There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. > Anybody with me on this?
I'm definitely with you on wanting some business cards. I found myself at WonderCon a couple of weeks ago unexpectedly, and was realizing how helpful it would have been to have some handy when talking to people.
On the merchandise front... I wouldn't mind seeing some offered, but I don't know that it would prove useful at a convention. We'd have to have a table or something, wouldn't we?
Looking farther ahead, we're two years away from our 20th anniversary, and I'd definitely like to put together a dog and pony show for the convention circuit that year.
-- Lionel English San Diego, CA lio...@beanmar.net
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Lionel English <lio...@beanmar.net> wrote: > On the merchandise front... I wouldn't mind seeing some offered, but I > don't know that it would prove useful at a convention. We'd have to have a > table or something, wouldn't we?
Actually, thinking about it again, it would be nice to have a GCD t-shirt to wear *to* conventions.
My thoughts exactly. I am not sure we are ready for a table, but i would like to have some stuff on me (shirt, cards, etc) as i walk the floor and introduce myself.
Daniel
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On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Lionel English <lio...@beanmar.net> wrote:
> On the merchandise front... I wouldn't mind seeing some offered, but I > don't know that it would prove useful at a convention. We'd have to have a > table or something, wouldn't we?
Actually, thinking about it again, it would be nice to have a GCD t-shirt to wear *to* conventions.
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My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is the online shopping cart?
I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there any reason we don't have one?
Daniel
________________________________ From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:37 PM Subject: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
Daniel -- GCD-Board mailing list - gcd-board@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe send email to gcd-board+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-board
Because we are a database, not a business that buys and sells. When I use Ancestry.com, I do not expect a shopping cart when I look up things.
my best-Ray
--- On Sun, 5/13/12, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 9:54 PM
My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is the online shopping cart?
I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there any reason we don't have one?
Daniel
From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>
To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:37 PM
Subject: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
Daniel
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Being a database and a non-profit organization does not answer the question.
Her question comes from helping me brainstorm on a PR front. The GCD is not a business, but it is a community looking to expand. That expansion requires some level of brand awareness.
Her question comes from a community involvement front. I mentioned earlier that I am a member who would like to wear some GCD gear particularly as the convention season ramps up. Am I the only member within our community who wants to purchase GCD stuff?
Daniel
________________________________ From: R Bottorff <carchiv...@yahoo.com> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 12:15 AM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
Because we are a database, not a business that buys and sells. When I use Ancestry.com, I do not expect a shopping cart when I look up things. my best -Ray--- On Sun, 5/13/12, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff >To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com> >Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 9:54 PM
>My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is the online shopping cart?
>I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there any reason we don't have one?
>Daniel
>________________________________ > From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> >To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com> >Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:37 PM >Subject: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
>There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning. >We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint). >Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
>I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
>Daniel
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At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating
and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no
objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to
cover the preliminaries:
* Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell
* Design of said merchandise
* Decide on provider of said merchandise
* Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and
collect commissions
I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three
and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to
me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather,
small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work
within those limits.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is
> churning.
> We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not
> sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am
> going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some
> better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
> Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore
> Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that
> getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is
> nothing if not willing to do our part.
> I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer.
> Anybody with me on this?
> Daniel
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Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I hope that the thread answers two questions: (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past? (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this path?
I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
Daniel
________________________________ From: Lionel English <lio...@beanmar.net> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to cover the preliminaries: * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell * Design of said merchandise * Decide on provider of said merchandise * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and collect commissions
I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather, small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work within those limits.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is the online shopping cart?
>I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there any reason we don't have one?
>Daniel
>________________________________ > From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> >To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com> >Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:37 PM >Subject: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
>There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
>We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
>Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
>I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
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I have no problem with selling GCD-branded stuff, thought it's not something I'm interested in. T-shirts, etc. might help with exposure at cons. It's one of those things that would be ok to do if it didn't take energy away from the main project.
>Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the >subject. I hope that the thread answers two questions:
>(1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past?
>(2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down >this path?
>I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and >I will not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed >colleagues on the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
>Daniel
>From: Lionel English <lio...@beanmar.net>
>To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com
>Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
>At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in >creating and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and >I have no objections to doing so) then we need to add several things >to the agenda to cover the preliminaries:
>* Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell
>* Design of said merchandise
>* Decide on provider of said merchandise
>* Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource >and collect commissions
>I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items >three and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, >is local to me, though we'd have to take into consideration how >large (or, rather, small) our production runs would likely be and >find someone who could work within those limits.
>On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz ><<mailto:nauschu...@yahoo.com>nauschu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where >is the online shopping cart?
>I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is >there any reason we don't have one?
>Daniel
>From: Daniel Nauschuetz <<mailto:nauschu...@yahoo.com>nauschu...@yahoo.com>
>To: "<mailto:gcd-board@googlegroups.com>gcd-board@googlegroups.com" ><<mailto:gcd-board@googlegroups.com>gcd-board@googlegroups.com>
>Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:37 PM
>Subject: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
>There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
>We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am >not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for >this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer >somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
>Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore >Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems >that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my >family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
>I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. > Anybody with me on this?
>Daniel
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It would be nice, I think to have branded t-shirts or polo shirts to wear when we have do our 20th anniversary stuff at, hopefully, San Diego, that will be nice.
my best -Ray
--- On Mon, 5/14/12, Merlin Haas <mvh...@elpaso.net> wrote:
> From: Merlin Haas <mvh...@elpaso.net> > Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff > To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com > Date: Monday, May 14, 2012, 10:47 PM > I have no problem with selling > GCD-branded stuff, thought it's not > something I'm interested in. T-shirts, etc. might help with > exposure > at cons. It's one of those things that would be ok to > do if it > didn't take energy away from the main project.
> best -- Merln Haas
> >Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first > salvo at the > >subject. I hope that the thread answers two > questions: > >(1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past? > >(2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me > to start down > >this path?
> >I would hate to find out that this was discussed and > dismissed, and > >I will not attempt this if there is no desire from the > my esteemed > >colleagues on the Board. So I (im)patiently wait > for more feedback.
> >At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are > interested in > >creating and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee > cups, etc) (and > >I have no objections to doing so) then we need to add > several things > >to the agenda to cover the preliminaries: > >* Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell > >* Design of said merchandise > >* Decide on provider of said merchandise > >* Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will > outsource > >and collect commissions
> >I'm sure there are services out there that could take > care of items > >three and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, > >is local to me, though we'd have to take into > consideration how > >large (or, rather, small) our production runs would > likely be and > >find someone who could work within those limits.
> >On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz > ><<mailto:nauschu...@yahoo.com>nauschu...@yahoo.com> > wrote:
> >My wife asked a very good question while she was on our > site: where > >is the online shopping cart?
> >I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an > online store? Is > >there any reason we don't have one?
> >Daniel
> >From: Daniel Nauschuetz <<mailto:nauschu...@yahoo.com>nauschu...@yahoo.com> > >To: "<mailto:gcd-board@googlegroups.com>gcd-board@googlegroups.com"
> >There has been little activity on the PR front, but the > mind is churning.
> >We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, > etc. I am > >not sure that there is much of a desire within the > community for > >this, but I am going to start making effort for > myself. I prefer > >somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork > (hint, hint).
> >Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at > least one (Baltimore > >Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the > like. It seems > >that getting around with something identifiable makes > sense, and my > >family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
> >I will order some business cards and start plotting out > my summer. > > Anybody with me on this?
> >Daniel > >-- > >GCD-Board mailing list - > ><mailto:gcd-board@googlegroups.com>gcd-board@googlegroups.com > >To unsubscribe send email to > ><mailto:gcd-board%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com>gcd-board+unsubscribe@goo glegroups.com > >For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-board
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Nauschuetz" <nauschu...@yahoo.com> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:30:46 PM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I hope that the thread answers two questions: (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past? (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this path?
