Re: [us-marketing] Re: LibreOffice North American Community meeting - April 2011

On 04/16/2011 10:14 AM, drew wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 09:21 -0400, Marc Paré wrote:
> > I am not sure and can't seem to find it in my notes yet, but had we
> > not
> > agreed on an American company for this already, and it was also able
> > to
> > serve up the Canadian market.
> Hi Marc,
>
> I want to be very clear on this - This is NOT an official outlet or
> source.
>
> This is a resource that Andy wants to make available. If people want to
> make use of it they can, if they choose to use another resource they, of
> course, are free to do that.
>
> To make this more then just words the plan is to have the art work for
> any item that is made available through this service available from the
> TDF wiki - so truly anyone is welcome to fulfill their needs using any
> resource they like.
>
> Specifically - as for Canadian deliveries, they are supported IIRC by
> this resource.
>
> Thanks
>
> Drew
"supported IIRC" ?

Yes, I can see there is not one service "officially" used for 
LibreOffice/TDF for items.  There cannot be due to the costs of shipping 
from Europe to  the USA, or other non-European countries.  Should we 
just "do our own thing" for ordering items to help "market" 
LibreOffice?  I think there should be some guidelines for what 
image/logo should be for each item; i.e. logo size or type for shirts 
could be one image while the one for bags and "carry items" could be 
another.  Artwork could be standardized for each item.  The design team 
should be involved and those of us who are good at "commercial" artwork 
could summit ideas to be used and/or modified on some page for the users 
to see and maybe comment on which they like the best.

We have a page for the labels and case designs, we could have one for 
the shirt/sweat design.  There are other products that have shirt 
designs that are not just their logos, but a saying as well.  The 
"Freedom Never Tasted So Suite" is such a saying.  The issue then would 
be the larger the image, the more the need for "ink printing" instead of 
embroidered logos.  I still thing embroidered logos is a better idea for 
a more "professional" look.  We all can take iron-on sheets and make our 
own tee-shirts, but having a polo-style shirt that you could wear at an 
event looks like LibreOffice marketing is being done at a more 
professional level.




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