We're good to move forward with the Zazzle store (from a board perspective and a legal perspective.)
Once we have an account and a website ready to go, I'll reach out to Hackerthreads and let them know what we are planning. Stormy On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Stormy Peters <sto...@gnome.org> wrote: > I checked and we're one vote shy. There was positive reaction but it > stalled on knowing exactly what we've agreed to with hackerthreads. We > don't seem to have a copy of the agreement on file. > > I think whatever we do, we'll need to make sure to work with > hackerthreads to maintain that relationship. > > A couple of notes on hackerthreads from Rosanna: > - we get $4 per item sold > - they were the ones who came up with the decals, polo, and hat ideas > - in one quarter, they were happy with how things sold and gave us an > extra $100 in donation > > From them we made: > 2006 $172 > 2007 $504 > 2008 $68 > 2009 $264 > > I've pinged the board again and I'll ping hackerthreads again as well ... > > Stormy > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Paul Cutler > <pcut...@foresightlinux.org> wrote: > > Hi Stormy - have you had an opportunity to get board approval? Just > > thinking we may want to think about where this lives with the wgo revamp. > > > > Paul > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Stormy Peters <sto...@gnome.org> wrote: > >> > >> I think we get board approval and set up an account. > >> > >> I can get board approval. I can also set up the account on Monday. (I'm > >> off this afternoon through Monday.) > >> > >> Stormy > >> > >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Paul Cutler < > pcut...@foresightlinux.org> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm glad to see the agreement in choosing Zazzle! I'm not sure of the > >>> process - are there any other individuals who we need approval from? > >>> > >>> If not, who can help with some of the adminsitrative steps to move > >>> forward? > >>> > >>> * Inform Hackerthreads of a change > >>> * Set up a Zazzle account (http://www.zazzle.com/sell) > >>> > >>> I am supposed to meeting with Lucas soon to discuss a roadmap for the > >>> gnome-web team after last Monday's meeting. I'd recommend we wrap > some of > >>> the action items regarding creating a store (CSS) into the overall > gnome-web > >>> plan (which is scheduled for release with 2.28). This may make the > most > >>> sense as the look and feel of the GNOME website will change with the > Plone > >>> rollout, and we'll want that look in the Zazzle store. > >>> > >>> In talking to Andreas in IRC yesterday he mentioned that there may be > >>> some artwork ready to go, such as the popular green one, and a few > others. > >>> > >>> The other option is to launch a more basic store now, with some of the > >>> designs Andreas mentioned, in an effort to make a little money sooner. > >>> > >>> Paul > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Andreas Nilsson <nisses.m...@home.se> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Dave Neary wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Stormy Peters wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> +1 for Zazzle. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Idem. In fact, back in 2004, the only reason we didn't go with Zazzle > >>>>> was that they were US only, and we would have had to theme our web > page > >>>>> ourselves to make it look & feel like a gnome.org page. The first > one > >>>>> is > >>>>> no longer true, I think, and the second is perhaps not a blocker. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> I haven't looked into detail how much control you actually get over > the > >>>> design, but when playing around with it in Firebug yesterday, I was > able to > >>>> get okayish results in a matter of minutes. Lots of divs to style! > >>>> So not a blocker at all. Lets go for it! > >>>> - Andreas > >>>> -- > >>>> marketing-list mailing list > >>>> marketing-list@gnome.org > >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > >>> > >> > > > > >
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