Hey guys,
Okay, so here is my formal proposal.
I'm thinking that we should get 2000 stickers printed. There is supposedly about 5000 people at the conference, but I doubt more than 1000 have ever come by the booth. I thought about over-printing for other events, but I think we'd rather run another contest then. We've got great artists, I think providing more opportunities is better than fewer.
Looking at branders.com it looks like a 3" round sticker are about $0.15 a piece. So that means that I'm asking to spend about $300, hopefully less as the bulk rates start to kick in.
I would like to have the design be a contest following on the heels of the amazingly successful 0.46 about screen contest. The requirements for the contest being that the Inkscape logo must be visible and it must have the text "http://inkscape.org" or "www.inkscape.org" in it somewhere. I've suggested it to Josh, but I haven't formally asked him to run it -- he seemed okay with doing it last I asked.
At the conference I'm thinking that we should "charge" a $0.25 donation for the stickers. Basically putting a roll of stickers and a bowl of quarters on the table. I'll get a couple of rolls of quarters to make change. In theory, we could make some money on the whole thing, but the goal is more to add value to the stickers so they don't just end up everywhere.
I'll of course post exact dollar amounts as they become available. Both for the costs and donations that we take in.
All in favor?
--Ted
+1 from me. We have the cash, and SCALE is one of our main conferences.
Are you thinking of just the regular inkscape icon, or have an artist design something based of it?
Bryce
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:11:04PM +0000, Ted Gould wrote:
Hey guys,
Okay, so here is my formal proposal.
I'm thinking that we should get 2000 stickers printed. There is supposedly about 5000 people at the conference, but I doubt more than 1000 have ever come by the booth. I thought about over-printing for other events, but I think we'd rather run another contest then. We've got great artists, I think providing more opportunities is better than fewer.
Looking at branders.com it looks like a 3" round sticker are about $0.15 a piece. So that means that I'm asking to spend about $300, hopefully less as the bulk rates start to kick in.
I would like to have the design be a contest following on the heels of the amazingly successful 0.46 about screen contest. The requirements for the contest being that the Inkscape logo must be visible and it must have the text "http://inkscape.org" or "www.inkscape.org" in it somewhere. I've suggested it to Josh, but I haven't formally asked him to run it -- he seemed okay with doing it last I asked.
At the conference I'm thinking that we should "charge" a $0.25 donation for the stickers. Basically putting a roll of stickers and a bowl of quarters on the table. I'll get a couple of rolls of quarters to make change. In theory, we could make some money on the whole thing, but the goal is more to add value to the stickers so they don't just end up everywhere.
I'll of course post exact dollar amounts as they become available. Both for the costs and donations that we take in.
All in favor?
--Ted
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On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 11:11 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Are you thinking of just the regular inkscape icon, or have an artist design something based of it?
I was thinking a art contest for it. But, the logo is a good back-up plan. With the quality of entries in the 0.46 about screen contest, my expectations are huge :)
--Ted
So... is everyone else against this?
--Ted
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 11:11 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
+1 from me. We have the cash, and SCALE is one of our main conferences.
Are you thinking of just the regular inkscape icon, or have an artist design something based of it?
Bryce
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:11:04PM +0000, Ted Gould wrote:
Hey guys,
Okay, so here is my formal proposal.
I'm thinking that we should get 2000 stickers printed. There is supposedly about 5000 people at the conference, but I doubt more than 1000 have ever come by the booth. I thought about over-printing for other events, but I think we'd rather run another contest then. We've got great artists, I think providing more opportunities is better than fewer.
Looking at branders.com it looks like a 3" round sticker are about $0.15 a piece. So that means that I'm asking to spend about $300, hopefully less as the bulk rates start to kick in.
I would like to have the design be a contest following on the heels of the amazingly successful 0.46 about screen contest. The requirements for the contest being that the Inkscape logo must be visible and it must have the text "http://inkscape.org" or "www.inkscape.org" in it somewhere. I've suggested it to Josh, but I haven't formally asked him to run it -- he seemed okay with doing it last I asked.
At the conference I'm thinking that we should "charge" a $0.25 donation for the stickers. Basically putting a roll of stickers and a bowl of quarters on the table. I'll get a couple of rolls of quarters to make change. In theory, we could make some money on the whole thing, but the goal is more to add value to the stickers so they don't just end up everywhere.
I'll of course post exact dollar amounts as they become available. Both for the costs and donations that we take in.
All in favor?
--Ted
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I thought I'd expressed my sticking up for stickers when you asked last year.
"Aye", njh
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Ted Gould wrote:
So... is everyone else against this?
--Ted
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 11:11 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
+1 from me. We have the cash, and SCALE is one of our main conferences.
