I like the legacy cards as submitted by Tilghman. Let's print some so we'll have SOMETHING to hand out right away. I'll turn my mind towards designing a few other things as well; I'm already designing promotional fliers today for a Bitcoin class I'm teaching next month. I look forward to seeing everyone else's submissions as well.
The Brigade might be able to join in on the room party fun times. Hypericon isn't long after National Day of Civic Hacking, so if oddball has some sort of promotional materials he'd like us to give out then I'd be happy to at least cross-promote. Amber P.S. Give me website content. Give me website content. Give me website content. Can I haz website content? You don't want to discover how deeply irritating I can be about website content, Dru. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Pope jonnyX <[email protected]> wrote: > (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]/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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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