I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
Daniel
From: Lionel English <lio...@beanmar.net> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to cover the preliminaries: * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell * Design of said merchandise * Decide on provider of said merchandise * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and collect commissions
I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather, small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work within those limits.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz < nauschu...@yahoo.com > wrote:
My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is the online shopping cart?
I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there any reason we don't have one?
Daniel
From: Daniel Nauschuetz < nauschu...@yahoo.com > To: " gcd-board@googlegroups.com " < gcd-board@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:37 PM Subject: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
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I starting a recruiting campaign for this effort. I will be looking for somebody to help me come up with a plan to present to the Board, so no actual action will be taken without approval. If anybody is interested in helping me out, let me know. I will post a "Help Wanted" ad on Main, but I am also looking outside the GCD community for volunteers. It seems that we are essentially tapped out running at full capacity, and I wonder if I can attract non-indexers to start helping with our other efforts. I know, I know....noble goals, but we have alot of things we want to accomplish.
Daniel
________________________________ From: Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this point.
tony
________________________________ From: "Daniel Nauschuetz" <nauschu...@yahoo.com> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:30:46 PM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I hope that the thread answers two questions: (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past? (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this path?
I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
Daniel
________________________________ From: Lionel English <lio...@beanmar.net> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to cover the preliminaries: * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell * Design of said merchandise * Decide on provider of said merchandise * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and collect commissions
I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather, small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work within those limits.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is the online shopping cart?
>I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there any reason we don't have one?
>Daniel
>________________________________ > From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> >To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com> >Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:37 PM >Subject: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
>There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
>We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
>Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
>I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
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To be honest, I would really love to see a replacement made for our ad in Alter Ego, which is several years old and contact info woefully out of date.
my best-Ray
--- On Fri, 5/18/12, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com>
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012, 8:50 PM
I starting a recruiting campaign for this effort. I will be looking for somebody to help me come up with a plan to present to the Board, so no actual action will be taken without approval. If anybody is interested in helping me out, let me know. I will post a "Help Wanted" ad on Main, but I am also looking outside the GCD community for volunteers. It seems that we are essentially tapped out running at full capacity, and I wonder if I can attract non-indexers to start helping with our other efforts. I know, I know....noble goals, but we have alot of things we want to accomplish.
Daniel
From: Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net>
To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
#yiv1965094357 p {margin:0;}We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this point.
tony
From: "Daniel Nauschuetz" <nauschu...@yahoo.com>
To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:30:46 PM
Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I hope that the thread answers two questions:(1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past?(2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this path?
I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
Daniel
From: Lionel English <lio...@beanmar.net>
To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to cover the preliminaries:
* Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell * Design of said merchandise * Decide on provider of said merchandise * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and collect commissions
I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather, small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work within those limits.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is the online shopping cart?
I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there any reason we don't have one?
Daniel
From: Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>
To: "gcd-board@googlegroups.com" <gcd-board@googlegroups.com>
There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
> We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat
> tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this
> point.
> Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I
> hope that the thread answers two questions:
> (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past?
> (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this
> path?
> I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will
> not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on
> the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
> At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating
> and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no
> objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to
> cover the preliminaries:
> * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell
> * Design of said merchandise
> * Decide on provider of said merchandise
> * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and
> collect commissions
> I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three
> and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to
> me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather,
> small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work
> within those limits.
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is
> the online shopping cart?
> I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there
> any reason we don't have one?
> There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is
> churning.
> We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not
> sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am
> going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some
> better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
> Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore
> Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that
> getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is
> nothing if not willing to do our part.
> I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer.
> Anybody with me on this?
> Daniel
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The vast majority of people who are part of this project are indexers
(including virtually all of the editors). I support any ideas which
create/encourage other forms of participation.
