Re: [UG-ADMINS] Sticker Exchange

[email protected] (Ben Ramsey) Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:56:36 -0500
Newsgroups ug.admins
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For all the user group organizers who can't make it out to these
conferences (there's a lot of them on this list), is there a way to
participate?

-Ben



On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Adam Culp <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sounds like PNWPHP and ZendCon might be great places to ensure stickers
> get into either Joe's and Michelangelo's hands prior to php[world].
>
>
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> On 08/30/2016 01:34 PM, Joe Ferguson wrote:
>
>> We should probably limit designated people to give stickers to, that way
>> we don’t drop anyone out. I’ll work up a spreadsheet form to submit info to
>> “I want to send stickers” and “who I’m sending/giving stickers to”
>>
>> Sounds like Michelangelo and I will put sticker packs for the UGs
>> together at php[world] Could be a fun uncon session :D
>>
>> Hard deadlines: Michelangelo and I will HAVE to have your UG’s stickers
>> before we leave for php[world]. For me that would be before November 12.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 30, 2016, at 10:31, Michelangelo van Dam <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> OK, let's arrange some exchange points. I'll be at the following
>>> conferences:
>>>
>>>    - PNWPHP16 - USA/Seatlle
>>>    - PHPNW16 - UK/Manchester
>>>    - BGPHP16 - Bulgaria/Sofia
>>>    - TrueNorthPHP16 - Canada/Toronto
>>>    - php[world] - USA/Washington DC
>>>
>>> I will try to collect as many local European PHP UG stickers before I
>>> leave
>>> so I can exchange them at these conferences. These exchanged stickers can
>>> be redistributed at other conferences like ZendCon.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Francesco <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> We will gladly participate to the exchange, but we will reprint all
>>>> our stickers next year (for both conferences and PUGs) :(
>>>>
>>>> Maybe we should send some old stickers to the forthcoming PHPNW
>>>>
>>>> PS
>>>> during the latest phpDay we adopted the hexipic
>>>> (https://hexi.pics/help_en, http://hexb.in/sticker.html )
>>>> pseudo-standard for all our productions and the results were great.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Tessa Mero <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I see this as a value because my user group members absolutely love
>>>>>
>>>> stickers. It may even bring up questions "oh cool what's Madisonphp?"
>>>> And I
>>>> could say, oh that's Beth's user group is Madison, Wisconsin. And that
>>>> would increase knowledge of the PHP groups existence.
>>>>
>>>>> It's a low cost to no cost way of a little marketing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll be at zendcon and MadisonPHp conf as well to exchange stickers.
>>>>> I'd
>>>>>
>>>> like a "sticker pack". I'll bring maybe 100 with me.
>>>>
>>>>> What I would like is 5-10 stickers of each user group.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have about 30-60 people attend each Meetup so the stickers go fast.
>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 30, 2016, at 7:58 AM, Adam Culp <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have no problem with Nomad being a part of this. I also have
>>>>>> stickers
>>>>>>
>>>>> for SoFloPHP and SunshinePHP, but I do have a question for those who
>>>> are
>>>> smarter than me, what is the value of this?
>>>>
>>>>> Not wanting to be a "nay-sayer", but legitimately wondering how this
>>>>>>
>>>>> benefits the UGs. Am I missing an angle? (asking as someone who's
>>>> laptop
>>>> contains more stickers per square inch than anybody)
>>>>
>>>>> I mean, I get it for something like Nomad or SunshinePHP because folks
>>>>>>
>>>>> can join Nomad from anywhere and can travel once a year to SunshinePHP
>>>> conference. But how does SoFloPHP benefit from more stickers being
>>>> spread
>>>> around the world, though it is a regional UG?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Adam Culp
>>>>>> 561-870-6361
>>>>>> Twitter: @adamculp
>>>>>> Tech Blog: http://geekyboy.com
>>>>>> Podcast: http://rungeekradio.com
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>>>>>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamculp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08/30/2016 10:06 AM, Joe Ferguson wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now that I finally have MemphisPHP Stickers I'm on the bandwagon for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> doing
>>>>
>>>>> a UG Sticker exchange.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this something that other UGs are interested in? I'm willing to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> organize
>>>>
>>>>> (and I'm conveniently centrally located in the US)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some questions I'd have:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * How many stickers should we set as a minimum (Would depend on how
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> many
>>>>
>>>>> UGs contribute obvs)
>>>>>>> * There will be some mailing expenses, I assume we could probably
>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> a
>>>>
>>>>> sponsor
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Non-US UGs I'd like you to contribute as well. One idea is that I can
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> bring
>>>>
>>>>> your stickers from the US groups to php[world] and get someone to take
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> them
>>>>
>>>>> across the ocean to distribute from there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thoughts? Suggestions? Wisecracks?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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