Re: [GSAS-board] How about some club shirts?

[Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

At least t-shirts don't take up as much space as fish tanks and equipment and 
don't have to fed and cleaned...

Susan


On Nov 23, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Erik Olson wrote:

> You don't get club shirts to make a profit.  You get them because it's a fun 
> thing and helps advertise the club, and you can use them as gifts for 
> speakers, etc.  Cafe Press is not the best way to go for shirts, because it's 
> way too pricey and is based on doing single shirts.  People want to pay ten 
> bucks for a shirt.  Also, if I remember right, Kate's artwork wasn't 
> necessarily something that translated well to limited color screen printing.
> 
> The downside of doing runs of T-shirts is always having to house the leftover 
> shirts.  I recall the early '90s shirt supply never seemed to quite 
> disappear.  So keep the run reasonable.  I second Shango's opinion on white 
> shirts.
> 
> Thing is, the treasury is in good enough shape to do some of these things 
> that require a bit of cash up front.  My personal feelings on the auctions 
> aside, you guys (especially Phil) earned a certain right to spend some cash 
> on fun things for the club this year.
> 
>  - Erik
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> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Paul M. Wallace wrote:
> 
>> As a proud owner of a GSAS coffee cup, I love the idea of shirts and pens.   
>> Last time around I think there was some friction in the
>> board when they failed to make a profit.  Just make sure to order sizes 
>> other that M and L and have a free shirt for the artist.
>>  
>> -Paul
>>  
>> From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] 
>> On Behalf Of Shango Los
>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 8:27 AM
>> To: GSAS board members and alumni
>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] How about some club shirts?
>>  
>> I would be pretty sure that the cost and quality of CafePress can be beaten 
>> quite easily.  It is Phil's field of expertise.
>>  
>> I bet that club shirts would be a big hit so long as a nice cross appealing 
>> design could be reached.
>>  
>> I suggest we stay away from white shirts.
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>> On Nov 23, 2009, at 7:33 AM, Susan Welenofsky wrote:
>> Hi Phil:
>> We tried to do the t-shrit thing through Cafe Press a few years ago, which 
>> was a bit expensive. It would be great if we could get
>> something going again.
>> Susan
>> On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Phil Lacefield Jr. wrote:
>> After seeing the vast numbers of VAHC and Vanc killie club members wearing 
>> club logo shirts at their auction, it seems to me that maybe
>> we could do some of the same.  I'm more than happy to work up some designs - 
>> which will then almost certainly be rejected as "colorful"
>> and "modern", I'm sure  :-)  The guy we sell shirts for can print us up 
>> regular t-shirts for about $7 or $8 each (a couple more dollars
>> each for bigger than XL), and embroidery is also not out of the question, as 
>> he does that too.
>> 
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>>      This is something that we don't even have to keep in stock, but could 
>> be made on-demand, or a batch run made ever couple of
>>      months if demand existed.  Otherwise, I'd come up with a few pre-order 
>> options, the club can set a price and orders/money
>>      can be collected at that time.  Thoughts?
>> 
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>>      Phil
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