T-Shirts for Alfresco Summit

[aviriel]

We should choose a slogan and a bee image to print them on the t-shirts. Also we should choose the color and the type of the T-shirt.

Also we need to know who wants to have a t-shirt (Name, quantity, size). We don't have a sponsor at this moment, so, probably, we will pay ourselves for the T-shirts on Summit.

[marsbard]

White shirts are going to be the easiest to print on. I also think we just want one design as otherwise the costs increase for every new design.

My brother lives in London so I will ask him to get the shirts sorted out for us so nobody has to incur crazy baggage allowances dragging tshirts across the sky.

[aviriel]

Great. We need to find someone in San Francisco to print t-shirts, if bees want to have t-shirts there too.

[binduwavell]

How many folks will bee in SF? I expect Jeff will, and I will. Maybe alf folks like Richard would want shirts. A pretty easy thing would be to publish the design to cafe press and have folks print their own shirts. Alternatively I could look for a local company we could pick up from. Not sure if any of the hive are in SF?

[binduwavell]

I should add I personally dislike white shirts. Dark grey would go nicely with the mascot I think...

[hi-ko]

possible slogan: "I (bee) lieve in Open Source!" - where (bee) is the logo.

I prefer black and also dislike white, size M

If there are not much more than 10 I could also organize the printing. We have a T-Shirt printing shop near our office and the nice thing is that they print on request and you can choose size/colour/cut for every single t-shirt.

[esplinr]

I'll buy a shirt. I think it would be easiest to use Cafe Press or some similar online service, rather than figuring out how to shuttle money all over.

[CristinaMR]

My suggestion: "May the order bee with you!" ^___^

[BenjaminSwitzer]

I'll be attending Summit in SF. A t-shirt would be fantastic. How quickly can Cafe Press turn around an order? What would be helpful for me is for someone to allow me to ship my t-shirt to them and then pick it up when I get to SF.

I like Bindu's suggestion of a dark grey shirt with the mascot. Would look sharp.

[marsbard]

"Buzzing about Alfresco"

I'm a big fan of dual meanings when it comes to slogans and there are a couple of good ones here.

1) "Buzzing about Alfresco": "Buzzing" can mean euphoric. In this context it is "I'm really excited about Alfresco". Here it means Alfresco the product.

But I love the other meaning...

2) "Buzzing about Alfresco": "buzzing about" in this context means "flying around", the implication of a swarm of bees, surrounding their target, Alfresco. Here it means Alfresco the company.

[davidcognite]

I'm up for a t-shirt. If I can get one in time for the SF summit, I could even wear it on stage...

[aviriel]

I think it's a time to decide if we want to have T-shirts for Summit in SF.

My favorite slogan is "Buzzing about Alfresco". About a place to print T-shirts: I like the idea of using Cafe Press, but I think that we should not oblige people to use it. Jeff sent me T-shirts for Alfresco Moscow Meetup in the end of March and I still didn't get them. So I think that we should give other options for people outside the US.

We can publish EPS image for printing and a list of recommended colors for the T-shirt. So people can order the T-shirt they like in a place they like. And we can order some T-shirts together for the Summit in London.

[binduwavell]

+1

-- Bindu

On September 1, 2014 at 3:03:49 AM MDT, Oksana Kurysheva notifications@github.com wrote:I think it's a time to decide if we want to have T-shirts for Summit in SF. My favorite slogan is "Buzzing about Alfresco". About a place to print T-shirts: I like the idea of using Cafe Press, but I think that we should not oblige people to use it. Jeff sent me T-shirts for Alfresco Moscow Meetup in the end of March and I still didn't get them. So I think that we should give other options for people outside the US. We can publish EPS image for printing and a list of recommended colors for the T-shirt. So people can order the T-shirt they like in a place they like. And we can order some T-shirts together for the Summit in London. —Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

[hi-ko]

Oksana, thanks for catching this up. I'm very comfortable with the slogan and would be happy with an eps. +1

[aviriel]

Added images for printing to the repo. Finally we have 2 versions of the image:

• default bee + black text to print them on the white T-shirt
• bee with a white border + white text to print them on the black T-shirts (also it can be used for all dark colors)

Text is stretched a bit to look better after printing, don't worry about it.

http://www.cafepress.com/ is pretty nice to print T-shirts, but I didn't find how to save my design to share the link with you.

[esplinr]

I set up a "store" at skreened.com so you can order shirts with just a click:

http://skreened.com/ootb

Click on "More Styles" if you want to use a short-sleeve shirt.

[BenjaminSwitzer]

I'll be ordering one of those! In hopes of getting it in time for Summit in SF, could I have it shipped to someone in the US? Richard, would it be ok to send to your attention at the Alfresco office?

[binduwavell]

Thanks Richard! FYI it is possible to use Richards link and then change the tee that the images are applied to.

-- Bindu

On September 3, 2014 at 8:24:16 AM MDT, Richard Esplin notifications@github.com wrote:I set up a "store" at skreened.com so you can order shirts with just a click: http://skreened.com/ootb —Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

[esplinr]

I made a change to the font, and the shirts disappeared. They should be approved again in a few minutes and available to purchase.

[esplinr]

Benjamin: It would be best to send to the San Mateo office, attention: Kyle Hillstead and Richard Esplin

[BenjaminSwitzer]

Thanks Richard, I shall do so.

[CristinaMR]

Great :+1: ! I will buy one for London! :-) Anybody wants to join and buy some t-shirts in one common lot?

[aviriel]

Created a separated issue for ordering T-shirts in London: https://github.com/OrderOfTheBee/marketing/issues/12

Close this issue as "fixed". We chose a design and slogan :)