On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, in fact "Friends of" made the offer to AOO long ago. > > My idea is to have both the opportunity for anyone to purchase TShirts > etc, and a fund to supply same for use at booths. Books, too, of course. > > Mainly what is needed is permission to use the AOO logo (and perhaps > variations such as "I [heart] [AOO logo]) and someone to do the work... Set > up a store, create products, etc. > > We can move in this direction from within this PMC, with consultation from @trademarks. I'll be happy to help with that. Can you point me to the original offer thread you're referring to? Thank you. > Jean > > On 01/05/2012, at 11:39, Donald Harbison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jean, > > > > Are there any funds available from Friends of OpenDocument similar to > those > > being allocated to LibreOffice? If so, we can mobilize around something > > like what you're proposing. The fund would have to be held outside of the > > project, but could be allocated for supporting this type of concept. > > > > What do you think? > > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Do we have plans for AOO promotional t-shirts and other swag? Would > >> this need to go through an Apache store or can AOO do it? > >> > >> I'm not looking at this as a way to raise money (which would need to > >> go to Apache, not AOO, anyway), but rather for promotion. People at > >> trade shows, developers' conferences, etc can wear tshirts; buttons > >> and other low-cost items could be given away at booths; tshirts could > >> be given away as prizes; people can have mugs and mousepads at work... > >> well, you know the drill. Could be sold on eg CafePress at cost. > >> > >> --Jean > >> >
