On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Sandro red Mathys <red@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Store SIG is pretty much dead, AFAICS. But I'm actually thinking about > just opening a store at spreadshirt.net (or similar) for Europe. There's > been too much talking about this topic instead of just realizing the > simple idea. As Clint mentioned the Store SIG was discussed at the FADNA this year in Ohio. I was able to show the various quality of shirts from cafepress and spreadshirt in comparison to a similar shirt actually made at a screen printer. Though the color accuracy of spreadshirt is off a bit, it was deemed close enough to not be a major issue. While setting up the store seems simple there are a couple of details that need decided. One was what potential ramifications does it have on Fedora Project to sell items with a small profit. In the US that would require reporting said profit which Fedora Project is not really in the position to do. The EMEA group would likely be able to work around this by opening the store under their control and having it fall under the non-profit status. We do not have that in the US as of now. The other issue, which largely just requires some organization is to make sure access to the behind the scenes portion of the store is not left to a single person. People get busy and their amount of time to volunteer varies. So having a group of trusted people to manage the store is important as well - again, not a major issue but a decision that does need made. The Store SIG was also attempting to provide a front-end at store.fp.o to lead people to the on demand vendor of choice. That way ambassadors and such could easily refer people to store.fp.o when a person wanted to order an item from the store. Another decision the Store SIG had to reach was whether a single entity could serve everyone. After looking at the various options it is most likely that one store cannot adequately serve all areas of the world. Spreadshirt does lend itself well though to having one based in the European region and a second in the North American region to get started - though they would be two separate stores - they could be given a similar look and feel. Also, the French already have a spreadshirt store, so it might be wise for the EMEA to see about working with them to avoid paying the annual fees to have a customizable store twice. Thanks, Jeffrey -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
