Tracker Elves Can Check-In

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After discussion with the Elf Supervisors this evening we have determined to open check-in for tracker elves through Christmas Eve.

Tracker Elf Check-in

This process is an important part of tracking Santa for Santa. Your Elf Supervisors need to know who is working and who is not. I know I asked you to send in an Elf Status Report and I thank those of you who did it.

But due to the way the system works, if you know right now what your schedule will be up to when Santa is in flight, please check-in via this link.

If your schedule changes you can re-check-in with revisions at any time.

Please be aware that while I’m engaging this process now and I am going to change the schedule we’ve given to North Pole Flight Command and the News Department. They will still announce check-ins via the websites and the radio news because we know not everyone will see this notice here. You need only to check-in once, unless your schedule changes as previously noted.

If you are confused or have questions, please post them up to the Elf Wall or in the comments below.

Thank you!

Flight Command Needs Help

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As you may have read at SantaUpdate.com today things are getting even crazier in Santa’s Workshop. The workshop is 13 days behind with just five days to go until Santa’s launch.

This is an “all hands on deck” situation. Santa’s workshop needs more help – a lot more help. Every department at the North Pole is sending help. That includes North Pole Flight Command.

Honestly, Flight Command does not have the elves to spare. But we have to do something.

Right now, even as I post this, the Elf Supervisors are on a call. They are trying to see what responsibilities can be shifted to the Regional Tracking Centers and to other qualified personnel working ships of the North Pole Navy.

I do not yet know all the specifics but I think they may try to run sleigh traffic control from the SS Jingle Bell, the flagship of the North Pole Navy.

That’s going to be an interesting move for a couple of reasons. Obviously, the Jingle Bell is not at the North Pole and doesn’t have visuals. However, these are all out-bound sleighs and there is minimal in-bound traffic at this time.

Seeing that they have activated another 10,000 reindeer and 1000 sleighs, that traffic outbound is only increasing. They need to keep that going.

We have been asked to help. I’m trying right now to determine HOW we can help, living and working as we are as remote elves.

I am asking you all to be on alert at this time. Elf Supervisors may be reaching out to you. We have a very busy weekend coming up for everyone so please do this for now as quickly as you can:

  1. File an Elf Status report to let your Elf Supervisor know your availability now and for the next five days. If you cannot work, that’s fine, just let your supervisor know.
  2. Do an air traffic report for your area. With all these added reindeer and sleighs, the skies are going to be crowded. We need to know how crowded they are.
  3. Keep the weather reports coming. Your Elf Supervisor may be requesting additional weather reports for certain areas.

In addition, to free up time and resources DO NOT send in any more roof reports, chimney inspections or landing zone reports. Stay away from ALL emergency reports, unless requested by your Elf Supervisor.

Please await further instructions. Check in OFTEN.

Thanks for your attention at this time.

What Trackers Should Be Doing Right Now

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Someone on the Elf Wall got a little wiggy the other day because Elf Pinky had not posted something new for a day or two.

Relax, elves. There’s a reason why you’re not hearing a ton from your Elf Supervisors: I’ve asked them not to post anything unless it is absolutely necessary.

With 5 sectors, a bunch of punchy elves in Flight Command, and millions of new trackers out there this website and our direction as a team in tracking Santa for Santa can become a big mess in a hurry if the Supes are posting a ton of stuff every day.

So how do you know what to do?

Well, for new trackers, it’s simple: first, go to Elf University and learn your job. Then, go to your sector news page and see everything your Elf Supervisor has posted for your Sector. Once you are caught up with all that you should know what to do.

Now, for ALL trackers right now, this is what we should be doing.

  1. Weather reports, at least once weekly. This is becoming more and more important as Flight Command keeps sending out more sleighs. We need reports from everywhere.
  2. Sleigh sighting reports. If you see one, report it. We are getting a LOT more reports of sleighs in the skies. Get pictures if you can.
  3. Set up your home tracking center. Talk to other elves on the Elf Wall for ideas.
  4. Listen to North Pole Radio News. I’m on there and I have a lovely voice.
  5. Watch the North Pole Flight Command website. It has the most current news for trackers.
  6. Recruit some new trackers. We just don’t have enough of them.

And that’s about it right now. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. If there is some big urgent important need in your sector your Elf Supervisor will post it. If they post something, do it. Right away. Check in daily. But for the most part, I’ve asked them to keep things to a minimum to keep down the distractions and the confusion.

Oh, remember: next Sunday, the 21st of December, I will be hosting the last North Pole Chat of the season at SantaUpdate.com. Guess what we’ll be talking about. That’s where final tracking direction will come. Be there if you can.

Thank you for your efforts.