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> I starting a recruiting campaign for this effort. I will be looking for
> somebody to help me come up with a plan to present to the Board, so no
> actual action will be taken without approval. If anybody is interested in
> helping me out, let me know. I will post a "Help Wanted" ad on Main, but I
> am also looking outside the GCD community for volunteers. It seems that we
> are essentially tapped out running at full capacity, and I wonder if I can
> attract non-indexers to start helping with our other efforts. I know, I
> know....noble goals, but we have alot of things we want to accomplish.
> Daniel
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net>
> *To:* gcd-board@googlegroups.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:01 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
> We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat
> tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this
> point.
> Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I
> hope that the thread answers two questions:
> (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past?
> (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this
> path?
> I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will
> not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on
> the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
> At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating
> and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no
> objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to
> cover the preliminaries:
> * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell
> * Design of said merchandise
> * Decide on provider of said merchandise
> * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and
> collect commissions
> I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three
> and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to
> me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather,
> small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work
> within those limits.
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is
> the online shopping cart?
> I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there
> any reason we don't have one?
> There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is
> churning.
> We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not
> sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am
> going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some
> better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
> Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore
> Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that
> getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is
> nothing if not willing to do our part.
> I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer.
> Anybody with me on this?
> Daniel
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No opposition - I remember this coming up in the lists a couple of
times, and the conversation went like: "Wouldn't it be nice if we had
GCD t-shirts/caps/cups/etc?". Nobody was opposed to this, very few
showed active interest (I suppose Tony was the most enthusiastic!) -
then, nobody took it in their hands to organise it and the
conversation died out.
I think the hardest part is to agree on a design. If we had a compelling
modern design we could put in front of people's eyes, I think there
would be much more interest. Right now, it's harder to express interest
in the abstract. Does anyone know a graphic designer who could help;
I have a graphic designer colleague who I could ask for advice... Not
sure if we can find someone to do a design for free or we would need
to hire somebody.
By the way... I think I had asked about this a couple of years ago and
there *was* some opposition... but how about creating a GCD web forum?
Mailing lists and forums attract different audiences, and it might help
with bringing in some new people. The main difficulty would be to keep
the forum alive, since so many of the GCD old hands prefer the mailing
lists, and we're spread a bit too thin already.
> I don't recall this. Was this while I was on hiatus a few years ago? At
> any rate, I don't recall anyone actively opposing ideas such as this.
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat
> > tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this
> > point.
> > Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I
> > hope that the thread answers two questions:
> > (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past?
> > (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this
> > path?
> > I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will
> > not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on
> > the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
> > At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating
> > and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no
> > objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to
> > cover the preliminaries:
> > * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell
> > * Design of said merchandise
> > * Decide on provider of said merchandise
> > * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and
> > collect commissions
> > I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three
> > and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to
> > me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather,
> > small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work
> > within those limits.
> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> > My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is
> > the online shopping cart?
> > I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there
> > any reason we don't have one?
> > There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is
> > churning.
> > We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not
> > sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am
> > going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some
> > better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
> > Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore
> > Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that
> > getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is
> > nothing if not willing to do our part.
> > I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer.
> > Anybody with me on this?
> > Daniel
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lionel English" <lio...@beanmar.net> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 12:46:39 AM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
I don't recall this. Was this while I was on hiatus a few years ago? At any rate, I don't recall anyone actively opposing ideas such as this.
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Tony Rose < tonyros...@comcast.net > wrote:
We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this point.
tony
From: "Daniel Nauschuetz" < nauschu...@yahoo.com > To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:30:46 PM
Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I hope that the thread answers two questions: (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past? (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this path?
I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
Daniel
From: Lionel English < lio...@beanmar.net > To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to cover the preliminaries: * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell * Design of said merchandise * Decide on provider of said merchandise * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and collect commissions
I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/ , for example, is local to me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather, small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work within those limits.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz < nauschu...@yahoo.com > wrote:
<blockquote>
My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is the online shopping cart?
