An idea about SWAG in India

[Faisal Aziz]

hey Buddies,
I am Faisal Aziz ,I was reading the swag page on wiki."Swag is awesome but
it's expensive for Mozilla to produce. It's even more expensive for Mozilla
to ship." a thought came in my mind that
Mozilla is spending so much money on producing and shipping swag instead of
it :


- If Mozilla contract with a local body in India for producing and
shipping of SWAG will result in lots of saving and timely distribution of
SWAG.
- India is lot cheaper in shipping and producing.
- India having number of Small Scale and Medium scale industries which
can capable of producing SWAG at very low price due to competitive
environment.
- The money saved by this can be used in further development and
promotion purpose in India, even many social non government organization
will come forward.
- It saves a lot of time consumed in shipping which results in
organizing more events.

I also discussed the things with William Quiviger if you have any
suggestion or comment please share.

I hope Mozilla will think about this idea and take quick action in favour
of Openweb. Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks and Regards

Faisal Aziz

REMO
https://reps.mozilla.org/u/FaisalAziz/

[Swarnava Sengupta]

+1 ......it takes an age to deliver when it comes from USA.:|

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[Faisal Aziz]

Thats what i want to say, Shipping from US to india takes lots of time as
well as money, local production will make our work lot easier and cheaper.

[Faisal Aziz]

and production of SWAG is not a big deal in india, it is far more economic
in india as compared to US.

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay]

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Faisal Aziz <faisala...@gmail.com> wrote:

>   - If Mozilla contract with a local body in India for producing and
>   shipping of SWAG will result in lots of saving and timely distribution of
>   SWAG.
>   - India is lot cheaper in shipping and producing.
>   - India having number of Small Scale and Medium scale industries which
>   can capable of producing SWAG at very low price due to competitive
>   environment.
>   - The money saved by this can be used in further development and
>   promotion purpose in India, even many social non government organization
>   will come forward.
>   - It saves a lot of time consumed in shipping which results in
>   organizing more events.

The point of swag is to ensure that it:

- has consistent branding
- has consistent quality
- distribution has an owner
- distribution can be tracked

And, the economy of scale arises from the volume of swag created. So,
while you will have a lesser cost in terms of shipping, the logistics
and its related hassles is something you'd need to think through.

--
sankarshan mukhopadhyay
<http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/>

[Ashish Namdev]

Yeah Faisal the IDea is very godd. it will be more economic and of Less
time consuming for Mozilla,
And for us also . we would get swag with in few days as compared to
shipping from US To India.
We should have a talk to William Quiviger and others. about this .

Good Idea Faisal well done :)

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Faisal Aziz <faisala...@gmail.com>wrote:

> and production of SWAG is not a big deal in india, it is far more economic
> in india as compared to US.
>

> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Faisal Aziz <faisala...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>

> > Thats what i want to say, Shipping from US to india takes lots of time as
> > well as money, local production will make our work lot easier and
> cheaper.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Swarnava Sengupta <
> > swarnava...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> +1 ......it takes an age to deliver when it comes from USA.:|
> >>
> >> On 5/29/12, Faisal Aziz <faisala...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > hey Buddies,
> >> > I am Faisal Aziz ,I was reading the swag page on wiki."Swag is
> awesome
> >> but
> >> > it's expensive for Mozilla to produce. It's even more expensive for
> >> Mozilla
> >> > to ship." a thought came in my mind that
> >> > Mozilla is spending so much money on producing and shipping swag
> >> instead of
> >> > it :
> >> >
> >> >

> >> > - If Mozilla contract with a local body in India for producing and
> >> > shipping of SWAG will result in lots of saving and timely
> >> distribution
> >> > of
> >> > SWAG.
> >> > - India is lot cheaper in shipping and producing.
> >> > - India having number of Small Scale and Medium scale industries
> >> which
> >> > can capable of producing SWAG at very low price due to competitive
> >> > environment.
> >> > - The money saved by this can be used in further development and
> >> > promotion purpose in India, even many social non government
> >> organization
> >> > will come forward.
> >> > - It saves a lot of time consumed in shipping which results in
> >> > organizing more events.
> >> >

> >> > I also discussed the things with William Quiviger if you have any
> >> > suggestion or comment please share.
> >> >
> >> > I hope Mozilla will think about this idea and take quick action in
> >> favour
> >> > of Openweb. Hope to hear from you soon.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks and Regards
> >> >
> >> > Faisal Aziz
> >> >
> >> > REMO
> >> > https://reps.mozilla.org/u/FaisalAziz/
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > community-india mailing list
> >> > communi...@lists.mozilla.org
> >> > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/community-india
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Swarnava
> >> http://wiki.mozilla.org/user:heavengod
> >>
> >
> >

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[Faisal Aziz]

yeah i agree with your points, if Mozilla allows local production of swag
surely it will be monitored for the quality,quantity and branding. About
distribution Mozilla can create a Stock like a centralized stock for whole
country from where the swag will be shipped. and the distribution will be
monitored by Mozilla same as current.

