On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/24/10 9:23 PM, John Kennedy wrote: >> On 06/24/2010 05:52 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: >>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 1. Postal Money Order en route to Jordan to cover the booth. >>>> >>> :D >>> >>> >>>> 2. The PayPal funds pool is currently holding at $66.23 after the money >>>> order was cut. >> >> That's great, but why not allow members to donate beyond plans for OLF? > > Tax liability, if memory serves. I would need to work to get accounts > set up for Ubuntu Ohio so we stay on the good side of the IRS and the > Ohio Department of Taxation. Nothing says funds cannot still come in > but after a while there would need to be a more formal financial control > structure just to stay on the good side of the law. > >> >>>> While this could be used for spiritous liquors at the >>>> >> >> Not what I would want my donations going to. Rather it go to things >> that will be positive in recruiting. >> > > I cannot recall who brought THAT up originally. I have enough e-mail > flowing through to where I forgot. Don't worry, I'm more interested in > evangelistic efforts.
That was me. Half joking :) > >>> >>>> :D >>>> >>> >>>> event, I am wondering if we would want to have goodies to hand-out >>>> beyond the average conference pack. Dollar Tree does do bulk orders >>>> >> >> Everyone that goes to conferences likes getting hand-outs, either >> material or food. >> > > If we got permission from Canonical, could we do an order through > Malley's to get some chocolate bars done up? My other alternative would > be to get custom printed M&M's through Ethel M's place in Vegas. I > would imagine we'd need somebody at Canonical to sign off on M&M's in > the new Light colors with the Circle of Friends logo in white printed on > 'em. Dollar Tree would be the least best scenario in my view as we > couldn't get things customized BUT we could get lots of candy to have > available. > >>> Not a bad idea. I'm all for it. Can we get a quick group feel for it, >>> and providing there are no major and substantial objections, I say we >>> do this. >>> >>> >>>> online so we could pick up chocolates and/or mints to keep in a bowl. >>>> Propaganda materials could also be printed up through FedexOffice or >>>> another provider. >>>> >>> Another outstanding course of action. >>> >> >> I agree. >> > > At that point, then, the materials at > http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/get-materials/poster need to be > evaluated and some picks made. The brochures at > http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/material/brochure/buzz-flyer-heard-ubuntu > might also be useful. The reason I brought up FedexOffice originally is > that they have a nice online estimator that takes a PDF, asks for your > printing specs, and then gives you a price guess. > > Having copies of the then-latest issue of Full Circle Magazine might > help, too, I suppose. The problem with that is the paper size used is > A4 which is great for Europe but not that common here in Ohio. The > online FedexOffice tool barfs when fed an A4 PDF so I would need to > drive out to Willoughby or Mayfield Heights to inquire in-person about > printing cost. > >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- > > +-----------------------------------------+ > |Stephen Michael Kellat, MSLS | > |+1 440 813 6488 (mobile phone) | > |+1 440 361 5766 (SMS & MMS phone) | > |+1 702 714 0397 (Google Voice) | > |DC5A625B (Currently Valid OpenPGP Key) | > |[email protected] (e-mail) | > |http://identi.ca/alpacaherder (microblog)| > +-----------------------------------------+ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