I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there any reason we don't have one?
Daniel
From: Daniel Nauschuetz < nauschu...@yahoo.com > To: " gcd-board@googlegroups.com " < gcd-board@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 11:37 PM Subject: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is churning.
We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is nothing if not willing to do our part.
I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. Anybody with me on this?
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I live with a graphic designer. We've discussed this before. I'll ask her to work something up and if she's willing, I'll get back to the group, soonest.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandros Diamantidis" <a...@hellug.gr> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:46:08 AM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
No opposition - I remember this coming up in the lists a couple of times, and the conversation went like: "Wouldn't it be nice if we had GCD t-shirts/caps/cups/etc?". Nobody was opposed to this, very few showed active interest (I suppose Tony was the most enthusiastic!) - then, nobody took it in their hands to organise it and the conversation died out.
I think the hardest part is to agree on a design. If we had a compelling modern design we could put in front of people's eyes, I think there would be much more interest. Right now, it's harder to express interest in the abstract. Does anyone know a graphic designer who could help;
I have a graphic designer colleague who I could ask for advice... Not sure if we can find someone to do a design for free or we would need to hire somebody.
By the way... I think I had asked about this a couple of years ago and there *was* some opposition... but how about creating a GCD web forum? Mailing lists and forums attract different audiences, and it might help with bringing in some new people. The main difficulty would be to keep the forum alive, since so many of the GCD old hands prefer the mailing lists, and we're spread a bit too thin already.
Alexandros
* Lionel English [2012-05-20 22:46]: > I don't recall this. Was this while I was on hiatus a few years ago? At > any rate, I don't recall anyone actively opposing ideas such as this.
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat > > tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this > > point.
> > Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I > > hope that the thread answers two questions: > > (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past? > > (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this > > path?
> > I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will > > not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on > > the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
> > At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating > > and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no > > objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to > > cover the preliminaries: > > * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell > > * Design of said merchandise > > * Decide on provider of said merchandise > > * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and > > collect commissions
> > I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three > > and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to > > me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather, > > small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work > > within those limits.
> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> > My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is > > the online shopping cart?
> > I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there > > any reason we don't have one?
> > There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is > > churning.
> > We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not > > sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am > > going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some > > better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
> > Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore > > Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that > > getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is > > nothing if not willing to do our part.
> > I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. > > Anybody with me on this?
> > Daniel > > -- > > GCD-Board mailing list - gcd-board@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe send email to gcd-board+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-board
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Hey Tony, I don't suppose she could whip up a new alter ego ad while she was at it? ;-)
my best-Ray
--- On Mon, 5/21/12, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com
Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 2:51 PM
#yiv1527340362 p {margin:0;}I live with a graphic designer. We've discussed this before. I'll ask her to work something up and if she's willing, I'll get back to the group, soonest.
tony
From: "Alexandros Diamantidis" <a...@hellug.gr>
To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:46:08 AM
Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
No opposition - I remember this coming up in the lists a couple of
times, and the conversation went like: "Wouldn't it be nice if we had
GCD t-shirts/caps/cups/etc?". Nobody was opposed to this, very few
showed active interest (I suppose Tony was the most enthusiastic!) -
then, nobody took it in their hands to organise it and the
conversation died out.
I think the hardest part is to agree on a design. If we had a compelling
modern design we could put in front of people's eyes, I think there
would be much more interest. Right now, it's harder to express interest
in the abstract. Does anyone know a graphic designer who could help;
I have a graphic designer colleague who I could ask for advice... Not
sure if we can find someone to do a design for free or we would need
to hire somebody.
By the way... I think I had asked about this a couple of years ago and
there *was* some opposition... but how about creating a GCD web forum?