Sleigh Sightings Possible

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North Pole Flight Command has informed me that sleigh sightings are possible in Sector 1 in the following areas over the next few days:

Tokyo
Wellington
Suva
Guam
Bering Straight
South China Sea

These are common air traffic corridors where staging locations are set for support of Santa’s flight. Some of these areas are waterways where ships of the North Pole Navy are anchored. Sleigh in the skies are possible 24 hours per day, according to flight schedules we have received from Flight Command.

If you happen to see a sleigh in flight please try to capture video or pictures and submit a Sleigh Sighting report.

Thanks.

Elf Status Update

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Trackers of Sector 1 – things are definitely picking up. I need to know who’s working and who is not right now. Please update your Elf Status as soon as you can.

I strong urge you as well to become familiar with all our tracker reports. I think we’re going to be sending in a few public observance reports, air traffic reports, and local Christmas reports in the next few weeks.

Don’t forget the weekly weather report.

Air Traffic Reports Needed in Certain Areas

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As others have been sharing today we had a conference call with Elf Crash and Elf Roger earlier. For us there is a little more complexity because we have test flights of Santa’s sleigh going on in our sector and now a lot of freighter sleighs are coming.

Why are they headed our way? Well, we’re Sector 1. We’re first. I think the strategy in Flight Command and Santa’s Workshop is to get the early sectors squared away first.

So that means we have the possibility of seeing sleighs in our skies right now.

They are concerned with air traffic in certain areas:

  • Sydney, Australia
  • Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Apia, Samoa
  • Suva, Fiji
  • Guam
  • Tonga
  • All of Japan
  • Marshall Islands

If you are in any of those areas we need an air traffic report from you when you can.

Do NOT forget the weekly weather reports.

Thanks!

Get Your Gobble On and Win Prizes

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I guess when I put it out on North Pole Radio News about the Gobble Contest at MyMerryChristmas.com I caused something of a stir. I hear the are getting some good gobbles coming in.

But you know what? I want someone — meaning one of our tracker elves — to WIN!

So I’m going to sweeten the pot here. If you go and enter the Gobble Contest at MyMerryChristmas.com all you need to do is in the box where they ask for your name on the Merry Forums just put in your elf name. That way we will know you’re coming from SantaTrackers.net.

If one of our elves wins the Gobble Contest I will provide prizes in SantaTrackers.net swag – we’re talking buttons, pins, coasters, stickers, etc.

What do you do?

Just follow the instructions. Record yourself gobbling and upload it at MyMerryChristmas.com. That’s all you gotta do. They even have a toll free number there that you can call to record your gobble. So just call on the phone and gobble away.

I have a feeling we’ve got some real good turkeys among us. I want show folks what Christmas spirit can do and I think the tracker elves of the world can be the ones to show it.

Go gobble – I want to send out some prizes!

Click here to go to the contest.

Immediate Weather Reports Needed

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We just posted the news at SantaUpdate.com about Thanksgiving and it immediately triggered a request from North Pole Flight Command.

This is for all trackers in every sector:

PLEASE SUBMIT A DAILY WEATHER REPORT, INCLUDING AT LEAST A THREE-DAY FORECAST, FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH.

This is where you can find the weather report.

We can expect to see a lot of sleighs in the skies for the next week. Elves will be moving all over the world in order to get home for Thanksgiving. With the weather being forecast in the extreme at the North Pole, they will be looking to give elves a little more time to get home in between weather events. While North Pole Flight Command is monitoring the weather at the North Pole, they need reports from everywhere else to help these elves return home for Thanksgiving.

Just as we do with Santa on Christmas Eve, our reports now can help keep these elves safe.

Please plan to do a DAILY weather report from your area between now and the Sunday following Thanksgiving.

If you have questions feel free to ask them in the comments below.

Record Numbers of Sleigh Sightings

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North Pole Flight Command is reporting that sleigh sighting reports have spiked from tracker elves in nearly every sector over the past month.

“We’ve never seen anything like it,” said Elf Wilbur Boeing, a flight analyst at Flight Command. “Freelance elf reports seem to be dominating this trend and they appear to be coming from a lot of coastal areas, such as the Pacific Coast of Canada, the USA and Mexico. That makes sense because that’s the flight corridor to the North Pole for inbound traffic.”

Elf Pinky of Sector 5 says the reports coming in from trackers are “off the charts” for October. She says the sleigh sighting reports are plentiful but she also reports robust activity with weather, roof and local Christmas reports.

Likewise in Sector 1, which largely has seen reporting increase from the South China Sea to the North Pacific – another popular flight corridor, Elf Randi says that because of so many sleigh sightings they are also seeing a corresponding increase in tracker elf sign-ups in Sector 1. “What’s happening is that word of these sleighs in the skies is spreading, mostly I think on social media, and as people ask ‘what is that?’ and they learn they are flying sleighs, they naturally get curious about Santa and the work the North Pole does, so they sign up.” Elf Randi said.

