Sean- I've been gone for a few days- sorry if I'm hanging things up. By all means do the shirts; I have no problem at all with it. Put me in for a couple in X-large
Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 3:12 PM Subject: M_Boats: Montgomery T-shirts > Hey gang, just want to clarify a couple of things; > > 1. Bob Eeg did not come to me and ask me to make a t-shirt advertising for > him. Quite the contrary, I went to Bob Eeg and asked that if I made a T-shirt if > I could place the Montgomery name and logo on them. I was pleased when he > said yes I could, and have no problem with displaying a small web address for him > on the back. He could have just as easily said "NO". End of story. As far as > needing any advertising that the few shirts we might make could > provide...well, let's not kid ourselves. Bob is backlogged on boat orders. I guess if > wearing a shirt with Montgomery Boats web address rubs you the wrong way then you > always have the option to make your own shirt without it, or simply not have a > Montgomery sailboat shirt. There's nothing wrong with either of those two > options. > > 2. Apparently yesterday when I was on duty there was a post from Jerry > Montgomery himself indicating that he retains rights to the Montgomery name. I was > remiss in not contacting him, in addition to Bob, and appologized to him for > the oversight in an email sent this morning. I am waiting for a reply from him > before moving ahead any further with the t-shirts. Oddly enough, the post was > emailed to me by a fellow lister, but I cannot find the post on the MSOG site > now. > > 3. The post where I indicated I was looking for input on the shirt indicated > that the only part I was looking for input on is whether or not to include the > name of the MSOG on the pocket emblem. I'm not sure who the orignal creator > of the MSOG is(was) so I'm not really sure who to ask. If I go ahead with the > shirts and there is no clear answer I'll probably leave the MSOG reference off > of the shirt to avoid any problems. That would be too bad because it would be > neat to indicate that you belong to the group. > > 4. Long story, short. I thought it would be neat to make a shirt. Some other > folks indicated the same thing. So a few of us got together and have taken the > project on. My personal feeling is it is a shame that what seems like it > should be such a simple thing to bring enjoyment to anyone who wants to > participate in it, seems to have irritated a number of folks. If it's not your thing, no > problem. No harm, no foul. A couple of posts indicate some iritation at the > thought of Bob Eeg "getting something for nothing". I guess all I can say to > that is I don't understand why that would be a problem for anyone other then > possibly myself who was going to put the whole thing together, including the $, > or David Wood who has put all the effort into the creating the artwork. I will > only speak for myself and say if I had a problem with it I wouldn't do it and > I appreciated Bob giving me the opportunity to do it. > > I hope we can still pull this off. Either way, what it is really all about is > friendship through sailing. I really enjoy interacting with everyone on this > site and hope to for a long time to come, regardless of the stupid shirt! > > Let me see what Jerry's feelings are about the shirt thing and then we'll see > if we continue. Thanks to all those that emailed their comments. > > Sean > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
