So I'm sorting out trophy ordering. Before I do so, I thought I'd gather some requirements. From a variety of places (the budget, Trac and the rules), I think what we need is:
* 1st Place -- large glass trophy * 2nd Place -- medium glass trophy * 3rd Place -- medium glass trophy * $N trophies for the winning team's members -- small trophy (of some kind) * Committee's Award -- small or perhaps medium trophy (of some kind) * Team Image Award (see rules) -- small trophy (of some kind)
...where small, medium and large are all relative terms. Choosing a value of $N may be interesting. It looks like it was 6 or 7 last year, perusing some photos. What's our largest team this year?
The large glass trophies should have the logo on them as well as the standard text engraving. Smaller trophies, with a little plaque, won't.
I think you've covered everything - I recall some chatter (and there is a trac ticket for) edible prizes, but that doesn't fall under the catagory of trophies (and isn't urgent).
Cosmetic opinion regarding the committee/chairmans award - if you recall previous years it was three interacting cogs with a bronzy-looking-finish, and was largely plastic. Something more substantial and weighty would be nice (IMHO), budget permitting.
Hi On Apr 2, 2012 10:19 PM, "Jeremy Morse" <jeremy.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Cosmetic opinion regarding the committee/chairmans award - if you recall > previous years it was three interacting cogs with a > bronzy-looking-finish, and was largely plastic. Something more > substantial and weighty would be nice (IMHO), budget permitting.
I think we should get something a bit better than last years chairmans award and the sc should reach a consensus about who it goes to. This award should be called the "committee award"
> Hi > On Apr 2, 2012 10:19 PM, "Jeremy Morse" <jeremy.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Cosmetic opinion regarding the committee/chairmans award - if you recall >> previous years it was three interacting cogs with a >> bronzy-looking-finish, and was largely plastic. Something more >> substantial and weighty would be nice (IMHO), budget permitting.
> I think we should get something a bit better than last years chairmans > award and the sc should reach a consensus about who it goes to. This award > should be called the "committee award"
On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 22:19 +0100, Jeremy Morse wrote: > Cosmetic opinion regarding the committee/chairmans award - if you recall > previous years it was three interacting cogs with a > bronzy-looking-finish, and was largely plastic. Something more > substantial and weighty would be nice (IMHO), budget permitting.
I'll look into getting a small glass trophy for this award as well as the team image one. Budget may be tight though.
I seem to remember the quality of trophies not being that great last year so perhaps consider another supplier? I recall spending some time having to take all of the little plaques / labels off the front and reattaching them during the competition.
> So I'm sorting out trophy ordering. Before I do so, I thought I'd gather > some requirements. From a variety of places (the budget, Trac and the > rules), I think what we need is:
> * 1st Place -- large glass trophy > * 2nd Place -- medium glass trophy > * 3rd Place -- medium glass trophy > * $N trophies for the winning team's members -- small trophy (of some kind) > * Committee's Award -- small or perhaps medium trophy (of some kind) > * Team Image Award (see rules) -- small trophy (of some kind)
> ...where small, medium and large are all relative terms. Choosing a > value of $N may be interesting. It looks like it was 6 or 7 last year, > perusing some photos. What's our largest team this year?
> The large glass trophies should have the logo on them as well as the > standard text engraving. Smaller trophies, with a little plaque, won't.
> I seem to remember the quality of trophies not being that great last year so perhaps consider another supplier? I recall spending some time having to take all of the little plaques / labels off the front and reattaching them during the competition.
Yes, I remember. With the budget available, we may not be able to do much about that. I've contacted another company, quote to follow.
I've been in contact with the people at [1]. I asked for a quote for:
* 5 of [2], 1 large, 2 medium and 2 small for the first, second, third, committee and team awards. respectively. These will all be engraved with our logo and have some text on them.
* 8 of [3] for the winning team members. These will be engraved with text only.
Ordinarily this would be way over the budget. I asked nicely, and from their email:
"We have given you a 15% discount, £3.50 reduction on glass engraving and 50p off each flat plate engraving."
See [4] for their quote. The reduced price is £121.24, much closer to budget than before. If there are no objections, I'll generate a budget mod to move £11.24 from the prizes budget over to this one. This way, we get nice glass things for all the awards, except the individual ones.
On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 15:57 +0100, Chris Kirkham wrote: > I've been in contact with the people at [1]. I asked for a quote for:
> * 5 of [2], 1 large, 2 medium and 2 small for the first, second, third, > committee and team awards. respectively. These will all be engraved > with our logo and have some text on them.
> * 8 of [3] for the winning team members. These will be engraved with > text only.
> Ordinarily this would be way over the budget. I asked nicely, and from > their email:
> "We have given you a 15% discount, £3.50 reduction on glass engraving > and 50p off each flat plate engraving."
> See [4] for their quote. The reduced price is £121.24, much closer to > budget than before. If there are no objections, I'll generate a budget > mod to move £11.24 from the prizes budget over to this one. This way, > we get nice glass things for all the awards, except the individual ones.
Sounds really good. Nice work Chris! Looks as if we want to get these ordered ASAP as the website says the order will be dispatched in 5-7 days and with Easter coming up that's cutting it very fine. I know they've already given us a discount but it might be worth seeing if they can do it a bit quicker too.
> Sounds really good. Nice work Chris! Looks as if we want to get these > ordered ASAP as the website says the order will be dispatched in 5-7 > days and with Easter coming up that's cutting it very fine. I know > they've already given us a discount but it might be worth seeing if they > can do it a bit quicker too.
Indeed - if those are working days, and we take the Easter holidays into account, we're already scuppered.
> On 04/03/2012 04:01 PM, Richard Barlow wrote: >> Sounds really good. Nice work Chris! Looks as if we want to get these >> ordered ASAP as the website says the order will be dispatched in 5-7 >> days and with Easter coming up that's cutting it very fine. I know >> they've already given us a discount but it might be worth seeing if they >> can do it a bit quicker too.
> Indeed - if those are working days, and we take the Easter holidays into > account, we're already scuppered.
I'll see what they can do.
So, text for the glass trophies:
Student Robotics Competition 2012 $TYPE
...where $TYPE is one of {First Place, Second Place, Third Place, Committee's Award, Team or Robot Image Award}
On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 17:06 +0100, Jeremy Morse wrote: > Yep, sounds good; is there another name for "Robot Image Award"? "Best > looking robot" perhaps? (This is nitpicking).
It's about the presentation of a team or robot. How about "Outstanding Team Award"? That can cover everything, then.
The order has now been sent. I just need to pay tomorrow when I know how they want it. I think they may also want me to look at some proofs before production.
Thanks for the quick responses, guys :-)
Cheers, Chris -- Chris Kirkham <chrisjameskirk...@gmail.com>