Mailing lists and forums attract different audiences, and it might help
with bringing in some new people. The main difficulty would be to keep
the forum alive, since so many of the GCD old hands prefer the mailing
lists, and we're spread a bit too thin already.
> I don't recall this. Was this while I was on hiatus a few years ago? At
> any rate, I don't recall anyone actively opposing ideas such as this.
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat
> > tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this
> > point.
> > Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I
> > hope that the thread answers two questions:
> > (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past?
> > (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this
> > path?
> > I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will
> > not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on
> > the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
> > At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating
> > and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no
> > objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to
> > cover the preliminaries:
> > * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell
> > * Design of said merchandise
> > * Decide on provider of said merchandise
> > * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and
> > collect commissions
> > I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three
> > and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to
> > me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather,
> > small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work
> > within those limits.
> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> > My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is
> > the online shopping cart?
> > I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there
> > any reason we don't have one?
> > There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is
> > churning.
> > We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not
> > sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am
> > going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some
> > better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
> > Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore
> > Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that
> > getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is
> > nothing if not willing to do our part.
> > I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer.
> > Anybody with me on this?
> > Daniel
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R Bottorff <carchiv...@yahoo.com> wrote: >Hey Tony, I don't suppose she could whip up a new alter ego ad while she was at it? ;-) >my best-Ray
>--- On Mon, 5/21/12, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
>From: Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> >Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff >To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com >Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 2:51 PM
>#yiv1527340362 p {margin:0;}I live with a graphic designer. We've discussed this before. I'll ask her to work something up and if she's willing, I'll get back to the group, soonest.
>tony
>From: "Alexandros Diamantidis" <a...@hellug.gr> >To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com >Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:46:08 AM >Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
>No opposition - I remember this coming up in the lists a couple of >times, and the conversation went like: "Wouldn't it be nice if we had >GCD t-shirts/caps/cups/etc?". Nobody was opposed to this, very few >showed active interest (I suppose Tony was the most enthusiastic!) - >then, nobody took it in their hands to organise it and the >conversation died out.
>I think the hardest part is to agree on a design. If we had a compelling >modern design we could put in front of people's eyes, I think there >would be much more interest. Right now, it's harder to express interest >in the abstract. Does anyone know a graphic designer who could help;
>I have a graphic designer colleague who I could ask for advice... Not >sure if we can find someone to do a design for free or we would need >to hire somebody.
>By the way... I think I had asked about this a couple of years ago and >there *was* some opposition... but how about creating a GCD web forum? >Mailing lists and forums attract different audiences, and it might help >with bringing in some new people. The main difficulty would be to keep >the forum alive, since so many of the GCD old hands prefer the mailing >lists, and we're spread a bit too thin already.
>Alexandros
>* Lionel English [2012-05-20 22:46]: >> I don't recall this. Was this while I was on hiatus a few years ago? At >> any rate, I don't recall anyone actively opposing ideas such as this.
>> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> > We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat >> > tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this >> > point.
>> > Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I >> > hope that the thread answers two questions: >> > (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past? >> > (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this >> > path?
>> > I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will >> > not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on >> > the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
>> > At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating >> > and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no >> > objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to >> > cover the preliminaries: >> > * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell >> > * Design of said merchandise >> > * Decide on provider of said merchandise >> > * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and >> > collect commissions
>> > I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three >> > and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to >> > me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather, >> > small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work >> > within those limits.
>> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>> > My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is >> > the online shopping cart?
>> > I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there >> > any reason we don't have one?
>> > There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is >> > churning.
>> > We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not >> > sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am >> > going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some >> > better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
>> > Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore >> > Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that >> > getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is >> > nothing if not willing to do our part.
>> > I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. >> > Anybody with me on this?
>> > Daniel >> > -- >> > GCD-Board mailing list - gcd-board@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe send email to gcd-board+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-board
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> From: Daniel <nauschu...@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com
> Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 9:47 PM
> Does anybody have a copy of the
> ad? The new one should have the new fangled code box
> thing. Is this the only ad we have out?
