Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

[atcri...@comcast.net]

Hi , I was thinking it would be great to have Tee shirts printed for publisity for the park. Here are designs for the front and the back of the shirt and a bid from a company for $4.25 a shirt. Wa da ya think? Cricket

[Laura Feahr]

I like the idea. Is the lettering actually down the shirt? or is it to be
in one line. I would like to see it on a shirt. I do some graphics and
have been involved in t-shirt ordering in bulk. The price sounds great. I
am just interested in the layout that would appeal to a wide range of
tastes. Color choices, etc. Good work, thanks, Laura

[wyld...@comcast.net]

Howdy Park Advocates,
I am imploring you to please get ORGANIC Cotton shirts instead of pesticide drenched cotton from China, India or wherever. Cotton farming uses more pesticides per plant than any other agricultural product. Pesticides have been found in the Arctic Ocean recently.
Yes these might cost more, but are a much higher quality, much softer and as MLK said, "It's always the right time to do the right thing. "
Yours in Community,
Karin Lease

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From: atcri...@comcast.net

Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 01:08:28 +0000 (UTC)

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Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

[Nancy Fastenau]

Cricket,  I wasn't able to open any of the attachments.

Nancy

Nancy Fastenau
Fastenau & Associates
www.fastenauandassociates.net

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[atcri...@comcast.net]

Here is another try for the folks who couldn't open the files

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From: "Laura Feahr" <song...@sonic.net>
To: gratongr...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 10:29:11 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

I like the idea.  Is the lettering actually down the shirt? or is it to be
in one line.  I would like to see it on a shirt.  I do some graphics and
have been involved in t-shirt ordering in bulk.  The price sounds great.  I
am just interested in the layout that would appeal to a wide range of
tastes.  Color choices, etc.  Good work, thanks, Laura

At 01:08 AM 2/6/2010 +0000, you wrote:

[Nancy Fastenau]

I would only add some sort of graphic - just not a gopher!
Nancy

Nancy Fastenau
Fastenau & Associates
www.fastenauandassociates.net

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[Kelly Gray-Jones]

I agree with Nancy.  I love the idea.  Maybe we could incorporate our logo on the back ( that was created for the stationary), and make the font  that says "Got Park?" on the front coordinate with the look of the logo? 

 

Best regards--

 

Kelly Gray-Jones

[Laura Feahr]

This sounds good to me also. Laura

At 06:26 AM 2/7/2010 -0800, Kelly Gray-Jones wrote:



[atcri...@comcast.net]

next step would be to get Meryl to bring the two together.

[Hollynn D'Lil]

Dear GGG & Funding Team.  Someone needs to step forward to take on the lead for the t-shirts.  I love the "Got Park?" idea, Cricket.  We need a plan - how to market, etc.  Good luck to whomever wants to make it happen! 

 

HolLynn

[Laura Feahr]

Here is what I found just entering a question. With this little time and
few people can we make this work? What are the money making needs for this
event?

[atcri...@comcast.net]

Hi everyone, I haven't gotten a responce from Merrilyn in the past week so I'm checking to see if anyone elce might like to take on the graphics for the tee shirt?  You could e or call me at 8238405,Cricket

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Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta



[Laura Feahr]

How about this?  I may tweak it a bit in another program.  I want to do away with the hole in the tree.  I am doing some shirts with a local guy for another organization.  I am sure he would like the biz unless there is someone with a better connection.  I would go with good t's (cotton) and two colors or three depending on price. Laura

At 08:37 PM 2/15/2010 +0000, atcri...@comcast.net wrote:

Hi everyone, I haven't gotten a responce from Merrilyn in the past week so I'm checking to see if anyone elce might like to take on the graphics for the tee shirt?  You could e or call me at 8238405,Cricket

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Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta



Dear GGG & Funding Team.  Someone needs to step forward to take on the lead for the t-shirts.  I love the "Got Park?" idea, Cricket.  We need a plan - how to market, etc.  Good luck to whomever wants to make it happen! 
 
HolLynn

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Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

next step would be to get Meryl to bring the two together.
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From: "Laura Feahr" <song...@sonic.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 10:54:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

This sounds good to me also. Laura

At 06:26 AM 2/7/2010 -0800, Kelly Gray-Jones wrote:



[Hollynn D'Lil]

I writing this to be helpful - you need to think about how many t-shirts you think you can sell, and your different venues for selling them.  I know that at Graton Day, they always have t-shirts left over, and that the t-shirts aren't a particularly successful way of raising funds.  So, how do we have to spend, and how much do you think we'll raise? 

[Nancy Fastenau]

Laura,

I like it!  Are they birds or white caps in the middle?  I assume birds but had to think for a moment.
I would also go with the organic cotton as was suggested in a previous e-mail.