One more thing it will encourage Indian reps for creating custom swags.

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
sankarshan....@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Faisal Aziz <faisala...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > - If Mozilla contract with a local body in India for producing and
> > shipping of SWAG will result in lots of saving and timely distribution
> of
> > SWAG.
> > - India is lot cheaper in shipping and producing.
> > - India having number of Small Scale and Medium scale industries which
> > can capable of producing SWAG at very low price due to competitive
> > environment.
> > - The money saved by this can be used in further development and
> > promotion purpose in India, even many social non government
> organization
> > will come forward.
> > - It saves a lot of time consumed in shipping which results in
> > organizing more events.
>

> The point of swag is to ensure that it:
>
> - has consistent branding
> - has consistent quality
> - distribution has an owner
> - distribution can be tracked
>
> And, the economy of scale arises from the volume of swag created. So,
> while you will have a lesser cost in terms of shipping, the logistics
> and its related hassles is something you'd need to think through.
>
> --
> sankarshan mukhopadhyay
> <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/>

[Faisal Aziz]

Thanks Ashish, I already had words with willium aabout the idea ,he told me
to talk with Mozilla Branding person. I mailed him also hope to hear from
him soon...

[Gen Kanai]

Hi everyone,

The Creative team controls the trademarks at Mozilla, and they are
looking at ways to distribute the production of Mozilla-branded goods
but there is not yet a policy in place.

The challenge is finding vendors that we can trust not to abuse the
trademarks in the various markets that we operate in.

It is something that the Creative team are exploring and as soon as they
have a plan, they will be in touch.

It is not something that can be decided today without a plan and a
policy in place as this is a global issue.

Gen

On 5/29/12 2:14 PM, Faisal Aziz wrote:
> and production of SWAG is not a big deal in india, it is far more economic
> in india as compared to US.
>

> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Faisal Aziz <faisala...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thats what i want to say, Shipping from US to india takes lots of time as
>> well as money, local production will make our work lot easier and cheaper.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Swarnava Sengupta <
>> swarnava...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 ......it takes an age to deliver when it comes from USA.:|
>>>
>>> On 5/29/12, Faisal Aziz <faisala...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> hey Buddies,
>>>> I am Faisal Aziz ,I was reading the swag page on wiki."Swag is awesome
>>> but
>>>> it's expensive for Mozilla to produce. It's even more expensive for
>>> Mozilla
>>>> to ship." a thought came in my mind that
>>>> Mozilla is spending so much money on producing and shipping swag
>>> instead of
>>>> it :
>>>>
>>>>

>>>> - If Mozilla contract with a local body in India for producing and
>>>> shipping of SWAG will result in lots of saving and timely
>>> distribution
>>>> of
>>>> SWAG.
>>>> - India is lot cheaper in shipping and producing.
>>>> - India having number of Small Scale and Medium scale industries
>>> which
>>>> can capable of producing SWAG at very low price due to competitive
>>>> environment.
>>>> - The money saved by this can be used in further development and
>>>> promotion purpose in India, even many social non government
>>> organization
>>>> will come forward.
>>>> - It saves a lot of time consumed in shipping which results in
>>>> organizing more events.
>>>>

>>>> I also discussed the things with William Quiviger if you have any
>>>> suggestion or comment please share.
>>>>
>>>> I hope Mozilla will think about this idea and take quick action in
>>> favour
>>>> of Openweb. Hope to hear from you soon.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and Regards
>>>>
>>>> Faisal Aziz
>>>>
>>>> REMO
>>>> https://reps.mozilla.org/u/FaisalAziz/

>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> community-india mailing list
>>>> communi...@lists.mozilla.org
>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/community-india
>>>>
>>>

>>> --
>>> Swarnava
>>> http://wiki.mozilla.org/user:heavengod
>>>
>>
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[Faisal Aziz]

Hi Gen,
I am agree with your points, But branding and Trademark can be controlled
and verified ,
In india we know that Many industries are working with several
multinational companies for production of promotional mechanized, I hope
creative team will find a reliable vendor the production. I know it will
take time but if it will work than it will be a great support for Indian
Mozilla Community.

[Danishka Navin]

There was an incident that one of local company was producing Firefox
Tshirts for on demand.
I pointed that issue and I think Mozilla legal team worked on it.

Again, during the ICC World Cup Cricket tounament held in Sri Lanka, India
and Bangladesh the ICC file a case aganst
the ICC and world cup logo abusing issue.

So, the Mozilla have to work on similar issues but there is a possitive
chance as Mozilla has set of regional coomunity leads in most of countries.

Danishka Navin
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http://twitter.com/danishkanavin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danishkanavin/

[Faisal Aziz]

Danishka, there are so many issues with the Trademark/logo abuse, but like
other companies are taking care of it,Mozilla can also mange the things to
stop logo abuse. Secondry Mozilla Swags are distributed for promotion at No
cost, so there is very less chance that someone else use it for profit
making.