Swag

[crayzeigh]

We should have some!

Things to consider:

• Speaker Gifts
• Organizer Shirts/Hoodies/Etc.
• Volunteer Shirts/Hoodies/Etc.
• Con T is overplayed, let's do something easier/more creative.

Speaker Gifts

• Should include local fun and something Connecticut-y.
• Wisconsin had: Local Cheese, Local Chocolate, Amazon GiftCard
• Ohio: External Battery Pack/Charger etched with the DoD Logo from local hacker space.

Organizer Shirts Hoodie Etc.

• I'm a hoodie fan so that's my vote but whatever, a T-shirt is fine
• Should make us easily identifiable in a crowd incase someone needs to talk to an org quickly for any reason
• Consequently needs to stand out from the regular Con swag or vendor swag since Day 2 people are likely to wear that.

Volunteer Shirts

• Identifiable, but different from Organizer shirt

Con Swag

• The T-Shirt is overplayed and requires some complications:
  • What size to you get?
  • How many?
  • etc.
• I want it to be CT focused
  • Madison, WI had a Con Scarf which was awesome for a number of reasons
  • Your in WI in the fall. It (should be but wasn't) is cold
  • No sizing issues
  • Memorable

I like the idea of:

Con Diner Mug

See if we can get all the sponsors to submit their WORST/Cheesiest add in black/white and get Diner Mugs made up with sponsor logos on half and the Convention logo on the other.

• I think it's fun, very New England/CT with the Diner focus.
• Everyone needs a new office coffee mug.

I'm 100% welcome to input and criticism.

[davejlong]

Re: organizer label, I would vote against a sweatshirt. If the space is warm, I'd prefer not to be stuck with a sweatshirt on that I can't remove.

Re: con-swag, I think t-shirts are fairly simple in that we'll be asking for t-shirt size at signup in order to order the correct amount (throwing in some extra for last minute changes).

[crayzeigh]

T-shirts are simple to think about and accidentally complicated to deal with. To really be accommodating we need to have about 10 different sizing options with overrun (5-10%ish) for each one:

Non-Fitted: S, M, L, XL, 2XL Fitted: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

all of which leaves out XS as even a choice. And we'll be bringing some home of every size that we have to determine what to do with since we've had to order overrun for every size to account for people changing or having someone else "order" for them at signup.

We need to determine design, colors and shirt quality and costs can increase quickly the more we have multiple colors or higher-quality shirts.

And: does everyone really want another t-shirt to go in their drawer? Not shutting the idea down, just trying to provide the counterpoint and realizing that dealing with a shirt design is quite a bit of additional brain power for something people may not even really want, but get because its a given.

[mego22]

T-shirt are the go to for conferences. I'm a t-shirt guy so I am cool with it. Other cool swag that I have gotten or seen at conferences:

• Light weight hoodie. We could get one color for people attending and another for volunteers.
• A notebook w/ the conference logo. Not sure what the cost would be but I always like notebooks. I am sure we have all been to a conference and forgot our notebook.
• A pint glass w/ the conference logo. Probably my favorite swag item ever. We could combine this with an open tap, after hours event.