(and fliers)(and postcards)(yes, there is some NLUG relevance, I promise) 1} We'll start with the business cards:
250 for $10 via vistaprint.com if we snag 'em by Monday, May 19th. Tilghman has a good design, which is an update from last year's cards; you can see' em here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gswjttvifjbs2vb/AAABZi3rR9aVLhSqHc3sgc3Ha (or here - http://goo.gl/ThXR8g - if you prefer) Note that I was playing around with the template & tossed a possible alternative into the dropbox as well (jx_sample.jpg - kinda sucky but you get the idea). But why stop there?!? NOW is your opportunity to win a FABULOUS PRIZE (of some sort) - Don't like the proposed design(s)? Think you can do better? THEN HAVE AT IT! Design us some business cards posthaste; fame, fortune and glorious glory galore will be yours forever! [1] The template is here: http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/ns/studio3.aspx?pf_id=B73&combo_id=1004730 ( http://goo.gl/GmkHOf ) ...and feel free to use other templates if you prefer. Let's make the deadline 11:00am central time, Sunday, May 18th; get your design(s) to me by then, I can put 'em in the dropbox & we can decide which one(s) we want to use at the PhreakNIC meeting. We'll announce the winner(s) after the meeting. 1a bonus round} Note that we aren't limited to one design; we could, for example, have different backs (or entire cards - front & back) for promoting at different cons: Hypericon - http://hypericon.firechildren.net/ (June 13-15) LibertyCon - http://www.libertycon.org/ (June 27-29) DragonCon - http://dragoncon.org/ (Aug 29-Sep 01) DerbyCon - https://www.derbycon.com/ (sep 24-28) Even if we stick with the same fronts, the backs could have different QR codes that would take you to a convention-specific page that has a promo or discount (or something), only good during that convention (and possibly a day or two after). Also, Andrew pointed out that Vistaprint has sales ALL THE TIME, so focus on general PN18 cards first, then June conventions, then DragonCon & DerbyCon. Unless someone comes up with something better, I'm going to arbitrarily declare convention-specific business card design deadlines to be noon, central time, 14 days prior to the start of each con: Hypericon - Friday, May 30th deadline LibertyCon - Friday, June 13th deadline DragonCon - Friday, August 15th deadline DerbyCon - Wednesday, September 10th deadline 2} Next we have fliers: Amber came up with some nifty preliminary designs, based on Soviet-era Space Race propaganda artwork; they're in the dropbox "fliers" folder. I think something based on these designs would be especially fun for LibertyCon, which has a reputation for being a somewhat conservative/right-wing sci-fi con (yes, they exist). As for non-LibertyCon fliers, multiple designs targeted to specific cons, plus a general design would seem the best route to take (just like the business cards). Hypericon is fast approaching, so we should focus on that one first; same flier design deadlines as business card deadlines. 3} Finally, we have postcards: My thinking on this was to have multiple similar cards with different parts of a crypto/coding challenge on each; to solve the whole thing, you'd need to find and collaborate with folks who had received different portions of the code (ie - different cards). This would hopefully encourage people to utilize the various social media we have yet to fully exploit. Look for more details & info in a follow-up message. Tilghman, what's the date we need these by, and when do we usually mail them out? 4} Another bonus round - ROOM PARTIES (relevant to NLUG) Jeremy (aka logickal23) suggested a PhreakNIC room party at Hypericon, which we would use to spread the joy and glory that is PhreakNIC, as well as Nashville2600, se2600, and all things related; sounds good to me. Also, since the new Nashville Linux Users Group officers are all Nashville2600/PhreakNIC members, I propose that PhreakNIC and NLUG have a joint room party for propaganda/recruitment purposes and split the costs. Possibly even with the Nashville Circuit Benders & a few other groups we have or are in the process of recruiting. What say you, se2600/Nashville2600/PhreakNIC/NLUG readers? We can double (at a minimum) our wholesome outreach goodness for one low price if we work together. Contest summary} Ahem: Contest #1 = Best design for generic PhreakNIC 18 business cards wins a prize, deadline 11:00am this Sunday; you can submit multiple designs, as well as convention-specific designs too, but must have at least one generic all-purpose design. Because we need these fast, it'll be a Really Good Prize (tm). Contest #2a-d = Convention-specific business card designs by the above specified deadlines. We'll award one prize for each winning convention-specific design. Contest #3 = Same as Contest #1, but for fliers. Contest #4a-d = Same for Contest #2a-d, but for fliers. Contest #5 = Postcards, deadline TBA. Contest #6 = Most reasonable prize suggestions for Contests #1 through Contest #6; yes, you may be determining your own prize(s). How meta (note the phrase "reasonable" - we're not made of money). Let the creative mayhem begin. ~~Dru/jX PS - re: [1] - Disclaimer: Note that we can't actually guarantee fame, fortune or glorious glory galore forever, but we will give you all due credit/blame, plus the aforementioned prize(s), once we come up with 'em. See "Contest #6" above. PPS - To prevent spamming the NLUG list too heavily, please post non-NLUG-specific replies to (in order of preference) [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and/or me personally. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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