> >Hey Tony, I don't suppose she could whip up a new alter
> ego ad while she was at it? ;-)
> >my best-Ray
> >--- On Mon, 5/21/12, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >From: Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net>
> >Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
> >To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com
> >Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 2:51 PM
> >#yiv1527340362 p {margin:0;}I live with a graphic
> designer. We've discussed this before. I'll ask her to
> work something up and if she's willing, I'll get back to the
> group, soonest.
> >No opposition - I remember this coming up in the lists a
> couple of
> >times, and the conversation went like: "Wouldn't it be
> nice if we had
> >GCD t-shirts/caps/cups/etc?". Nobody was opposed to
> this, very few
> >showed active interest (I suppose Tony was the most
> enthusiastic!) -
> >then, nobody took it in their hands to organise it and
> the
> >conversation died out.
> >I think the hardest part is to agree on a design. If we
> had a compelling
> >modern design we could put in front of people's eyes, I
> think there
> >would be much more interest. Right now, it's harder to
> express interest
> >in the abstract. Does anyone know a graphic designer who
> could help;
> >I have a graphic designer colleague who I could ask for
> advice... Not
> >sure if we can find someone to do a design for free or
> we would need
> >to hire somebody.
> >By the way... I think I had asked about this a couple of
> years ago and
> >there *was* some opposition... but how about creating a
> GCD web forum?
> >Mailing lists and forums attract different audiences,
> and it might help
> >with bringing in some new people. The main difficulty
> would be to keep
> >the forum alive, since so many of the GCD old hands
> prefer the mailing
> >lists, and we're spread a bit too thin already.
> >Alexandros
> >* Lionel English [2012-05-20 22:46]:
> >> I don't recall this. Was this while I was on
> hiatus a few years ago? At
> >> any rate, I don't recall anyone actively opposing
> ideas such as this.
> >> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >> > We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the
> rest of the board was somewhat
> >> > tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how
> much help I can be at this
> >> > point.
> >> > Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my
> first salvo at the subject. I
> >> > hope that the thread answers two questions:
> >> > (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in
> the past?
> >> > (2) Is there any interest from within the
> Board for me to start down this
> >> > path?
> >> > I would hate to find out that this was
> discussed and dismissed, and I will
> >> > not attempt this if there is no desire from
> the my esteemed colleagues on
> >> > the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more
> feedback.
> >> > At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we
> are interested in creating
> >> > and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee
> cups, etc) (and I have no
> >> > objections to doing so) then we need to add
> several things to the agenda to
> >> > cover the preliminaries:
> >> > * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to
> sell
> >> > * Design of said merchandise
> >> > * Decide on provider of said merchandise
> >> > * Decide if we are going to sell directly or
> if we will outsource and
> >> > collect commissions
> >> > I'm sure there are services out there that
> could take care of items three
> >> > and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is
> local to
> >> > me, though we'd have to take into
> consideration how large (or, rather,
> >> > small) our production runs would likely be and
> find someone who could work
> >> > within those limits.
> >> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel
> Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> >> > My wife asked a very good question while she
> was on our site: where is
> >> > the online shopping cart?
> >> > I have no good answer. Have we ever
> discussed an online store? Is there
> >> > any reason we don't have one?
> >> > There has been little activity on the PR
> front, but the mind is
> >> > churning.
> >> > We don't seem to have any products: shirts,
> mugs, pens, etc. I am not
> >> > sure that there is much of a desire within the
> community for this, but I am
> >> > going to start making effort for myself. I
> prefer somebody with some
> >> > better contacts to do the legwork (hint,
> hint).
> >> > Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit
> at least one (Baltimore
> >> > Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and
> the like. It seems that
> >> > getting around with something identifiable
> makes sense, and my family is
> >> > nothing if not willing to do our part.
