Re: T-shirts for contributors

[Gerold <gerold@xxxxxxxx>]

Am 12.03.2016 um 11:34 schrieb Robert Mayr:

2016-03-11 22:58 GMT+01:00 White, Langdon <langdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 11:00 AM Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 03/11/2016 10:49 AM, Jiri Eischmann wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to discuss an idea:
> in the past (after F19 and F20) we gave t-shirts to contributors that
> were nominated by respective teams for their work on the last Fedora
> release. We packaged them with a "Thank you" message.
> It was a nice touch and a lot of contributors were very happy about, we
> received very positive feedback which proves that this kind of
> recognition makes sense.
>
> I'd like to repeat it after F24. I've asked Maria Leonova to create
> artworks. She developed two difference artwork ideas:
> https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/424
>
> One emphasizes that the owner of the t-shirt is a member of Fedora
> family (the "People" aspect of Fedora Project), the other emphasizes
> the work (the "Feature" aspect of Fedora Project). Which one do you
> like more?
>

I love both of the designs, but I think focusing on the "Friends" Foundation
here will do a better job of helping people feel welcome and part of a community
(and thus stay around longer).

If we focus all of our accolades around achievement, then people who drift away
from active contribution might feel less welcome than people who feel like part
of a family.

I straight up prefer the "friends" shirt. but am also very much in agreement with stephen

langdon

Yeah, last time it was great and people were very happy to get one. So, it's a good idea to make it happen again.

The shirt is for the most active contributors of the teams, so it would fit better to choose the 'Fedora contributor' shirt, but from a design POV the 'friends' shirt is more beautiful :) 

If these designs are final and we cannot get a better 'contributor' one, I would vote for 'Fedora friends'.

Thanks to Jiri for the idea.

--

Robert Mayr
(robyduck)

It doesn´t matter what artwork it is, it doesn´t matter which size it is; it doesn´t matter how much each one costs, ...
... the only matter which is important is: it is "officially fedora branded"
and maybe second there are just a bunch of it available.

Please have a look at the fairs everywhere in the world, in every fair there will be T-Shirts sold and from single projects also some given for free away. But on every fair, I was (and behind the desk) always were some user (!!!!) who asked shy about a shirt.
From my POV, we (EMEA Ambassadors) startet long time ago another "quality" which I like to continue and seen moved forward also in that e-mail. A polo shirt has much more value and quality and second, it also has a much more lifetime. That said, at least I still have my first polos as Ambassador and this with the same color and quality and not in such a quality like some other t-shirts where the seam of the shirt is shifted.

I absolutly agree with producing wearable thing for users AND also for contributors in general but my credo will always be: quality instead of quantity.

Just my five cents
Gerold

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