Re: [us-marketing] merchandise store - follow up

On 01/15/2012 05:02 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 01/15/2012 04:48 PM, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
> > On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 16:46 -0500, webmaster for Kracked Press
> > Productions wrote:
> > > On 01/14/2012 07:32 PM, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2012-01-14 at 19:19 -0500, Tad Whiteside wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Following up on my idea for a US based LibreOffice store:
> > > > >
> > > > > I've put together a few items and just wanted to announce the 
> > > > > opening of
> > > > > a North American LibreOffice store.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://freesoftwaremerchant.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Under the LibreOffice project we have coffee mugs and CDs with the
> > > > > stable versions of LibreOffice.
> > > > >
> > > > > For each sale we will donate 10% of the proceeds to the Document 
> > > > > Foundation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Feedback is welcome.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Tad
> > > > Would be nice if laptop stickers were also sold.  I'd love to put a
> > > > LibreOffice sticker on my laptop as well as have a few to hand out to
> > > > others.
> > > >
> > > > Regarding the sale of CDs, I see that we must choose which
> > > > desktop/architecture we want.  Wouldn't it be better served (and less
> > > > work for you) if we created a DVD with all of the above?  For those 
> > > > who
> > > > want to promote LibreOffice by buying a DVD and then going around
> > > > installing it in offices and customers, etc. having a single medium
> > > > would be a lot easier than having to order multiple copies.
> > > >
> > > > Bryen M Yunashko
> > > You can try a DVD such as this one - for a starting point.
> > >
> > > Windows, Linux [.deb and .rpm], plus MacOSX [PPC and Intel]
> > > This might be a good "starting point" and it is in English.
> > >
> > > http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/box/3.4.4/libo3.4.4-NA-DVD-WLM-Dec-3-2011.iso 
> > So why not add that to the store?
> >
> > Bryen
> Well, I did not know about it, but have been real sick lately and 
> barely had the strength to let you know there was one already 
> created.  So since there was an English DVD ready, you could use it to 
> build on.
>
> Download the ISO.
> Burn the DVD.
> Go from there.
> Make a version of your own.
> "brought to you by . . . ." www.libreoffice-na.us
My mind is a little better today, so I think I know what you meant about 
a "store".
I did not set up a store myself to sell the DVDs, since I cannot do a 
business out of my Federally subsidized handicapped housing.  Also, my 
mobility is not what it is was to deal with the needs of getting the 
shipping packages to a facility outside the place for shipments.

I have stated to people that if they wanted to do that, they can take 
what the North American Community Project did and make their own 
version[s] and do their own store.

Sure, I could use the extra cash to help out my fixed income from SSD 
and Worker's Compensation.  The law will allow me to earn a percentage 
of my income that way, but physically I have too many problems to be 
able to work on a daily basis, even for a few set hours.  I have 
currently been sick for a little less that 12 days and I will not be 
able to do anything "normal" for maybe another week.  You cannot operate 
a business when you are bedridden for weeks at a time.

So, yes I would love to see my DVD project in a "store", but cannot do 
this myself.  Not anymore.


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