[Novalug] Linux T-shirts

jerry w jerrywone@gmail.com
Tue Dec 11 07:41:32 EST 2012


perhaps a credit on the shirt/ logo for the winner(s)...

I'm happy with having a shirt of a design I like
available <grin>.
If I hate / severely dislike a design I don't have to buy it.

Online ordering is a pain IMO.
I'd work with the organizer(s)/ committee and do cash
with them...  in the <$30 range, depending on shirt quality.

Historical note:  we had a tradition of FOSE where
people were to show up in a Tux logo shirt (polo)
and one independent go around which I still have two.

Without that requirement, we may have more freedom
to hack shirts, including, making our own!

Iron on transfer, emblem sew on, hack a 2D printer
to sew, etc, and other geekery, perhaps with a
craft/ maker community involved, though preferably
on neutral territory (don't ask)...

Props to Bonnie, Mark and others,
and all comments on the list,
now including Roger for picking up the ball
(realizing it's more scrum like now... <grin>)

I'd seen the logo on the website recently
and wondered what had happened,
but busy with other demands of the meeting
to get to it face to face...


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Roger W. Broseus <rogerb@bronord.com> wrote:
> Dear Mark and Others,
>
> From the post you made and others, it's obvious a lot of thinking has gone
> into this. I'd like to help move it forward. Here are some steps I suggest,
> in the name of democracy, do some on-line voting/polling using
> SurveyMonkey.com to collect responses. I'd keep the aim at obtaining shirts
> for NOVALUG members:
>
> Scope the "market:" do potential buyers want embroidered patches or logos on
> shirts, OR, printed t-shirts.
> Solicit votes, giving a voting link on NOVALUG mailing list.
>
> The response to this should also help determine how many buyers there would
> be.
>
> Make a last call for designs.
> Put designs to a vote (via SurveyMonkey)
> Broadcast results.
> Make a contact with shirt maker.
> Take orders, including money.
> I would be willing to handle each step, including making a contact for
> shirts and collecting monies, not getting complicated by using the tux.org
> bank account.
>
> My aim is to move this forward so we can get shirts that are emblematic of
> NOVALUG. Note that I'd stick with capitalization like this: "NOVALUG," as
> the name of the organization.
>
> --
> Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
>     Email: RogerB@bronord.com
>     Web Site: www.bronord.com
>
> On 12/09/2012 11:14 AM, novalug-request@calypso.tux.org wrote:
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:13:59 -0500
> From: "Mark A. Metz" <mametz@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Linux T-shirts
> To: novalug@calypso.tux.org
> Message-ID: <50C4B8C7.4060407@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hello All,
>
> Here's the update on the status of the logo/shirt idea.
>
> Even after getting only a few submissions for art relating to a shirt,
> we were heading down the rat hole of decision (or lack thereof) by
> committee.  We apparently don't even agree on whether the group is
> novalug, NoVALUG, NOVALug, NOVALUG, etc.  So rather than trying to reach
> a consensus or get a majority, I suggested (following Jason Kohle's
> example) we put ALL the designs on a production site like Zazzle.  That
> way anyone could order whatever design they liked, pick their own
> color/size/style of shirt, etc. Although this might end up a little more
> expensive per person in the end, the powers that be were fine with that
> suggestion because it would cut down the work for any one individual
> (i.e., no taking orders, no finding a printer, no delivery, no money
> collection, etc.).  People who are uncomfortable with e-commerce can
> have a friend by one for them.
> I submitted a design to Zazzle and they jacked it up pretty bad. They
> refunded my money, but before I could research another production site
> or work out the kinks with Zazzle the next issue came up, money.
>
> Because NOVALUG is a not-for-profit organization, I didn't want to
> channel money in my name for NOVALUG through a site like Zazzle. The way
> the site works is any individual/organization with a Zazzle account can
> let their designs be used by the general public, but the account holder
> gets a cut of the sale.  Greg Pryzby suggested I work through Tux.org to
> take care of the money.  Long story short, as you may or may not know
> Tux.org is reorganizing, I'm now the treasurer, we're going to have a
> bank account again soon, and we can get this shirt idea back in motion.
> Just for the record, any of my designs will be completely open so if any
> one wants the originals and do their own printing they're welcome to
> it.  Otherwise, I will be donating my designs to Tux.org, NOVALUG, or
> any other LUG who wants designs so my work can start generating funds
> for Tux.org.
>
> All that being said, I am not the official representative for NOVALUG
> design and/or trademarking so any one else should feel free to fork, I
> guess with Greg's blessing.
>
> Later,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Novalug mailing list
> Novalug@calypso.tux.org
> http://calypso.tux.org/mailman/listinfo/novalug
>



-- 
Jerry W



More information about the Novalug mailing list