The same thing is happening in the Atlantic, according to Elf Rolf, Elf Supervisor for Sector 3 in Europe and Africa. “All this traffic to and from the North Pole in September and October has led to a lot more new elf sign-ups. People are interested. They want to help.”

Elf Flip has promised an update on the total count of tracker elves world wide in the coming days. We will see what impact this has had on all the recruiting numbers for new elves.

Report Needed from All Sectors

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Hi Elves!

I have a report I need from all elves in all sectors at this time – a Local Christmas Report. Please go to this link to send it in to your Elf Supervisor.

We are not expecting a huge positive response from this report. But let me tell you why we’re doing this.

North Pole Flight Command has detected a general problem with Christmas spirit, which is not unusual just a couple of weeks out from Halloween. But they are concerned that the Crisis in Santa’s Workshop could be discouraging people about this Christmas season.

So we’re asking for this report now and we will be asking for it again after Halloween. And we may be asking for it several times between now and when Santa launches, especially it concerns about this increase.

We also have the North Pole Post Office watching general feedback as well.

I have asked the Elf Supervisors to keep communication at a minimum unless there are pressing needs. This is a pressing need but I need this information from all Sectors, so instead of five different announcements I am making just this one.

Please continue on with the schedule of reports that your Elf Supervisors have asked for.

I can tell you that we are in good shape for the kinds of reports we are receiving and the number of elves we have working worldwide. If there are new needs you will see announcements either from me or from your Elf Supervisor.

We hope you are keeping informed of the news, listening to the radio news reports and the podcasts, and following North Pole Flight Command developments.

Watching the Skies

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Hi Elves of Sector 1!

As you may have heard on North Pole Radio News the activity covering the crisis in Santa’s Workshop is supposed to be affecting all Sectors and the work we do as tracker elves. I have been listening to Elf Crash and the elves at North Pole Flight Command to figure out what direction we need to be taking right now. Honestly it is hard to sort out.

We really want to be watching the skies for any activity we see. So, this would be a good time to reacquaint yourself with the sleigh sighting report and to be prepared to use it at any time.

The skies over the shipping lanes associated commonly with the Pacific Ocean would be our target – meaning that areas in Japan, the Philippines, all of Micronesia and of course the east coast of Australia and all of New Zealand – you could see sleighs, day or not. If you see something, say something.

In terms of how we can help them, well, it’s all about the weather, Of course, for many parts of our sector it is an active weather season and that is why we have been sending in weekly weather reports. Right now, I would tell you, if you see big changes in your weather or a forecast for unsettled weather, especially with high level winds, we need to know about it. Do not wait to send in a weekly report if you are seeing more changes of a more immediate nature.

From what I have been told teams led by Comet and Cupid are active, leading a fleet of teamsters driving sleighs full of rubber, aluminum, silicone and oil. They are running back and forth, north to south and back north again, through the skies roughly every 18 hours.

In addition, there are no less than 6 ships of the North Pole Navy likewise on the waters of Sector 1 in the Pacific. Even though each of these ships have their own weather teams, we still want to remember them in our weather reporting. I have asked for positioning information on each ship but have yet to have that information given to me.

I am hearing that Prancer and Vixen might be leading another team of sleighs through our skies soon, too. I’ll keep you updated.

Thanks!

All Trackers on Alert

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It is only the end of September but I feel compelled to issue an alert for all Santa Trackers world wide.

There is a crisis in Santa’s Workshop and elves from nearly every department at the North Pole are mobilizing to help in the effort. We are equally called upon to join in the effort.

Starting TODAY, I am meeting via Zoom with Elf Supervisors, who are all at their stations at the Regional Tracking Centers. We are going through the latest instructions from North Pole Flight Command.

You can expect some specific instructions coming from each of them over the course of the next couple of days.

In addition, I have asked, and I believe he has already posted on the Elf Wall, for Elf Harold Star to remind you about the North Pole Chat already scheduled at SantaUpdate.com for this Sunday at 3pm EDT.

I hope to have new information and instruction that I can share at that time. As usual, chat recaps will be posted.

I do not yet have details to share at this time but I suspect most of what might be required of us will be added and specific weather reports for certain areas. I believe special missions to route needed supplies to the North Pole are being devised at this time and our instructions will be related to those missions.

What part, if any, Santa will play in these events are unknown. I can tell you, however, that is he very hands on with this whole process and that we can expect to hear more from him about this situation in the days and weeks ahead.

For now, my hope for each of you is that you will:

  1. Follow the news coming from this site, from SantaUpdate.com and from NorthPoleFlightCommand.com closely. Check in daily.
  2. Send your elf supervisor an Elf Status Report. If you are available for duty or not right now, your Elf Supervisor needs to know.
  3. Be prepared to respond to further reporting requests in the days ahead.

Thanks!