[cc:ed - not sure if you read the list] On Wednesday 19 May 2004 13.55, Pierre THIERRY wrote: > I would be interested by this Debian umbrella, and I think you should > contact ikarios.com, which sells Linux/BSD stuff in France. Perhaps you could? (Oh, you did. Good. But I fear your message without further explanations is a bit terse for them to know what they should/could do.) > Isn't there a preview of the umbrella? If you've read the messages of the list, you know everything there is to know. Short summary: - one project is to get an umbrella with one big Debian-swirl all over it. Problem: at least 500 need to be produced, because that's more complicated than the usual stuff - one project is a 'normal' umbrealla, with Debian logo on some sections. This could start immediately and price was announced. - a third project is to try to print the swirl over two sections instead of the whole umbrella, with a small gap between the two image parts. Negotiations with the producer are ongoing on that. (Note: I don't do any of this. Please read the messages on the list.) My personal opinion is that the big swirl solution would be really, really cool (and that I probably won't buy one if it's not the big swirl.) But since 500 need to be ordered, this project needs all the help it can get - so if you could handle France (contact ikarios again, stating the problem and if they'd be willing to help; contact french LUGs etc. etc.) this would help. But before any orders can be taken and announcements can be put out, we need to decide if we try to go for it at all. So there's where your help would be appreciated. If there are enough people so that some major part of the geography is covered, chances are good that we manage to sell 500 of the things - and then we can start to really launch it (design the umbrella, get a binding offer from the producer, decide on how to handle payment etc. etc. etc) greetings -- vbi -- featured product: SpamAssassin - http://spamassassin.org
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