[hackpgh-party] Re: Initial wiki page up!
- From: Mandy <steelgreypittsburgh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-party@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:23:19 -0500
Sweet, all sounds good!
You're right on the standard shirts - we can always sell them again later so
nothing lost there.
And still totally pro the baked-goods contest... adds another element to the
festivities, and with OTB not having desserts per-se, it's a nice addition.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:12 PM, gwen <gwenix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh, vouchers for free months is a really good idea! If we only end up
> with one of those, I'd say put it into the xmas basket, since that'll
> likely be the least appealing otherwise.
>
> I'll start making calls out on the main list for "Hey, have a small
> hacky, crafty, or xmasy thing you can donate to the raffle?" Also,
> I'm going to say, "Have you run a project or night lately and have
> pictures? Wanna make a poster display of it?" We need to show off!
>
> If we just rerun the standard t-shirts, that's fine. I don't want us
> to be too specific to this event since we're unsure of who all will
> come, and of those who'd want shirts. But leftover t-shirts that are
> standard can be sold later too.
>
> If I hear back from companies, we can add their stuff to the raffles
> too, but I don't want to count on anything from them.
>
> Plus... I do want to do the baked goods contest! Any thoughts on
> that? Should I scrap that idea?
>
> Yay, back to fun!
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Mandy <steelgreypittsburgh@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > good deal. i'm voting scrap it. i don't see a way to do a cover/drink
> > tickets/etc and make it so we can all keep track of it with the way the
> bar
> > is laid out.... easier is better and more fun is WIN!
> >
> > yes we can push the crap out of the raffles - the goodie boxes will need
> to
> > be cool to get more people to buy. we have that whole roll of tickets at
> > our disposal so let's sell them! there was talk last night after dorkbot
> of
> > including a voucher for a free 1 month membership in one (or more?) of
> the
> > raffle prizes. that's kinda sweet and i think we should consider
> including
> > that.
> >
> > for tshirts - we can certainly sell off what we have in stock at the
> shop.
> > not sure if commonwealth can whip us up more quickly or not, but i have
> to
> > say i bet they can - i believe they keep our screens. i've never ordered
> > from them, so maybe that's a question from Doug or Matthew?
> >
> > i'll be working on a graphic for this tonight at the shop during open
> > hours... but admittedly i'm NOT a graphic designer, nor do i have
> anything
> > remotely similar to photoshop or illustrator at my disposal. i was going
> to
> > just whip up something quick to use to do the online marketing with. no
> > idea from me here on how to do quality art for a shirt like that. or
> what
> > it would cost the shop to have it done as a new screen and set of
> shirts. i
> > like the idea... i am concerned they might not sell, and the shop would
> have
> > to pay up front.
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Derrick Brashear <shadow@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM, gwen <gwenix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Well, that's why I was trying to push a lot of worth into the tickets,
> >> > and pushing for drink tickets. So yay, there's some ground
> >> > understanding here.
> >> >
> >> > Coincidentally, OTB emailed me to see how things were going just a few
> >> > minutes ago. I did ask them if they knew how others have dealt with
> >> > the issue. Let's see what they come up with.
> >> >
> >> > But yah, I'd be happy to make it a PR event, and push the raffles
> >> > (perhaps sell some T-shirts too?) for any fundraising. It'd be fun to
> >> > show ourselves off, really.
> >> >
> >> there's an idea. is there a design for this we could make get with
> >> commonwealth press to have some made with?
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Gwendolyn R. Schmidt
>
>
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