Know What We Need:
When we post a WANTED message, or respond to an offer,

we are requesting a gift. The odds are that no one on

this list will be able to give us what we are asking

for. But sometimes somebody will see a WANTED for a

bowling ball and go "AHA! I have one in my closet!" But,

you know what? Just because we are rich, poor, single,

married, have no kids, have 1 kid, have 15 kids, have a

car, don't have a car, or have a purple octopus named

George living in our backyard, does not mean we are more

worthy of receiving a gift from a fellow Freecycle

member than the average person living down the street.

Sending emails that don't say "please" or "thank you"

are a way to not receive an item.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN FullCircles When you want to find

a new home for something -- whether it's a chair, a fax

machine, piano, or an old door -- you simply send an

e-mail offering it to members of your FullCircles group.

Or, maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself.

Simply respond to a member's offer, and you just might

get it. After that, it's up to the giver to decide who

receives the gift and to set up a pickup time for

passing on the treasure. You can even post a Wanted

message to the group because somebody might have just

the exact thing you really need stored away in a closet

One main rule: Everything posted must be free, legal,

and appropriate for all ages.

YOU ARE BUILDING A COMMUNITY BY PARTICIPATING We are

part of a community. In every community, there are

people who don't get along. And in most communities,

when two people don't get, they just avoid each other.

To do that on Freecycle, all you have to do is set up a

filter to send any email from someone you don't want to

hear from straight into your trash bin. If you need help

with that, let the moderators know and they can help

you. So, just remember: If you're offering a gift, it's

up to you to decide who gets it.line And if you're

requesting a gift...well, be patient. Your turn will

come eventually, but if you're not careful your name

could end up on a 'will not give to' list. Try starting

off by making an OFFER to the list, just to see how the

process works. Look in your closet or in that box you

haven't unpacked since you moved in two years ago. Prime

stuff for FullCircles !

Above all - keep on keeping "stuff" out of the

landfill! If you have any comments or questions, please

send them to planycycle.org@... .
Thanks So Much!