On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 13:08, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mo Duffy brought up a good point in the Board IRC meeting: > > * * * > <mizmo> jsmith, is there real value in the number of t-shirts we > produce? could we be doing something to provide more value for the $? > * * * > > Should we consider offering alternatives for FUDCon, or even general > events? Some of the ideas proposed: > > * Offer a choice for recipients to get something more {eco-friendly, > sustainable}, e.g. plant a tree > > * Offer the shirt in organic material if possible > > * Sell shirts to finance other parts of the event > Ok I would not be for selling swag. Swag is a time honored process that market stuff to an attendees and everyone else who sees that person wearing that T-shirt.The shirts that occur at an event should be limited run "thanks for helping things" items. I would be interested in selling items outside of the events that we used to fund FUDcon and ambassadors. It would probably be a cross venture with some outside 'company' getting a license to use the Fedora Brand on certain items and then funds being split out. -- Stephen J Smoogen. “The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance.” Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things."" — Herb Kelleher, founder Southwest Airlines _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board