> >> > I will order some business cards and start
> plotting out my summer.
> >> > Anybody with me on this?
> >> > Daniel
> >> > --
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> >> > San Diego, CA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "R Bottorff" <carchiv...@yahoo.com> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 8:40:45 PM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
Hey Tony, I don't suppose she could whip up a new alter ego ad while she was at it? ;-)
my best -Ray
--- On Mon, 5/21/12, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 2:51 PM
I live with a graphic designer. We've discussed this before. I'll ask her to work something up and if she's willing, I'll get back to the group, soonest.
tony
From: "Alexandros Diamantidis" <a...@hellug.gr> To: gcd-board@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:46:08 AM Subject: Re: [gcd-board] PR Stuff
No opposition - I remember this coming up in the lists a couple of times, and the conversation went like: "Wouldn't it be nice if we had GCD t-shirts/caps/cups/etc?". Nobody was opposed to this, very few showed active interest (I suppose Tony was the most enthusiastic!) - then, nobody took it in their hands to organise it and the conversation died out.
I think the hardest part is to agree on a design. If we had a compelling modern design we could put in front of people's eyes, I think there would be much more interest. Right now, it's harder to express interest in the abstract. Does anyone know a graphic designer who could help;
I have a graphic designer colleague who I could ask for advice... Not sure if we can find someone to do a design for free or we would need to hire somebody.
By the way... I think I had asked about this a couple of years ago and there *was* some opposition... but how about creating a GCD web forum? Mailing lists and forums attract different audiences, and it might help with bringing in some new people. The main difficulty would be to keep the forum alive, since so many of the GCD old hands prefer the mailing lists, and we're spread a bit too thin already.
Alexandros
* Lionel English [2012-05-20 22:46]: > I don't recall this. Was this while I was on hiatus a few years ago? At > any rate, I don't recall anyone actively opposing ideas such as this.
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Tony Rose <tonyros...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > We discussed it. I was enthusiastic; the rest of the board was somewhat > > tepid. I'm still gungho but I don't know how much help I can be at this > > point.
> > Agree, concur and absolutely. This is my first salvo at the subject. I > > hope that the thread answers two questions: > > (1) Has this been discussed and resolved in the past? > > (2) Is there any interest from within the Board for me to start down this > > path?
> > I would hate to find out that this was discussed and dismissed, and I will > > not attempt this if there is no desire from the my esteemed colleagues on > > the Board. So I (im)patiently wait for more feedback.
> > At the moment we have nothing to sell. If we are interested in creating > > and selling some GCD swag (t-shirts, coffee cups, etc) (and I have no > > objections to doing so) then we need to add several things to the agenda to > > cover the preliminaries: > > * Agreement on what merchandise we wish to sell > > * Design of said merchandise > > * Decide on provider of said merchandise > > * Decide if we are going to sell directly or if we will outsource and > > collect commissions
> > I'm sure there are services out there that could take care of items three > > and four. http://www.customlogos.com/services/, for example, is local to > > me, though we'd have to take into consideration how large (or, rather, > > small) our production runs would likely be and find someone who could work > > within those limits.
> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Daniel Nauschuetz <nauschu...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> > My wife asked a very good question while she was on our site: where is > > the online shopping cart?
> > I have no good answer. Have we ever discussed an online store? Is there > > any reason we don't have one?
> > There has been little activity on the PR front, but the mind is > > churning.
> > We don't seem to have any products: shirts, mugs, pens, etc. I am not > > sure that there is much of a desire within the community for this, but I am > > going to start making effort for myself. I prefer somebody with some > > better contacts to do the legwork (hint, hint).
> > Why? Convention season is coming, and I hit at least one (Baltimore > > Comicon). My girls also enjoy Katzucons and the like. It seems that > > getting around with something identifiable makes sense, and my family is > > nothing if not willing to do our part.
> > I will order some business cards and start plotting out my summer. > > Anybody with me on this?
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