[Finance] tagwear - bored of waiting

[Martin Burns]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Marlene Bruce wrote:

> >Right, I'm sick fed up of waiting for tagwear to be got off the ground.
> >
> >We have designs. We don't have a technical implementation.
>
> Are the designs ready for production? If not, I could prep the art.
> CafePress is fine with me.

The one design downside is that they don't do white printing.

But sod it - even if the design were a simple logo on a white mug and
shirt... This isn't ideal, but it's one hell of a lot better than what we
have (ie 'noMerchandise' and 'noMerchandiseRevenue')

imo I don't think this needs theforum's approval (as the principle is long
decided ("Sell schwag for cash")), just a notification. I think steering
could decide this.

> Also, I'm concerned with the possibility of an accelerated move to a
> new hosting situation, and either way how we're going to pay for it
> whenever it happens.

If it's Rackshack, then it's likely to cost approx $100 setup plus the
first month's fee (also ~$100) in advance, per box.

> With my $1300 payment to Ron's company, we now have $40.62.

Presumably we're also going to pay the $700 back fees as/when we can
afford them?

> Hope the t-shirts will make a difference.

Yep.

Fortunately, it seems that Cafepress really is a 'no advance outlay'
setup (they print to order, not in batches). Which is both rare and
welcome.

Cheers
Martin

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