On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Donald Harbison <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
The first offer was made last August: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ooo-dev/201108.mbox/%3C1313282659.3558.92.camel@jean-laptop15%3E More recently (February), here are 2 notes I sent to the list. http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ooo-dev/201202.mbox/%3ccalabzo7rxjwrej-fnp7htnmhxlmrzk2ptrkcn+phhkk1q9a...@mail.gmail.com%3E http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ooo-dev/201202.mbox/%[email protected]%3E --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 >> >> >>