Are you thinking of just the regular inkscape icon, or have an artist design something based of it?
Bryce
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:11:04PM +0000, Ted Gould wrote:
Hey guys,
Okay, so here is my formal proposal.
I'm thinking that we should get 2000 stickers printed. There is supposedly about 5000 people at the conference, but I doubt more than 1000 have ever come by the booth. I thought about over-printing for other events, but I think we'd rather run another contest then. We've got great artists, I think providing more opportunities is better than fewer.
Looking at branders.com it looks like a 3" round sticker are about $0.15 a piece. So that means that I'm asking to spend about $300, hopefully less as the bulk rates start to kick in.
I would like to have the design be a contest following on the heels of the amazingly successful 0.46 about screen contest. The requirements for the contest being that the Inkscape logo must be visible and it must have the text "http://inkscape.org" or "www.inkscape.org" in it somewhere. I've suggested it to Josh, but I haven't formally asked him to run it -- he seemed okay with doing it last I asked.
At the conference I'm thinking that we should "charge" a $0.25 donation for the stickers. Basically putting a roll of stickers and a bowl of quarters on the table. I'll get a couple of rolls of quarters to make change. In theory, we could make some money on the whole thing, but the goal is more to add value to the stickers so they don't just end up everywhere.
I'll of course post exact dollar amounts as they become available. Both for the costs and donations that we take in.
All in favor?
--Ted
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Okay,
So I think that's a majority. I'll start plan "Stuck Artist" -- we'll cover SCALE in stickers ;)
--Ted
Regarding the costs, please collect receipt(s) and submit to the consortium for reimbursement with a pointer to this thread to show the authorization for the $300.
(Do you anticipate any other SCALE-related expenses needing reimbursement for?)
Bryce
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:11:04PM +0000, Ted Gould wrote:
Hey guys,
Okay, so here is my formal proposal.
I'm thinking that we should get 2000 stickers printed. There is supposedly about 5000 people at the conference, but I doubt more than 1000 have ever come by the booth. I thought about over-printing for other events, but I think we'd rather run another contest then. We've got great artists, I think providing more opportunities is better than fewer.
Looking at branders.com it looks like a 3" round sticker are about $0.15 a piece. So that means that I'm asking to spend about $300, hopefully less as the bulk rates start to kick in.
I would like to have the design be a contest following on the heels of the amazingly successful 0.46 about screen contest. The requirements for the contest being that the Inkscape logo must be visible and it must have the text "http://inkscape.org" or "www.inkscape.org" in it somewhere. I've suggested it to Josh, but I haven't formally asked him to run it -- he seemed okay with doing it last I asked.
At the conference I'm thinking that we should "charge" a $0.25 donation for the stickers. Basically putting a roll of stickers and a bowl of quarters on the table. I'll get a couple of rolls of quarters to make change. In theory, we could make some money on the whole thing, but the goal is more to add value to the stickers so they don't just end up everywhere.
I'll of course post exact dollar amounts as they become available. Both for the costs and donations that we take in.
All in favor?
--Ted
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On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 13:10 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Regarding the costs, please collect receipt(s) and submit to the consortium for reimbursement with a pointer to this thread to show the authorization for the $300.
Okay, will do. If, by chance, we make money do I just send them a check?
(Do you anticipate any other SCALE-related expenses needing reimbursement for?)
Uhm, I can't think of any. I was thinking we might do the fliers again, but I thought I'd just print those myself. I was also thinking about printing out all of the 0.46 about screens, I love them so much :)
I'm not sure who's all planning to attend, or if we'd want to sponsor people traveling from afar. I know I was trying to convince Mental and John to come, I told them you'd come if they did :) There's a rumor that it's just because I want a JPL tour :-O
--Ted
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:58:17PM -0800, Ted Gould wrote:
On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 13:10 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Regarding the costs, please collect receipt(s) and submit to the consortium for reimbursement with a pointer to this thread to show the authorization for the $300.
Okay, will do. If, by chance, we make money do I just send them a check?
Yes, or they also take paypal.
(Do you anticipate any other SCALE-related expenses needing reimbursement for?)
Uhm, I can't think of any. I was thinking we might do the fliers again, but I thought I'd just print those myself. I was also thinking about printing out all of the 0.46 about screens, I love them so much :)
I'm not sure who's all planning to attend, or if we'd want to sponsor people traveling from afar. I know I was trying to convince Mental and John to come, I told them you'd come if they did :) There's a rumor that it's just because I want a JPL tour :-O
Heh, I'd love to but once again got a plethora of other things going on at the same time. So we'll see. Let me know if many other inkscapers go.
Bryce
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njh -
Ted Gould