Re: Plasma sprint in Berlin, Germany: April 21st-27th 2018

[David Edmundson]

I've started a wiki page, please add yourself when you know you're coming.
https://community.kde.org/Sprints/Plasma/2018

This is in addition to the reimbursments page if needed.

I'm thinking given there's so many cheap hostels in Berlin we could book a
couple of big dorm rooms together if we have numbers early.

David

Re: Volunteering to update the KDE Cafe Press Meta-Store

[Scott Harvey]

I've got a Cafe Press shopkeeper account of my own. I might toss together a
quick prototype store (hidden, private) just for feedback and idea-sharing.
Once we get some consensus on what kinds of products we'd like, we can
contact the Visual Design gurus and let them tear it apart. But at least
we'll have something that's more substantial than just a good idea.

I'm reasonably competent at graphic design - I speak fluent Adobe
Illustrator (although I should learn Inkscape as well). Maybe the graphics
guys would trust me to pitch in with them as well. The shop needs
custom-sized logos and header graphics. If they're too busy to make
something grand for the little store, I could certainly make something
presentable.

Meanwhile, I think my Kubuntu machine needs a swift kick to get running
again (I work by remote), so it's off to the basement for a power-cycle.


-Scott

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 5:10 AM, Adriaan de Groot  wrote:

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> CafePress can do all of those, and slapping the KDE logo on everything is
> quite straightforward. Medium-term, we should do better than that. We have
> some t-shirt designs kicking around, like the Akademy T-shirts we do each
> year, and the KDE India shirt is a perennial popular item.  So working
> towards
> more designs, or more item-suitable designs, is something that can be done.
>
> Well, *I* think it's a worthwhile goal.
>
> Heck, just a decent clear-hard-plastic KDE coffee mug could be a nice
> thing to
> have (as an environmental statement?) at an event. We had them at some
> Akademy
> (Mechelen?), years ago, lasted for years.
>
> [ade]

Plasma sprint in Berlin, Germany: April 21st-27th 2018

[Eike Hein]

Hi,

I'm happy to announce we're going to have another Plasma sprint
in a few months, from April 21st to April 27th in Berlin, Germany.

Join the sprint to make all things Plasma even better in an
intense-but-fun week of planning, designing and hacking!

The sprint will be held at the offices of Endocode AG, who have kindly
agreed to host us this time.

More information is being added here:
https://community.kde.org/Sprints#Upcoming_Sprints

And of course the event is listed at https://reimbursements.kde.org/ for
your travel support needs.

See you there!


Cheers,
Eike

PS.: KDE e.V. is having a housewarming party at its new Berlin office on
the 28th, so you might want to stick around in town a bit longer!

Re: Volunteering to update the KDE Cafe Press Meta-Store

[Adriaan de Groot]

Hi Scott,

On Thursday, 15 February 2018 05:15:12 CET Scott Harvey wrote:
> I sent a similar message to the Community Working Group a few days ago, but
> I think that might have been a little too high-level.

Not so much high-level as probably the wrong bunch. The CWG is our group of 
tough community standards enforcers and kindly grandma's. Their remit is not 
one for the store. The kde-promo working group might have been a better bunch.

But the community is the *best* place to suggest this, so you've come to the 
right place.


> create and update a Cafe Press store. I've done several, for groups of
> people taking a cruise together, for my own meager design work, etc. I'm
> pretty familiar with how the site works.
> 
> As it stands now, the KDE store is a little sparse. We need to have the
> blue K-Gear and Plasma icon available on everything from mousepads to
> t-shirts to stickers for our laptops. I'm willing to put in the time to get
> those products set up on Cafe Press. Plus, whatever markup is charged can
> go back to the KDE mothership as a simple form of fundraising.

Just last week I sent a message to this list about revitalizing KDE's 
stickers. Or maybe I thought about sending it, and didn't :S

Getting merchandise right covers a few kinds of products:
 - stickers (lightweight, easy to move around, everyone wants them)
 - t-shirts and hoodies (bulky and annoying, but popular)
 - gadgets and gewgaws

CafePress can do all of those, and slapping the KDE logo on everything is 
quite straightforward. Medium-term, we should do better than that. We have 
some t-shirt designs kicking around, like the Akademy T-shirts we do each 
year, and the KDE India shirt is a perennial popular item.  So working towards 
more designs, or more item-suitable designs, is something that can be done. 
The Visual Design Group (VDG) is our group of tough pixel-wrangling designers 
and kindly grandma's. That's typically where we would turn to develop some 
visuals for products.

A decent CafePress store could satisfy the (latent) desire for merchandise.

Somewhat independently we have the whole merchandise-for-events problem. 
Getting stickers and t-shirts to events is always a logistical problem, so 
much so that it is generally worth finding a local supplier. CafePress has 
decent global logistics, though, so it might -- just might -- make a 
difference if we, say, need 240 t-shirts in Vienna in August.

> What do you think? Is this a worthwhile goal? I don't work, so I've got the
> time. Heck, I'd probably buy a coffee mug for myself.

Well, *I* think it's a worthwhile goal.

Heck, just a decent clear-hard-plastic KDE coffee mug could be a nice thing to 
have (as an environmental statement?) at an event. We had them at some Akademy 
(Mechelen?), years ago, lasted for years.

[ade]

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