Nancy

Nancy Fastenau
Fastenau & Associates
www.fastenauandassociates.net

[Nancy Fastenau]

Excellent reminder.  Do we have an idea of how many shirts and sales Graton Day produces?  That would probably be ballpark.
Nancy

Nancy Fastenau
Fastenau & Associates
www.fastenauandassociates.net

[atcri...@comcast.net]

Sales will depend on how cheap we can make them. I'm not thinking for profit ,but for publisity, If we have  50 people at the fiesta  wearing the same tee shirt it would be a draw for people to join the club. I,d like to see us sell them at cost.. If we can make a design with 1 color printed on a kelly green tee shirt, they are only $4.25 a shirt. It sounds like Laura is ready for the task. Cricket

[wildflower]

Hello All,
Did anyone get my email about choosing organic cotton t-shirts?
Best
Karin

[Hollynn D'Lil]

I support buying organic t-shirts, as well.  One of our design goals for the park is to build sustainably.  The !Fiesta! we a planning has a green team.  It wouldn't make sense to not keep to our principals for the t-shirts. 

[Laura Feahr]

I was thinking green on tan.  The image and words would pop more.  Detail we can hash out and it does not take much time to actually do the shirts. Laura

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Dear GGG & Funding Team.  Someone needs to step forward to take on the lead for the t-shirts.  I love the "Got Park?" idea, Cricket.  We need a plan - how to market, etc.  Good luck to whomever wants to make it happen! 

 

HolLynn

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Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 8:24 PM

Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

next step would be to get Meryl to bring the two together.

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From: "Laura Feahr" <song...@sonic.net>

To: gratongr...@googlegroups.com, gratongr...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 10:54:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific

Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

This sounds good to me also. Laura

At 06:26 AM 2/7/2010 -0800, Kelly Gray-Jones wrote:



[atcri...@comcast.net]

Laura, Let's get together soon and talk it over. Give me a call , 8238405. Cricket

[Laura Feahr]

Last night at an event planning meeting we decided to discuss the shirts at next week's meeting for the steering committee.  Many people are strongly in favor of organic shirts which will put the price a bit higher.  Whether or not we sell them is a separate decision.  I like green on a tan or neutral or dark green on lighter green, but I will wait to see what the options/costs are.  I would like to have a good shirt that people will wear around and advertise the cause.  My # is 827-3144. my schedule varies.  Email is good.

At 11:58 AM 2/17/2010 +0000, atcri...@comcast.net wrote:

Laura, Let's get together soon and talk it over. Give me a call , 8238405. Cricket

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Dear GGG & Funding Team.  Someone needs to step forward to take on the lead for the t-shirts.  I love the "Got Park?" idea, Cricket.  We need a plan - how to market, etc.  Good luck to whomever wants to make it happen! 

 

HolLynn

----- Original Message -----

From: atcri...@comcast.net

To: gratongr...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 8:24 PM

Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

next step would be to get Meryl to bring the two together.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Laura Feahr" <song...@sonic.net>

To: gratongr...@googlegroups.com, gratongr...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 10:54:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific

Subject: Re: Project Update and Planning for 5/22/10 Fiesta

This sounds good to me also. Laura

At 06:26 AM 2/7/2010 -0800, Kelly Gray-Jones wrote:



[Nancy Fastenau]

I would weigh in on going with the organic, safely dyed shirts.  Hollyn is right we should honor our principles.
Remember I volunteered to help with the games planning committee so let me know what I can do.

Nancy

[kell...@comcast.net]

Hello All--

I agree with Nancy and Hollyn re: organic, safely dyed shirts.  I am writing this to address another issue that I think as important as the "green-ness" of the shirt.  At the fiesta planning meeting last night, we discussed what our goals were for the Fiesta de las Americas.  What we came up with was: Fundraising, public awareness, increased involvement, and to "show who we are" and gain credibility.

 

Speaking from the design perspective, I strongly urge those involved with the creation of a T-shirt, to use the existing logo for the graton green group, on the back of the T-Shirt.  I think we need to stay consistent, as one would in a business marketing plan, with anything marketing related that we do--T-shirts, posters, advertisments for fund-raising events, baseball caps, etc., etc.  This consistency will go a long way in helping us to gain that credibility we were discussing last night. 

 

 I don't have the contact info. for the person who did the logo.  If I did, I would contact her on this.  Hopefully, she receives this message and will contact Laura and Cricket (T-shirt team?).  Thanks everyone for your efforts, I am truly grateful for the opportunity to work with all of you on our park!  Get Park!

 

Best Regards,