Re: [UG-ADMINS] Sticker Exchange

[email protected] (Joe Ferguson) Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:59:36 -0500
Newsgroups ug.admins
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ben: Absolutely! You can mail me stickers (or I can get them from you when I’m at NashvillePHP in November)

If anyone would like to mail me stickers so your group can participate please email me off list for my address. Would LOVE to get as many UGs contributing to this as we can.


> On Aug 30, 2016, at 12:56, Ben Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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].
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adam Culp
>> 561-870-6361
>> Twitter: @adamculp
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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
>>>>>>> Running Blog: http://crazyfloridian.com
>>>>>>> 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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