Leaving Present from work - advice on etiquette please

[roisin]

OK, my closest friend at work (secondary school) is leaving on Friday, and I have arranged the collection to buy a leaving present. There are a lot of staff, and contributions are very much on a voluntary basis. There are two particular groups of staff who have all contributed, then bits and pieces from throughout the school.

Should I include with the gift a list of people who've contributed, or not?

Someone else has arranged a card to be signed, and that is very much on a free-for-all basis; I haven't got the time or the inclination to go round all the contributors and ask them to sign another card: so that's not an option.

We've had a lot of collections at work recently due to redundancies, babies, weddings etc. and although we always circulate a card with the collection, people can sign the card without putting in to the collection. My suggestion would be that the card and present are given at the same time. I know that for my present when leaving to have dd2 it would have been my close team who made the major contributions but everyone in the office signed the card - friend will know who put their hands in their pockets!

Thanks clobug1