Re: 20th Birthday Tshirts & Design

And in case you need it, here's the design, attached.
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On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Nuritzi Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote:

> As per a conversation with Allan and the Engagement Team on Friday, here
> is the suggested amount of shirts to order from the local vendor you guys
> are using (this is also in your spreadsheet, Allan):
>
>
> BTC Activewear Orders
> <https://www.btcactivewear.co.uk/store/index.pl?submit=View_ITEM&sfn_spc=64000&sfn_colour_code=170>
>
> Navy
> <https://www.btcactivewear.co.uk/store/index.pl?submit=View_ITEM&sfn_spc=64000&sfn_colour_code=32>
> S 5
> M 8
> L 8
> XL 4
>
>
> If you all think Navy is too dark, we might also go with Royal Heather
> <https://www.btcactivewear.co.uk/store/index.pl?submit=View_ITEM&sfn_spc=64000&sfn_colour_code=218>,
> but I think a dark, classic color is best.
>
> *@Allan *- next steps are sending this to the vendor to see if we can
> order in time.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Best,
> Nuritzi
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 2:34 AM, Allan Day <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nuritzi Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Attached is the t-shirt design for GNOME's 20th Birthday. It's white so
>>> that you can put it on a color shirt.
>>>
>>
>> The monochrome design looks really good! However, I'm a little uncertain
>> about the GNOME foot. It could be a bit much, visually speaking.
>>
>>
>>> IIRC, the GUADEC team did not want to order more designs through the
>>> local vendor. However, we wanted to have a few people wear them around
>>> GUADEC so we could then point people out to buying them online or printing
>>> them out locally for any 20th Birthday Parties for the actual day (August
>>> 18th).
>>>
>>
>> I'm happy to ask our local vendor about producting these shirts. My
>> initial reservation was in relation to selling them alongside the other
>> shirts we have this year. Reasons for this:
>>
>>  * We already have quite a lot of shirts ordered, in four different
>> designs. The more varieties of shirts we add, the fewer GUADEC shirts we
>> will sell.
>>  * 20th anniversary shirts are time-sensitive - if we order a lot of them
>> and don't sell them, they become old stock very quickly.
>>  * It's tricky ordering small numbers of shirts to sell, since you need a
>> certain volume to adequately cover the range of sizes.
>>
>> However, I am also doubtful about doing a small run of shirts that
>> wouldn't be for sale. It's unclear what the point would be. The reasons
>> that have been given so far are:
>>
>>  * To give shirts to volunteers for the party
>>  * To give as gifts
>>  * To use as samples so we can sell the shirts online
>>
>> I find it hard to believe that we need volunteer shirts just for the
>> party and I don't think we should be spending $175 on freebies. Likewise, I
>> don't think we need physical shirts to drive online sales - we can use
>> social media for that.
>>
>> Maybe we should revisit the idea of selling the anniversary shirts rather
>> than giving them away.
>>
>>
>>
>>> *@Allan* - do you have contact info for Zazzle so we can update the GNOME
>>> store <https://www.zazzle.com/gnome> with these designs?
>>>
>>
>> Historically, it was always Andreas Nilsson who managed the Zazzle store.
>> We should probably make sure that the account is registered to an @
>> gnome.org email alias and listed on https://wiki.gnome.org/Enga
>> gement/Channels .
>>
>>
>> *If we go with my vendor*
>>> I have a vendor that I can order 25 shirts through for ~ $175 USD.
>>> Please see the shirts that are ready to go here: CustomInk
>>> <https://www.customink.com/lab?cid=ekc0-00b2-w3c2&YI=true&pc=HL-142344&utm_campaign=hotlink_201601&utm_source=hotlink&utm_medium=email&utm_content=viewinlab>.
>>> Also previewed here:
>>>
>>
>> We're currently paying about £5.30 per t-shirt, which would translate to
>> £132 for 25 shirts. However, the cost somewhat depends on the size range
>> and the quantities.
>>
>> Allan
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Nuritzi Sanchez
> GNOME Foundation <https://www.gnome.org/foundation/>
> President, Board of Directors
>



-- 
Nuritzi Sanchez
GNOME Foundation <https://www.gnome.org/foundation/>
President, Board of Directors

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