Hi, Just putting a conversation we had on IRC in longer-term written form. 1- Regarding the 430 T-Shirts: They will be über-sweet. Really. At least, I've loved them. Well, I've only seen the ones for regular attendees yet, but Gaby is already printing the ones for organizers and volunteers - And I'm sure we will love them :) The front side is done, we just have the back side pending - And being it a simpler print, they will come out more easily. Well, that's at least what I hope :-) 2- Shipping: Gaby is really under pressure to get the prints ready on time. According to our original plan, she will finish by tomorrow, and leave them packed so they are picked up on Thursday by the delivery company. We will most probably go for Fedex or UPS, as the pricing is similar to what I found with Estafeta, but they are a _single_ big company throughout the world - Finding a lost box is much easier that way. Besides, for the same fare, they offer delivering in two business days instead of five. A huge advantage. This will allow us also to give Gaby a bit more breathing space: I am leaving with her on Thursday to New York. She will be there with me for three days. On Sunday, she comes back to Mexico and I fly to Scotland. Now, with a delivery time of two business days, she can surely finish printing on Monday/Tuesday, and we will still get the shirts on time. 3- But there is more! Many people have asked me if there would be extra T-shirts for sale. No, we didn't plan on any. And I was sure she would not want to print anything else for some time. But she says she is willing to! So we can do something like what we did on DC6 with the red/yellow shirts: Print an extra load of shirts to sell them and get some extra money. They would be simple shirts (i.e. a simple one color, one side print). We would risk not selling them fast enough - but last year they were a complete success. I think it's worth it, even if we get them on the last days of Debconf - We would have to factor in the shipping costs, but still, I'm sure we could keep them at around GBP 5 and still have a decent profit (IIRC, the shirts we are printing cost Debconf ~GBP 3.20+VAT each). Of course, for this we need a _design_. We are not (yet) pressed for it, but we need to have it at most by Tuesday, so Gaby still has the time to run develop it, buy the shirts, print it all and ship it on time. Sledge had the idea of a simple "Debconf World Tour" shirt, with all the places we have had Debconfs so far. Ideas are welcome. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - gwolf@gwolf.org - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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