On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Gunnar Wolf <gw...@gwolf.org> wrote: > Leandro Gómez dijo [Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 08:53:51AM -0600]: >> (...SNIP...) >> > Ideally we might control for point 1 by comparing some example shirts >> > from the supplier with previous years' ones, though I suspect that's >> > now impractical in the required schedule. What some suppliers call S >> > might be M from another supplier, etc. -- and for the women's sizes, >> >> We won't get women's sizes this year, unfortunately. >> (...) > > So, should we mail everybody who selected a female shirt size asking > them to select the _right_ male shirt size?
At least in the US t-shirt sizes are considered Unisex (No distinction between male and female sizing).. About the only variation, is "youth" sizing. I would suggest that when allowing folks to pick what size they need, to provide a link to a chart of dimensions, as this can vary from vendor to vendor, and country to country. >> > Here I just scaled up all the numbers to the totals, but it might >> > be better to add a few extra to the smallest categories -- having only >> > one spare t-shirt in a given size isn't really enough. >> > >> > >> We also have the XS size that is ~size 14 (US standard?). A bit smaller >> than S. Maybe that's the equivalent to female S? > > Right, AFAICT usually female sizes are equivalent to one step smaller > male size - i.e. female size M means male size S. But if they can > confirm it, much better. > >> > I think that there are currently around 20 sponsors (regular and >> > permanent), though perhaps more are due to be added to the web page? >> >> I think only govt is missing, if they actually decide to sponsor the event. > > Right. Well, as we have offered (I don't remember if it has had any > real impact) on previous years... we must keep by our deadlines. So, > if government does not confirm in time, we can still have them as a > platinum sponsor if they so wish, but what's already printed is > already printed, and we cannot do anything about it. And we cannot > risk not getting the shirts in time waiting for the sponsor. > > Now, what we _can_ do is to ask the printing workshop to start doing > the front side. It should be enough work to keep them busy for some > days. And only once they are close to finish, give them the final back > print (sponsors' logos). The back side is much easier/quicker to > print. > >> > Size Number in Penta Possible order >> > S 14 19 >> > M 45 61 >> > L 43 79 including 20 for sponsor bags >> > XL 29 40 >> > XXL 19 26 >> > total: 150+sponsors share of 230: 205, + 20 for sponsor bags >> > >> > F-S 4 7 >> > F-M 9 11 >> > F-L 3 4 >> > F-XL 2 3 >> > total: 18 share of 230: 25 >> > >> > Did you mean 250 including sponsors, or 250 for attendees, plus the >> > ones for sponsors? >> > >> > >> 250 including sponsors. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > Staff (volunteers and organisers) >> > >> > Size Number in Penta Possible order >> > S 9 11 >> > M 15 18 >> > L 13 16 >> > XL 7 9 >> > XXL 5 6 >> > total: 49 share of 75: 60 >> > >> > F-S 4 5 >> > F-M 4 5 >> > F-L 2 3 >> > F-XL 2 2 >> > total: 12 share of 75: 15 >> > >> > Note that this doesn't give many spare shirts over the numbers in >> > Penta. Normally we hope to get more additional people involved in >> > volunteering who hadn't signed up for it in advance. In addition, in a >> > hot country it would be a good idea to let some staff have more than >> > one staff t-shirt, even if they have to pay personally for the extra >> > one(s). So I think 75 is too few? >> > >> > >> I also think it's a good idea. >> >> The cost of each t-shirt is $5.11 (custom made, full color printing in >> front, one color back for the sponsor logos). We've already paid 50% of the >> cost of 400 shirts, as required by the provider ($1000 from local sponsor >> that paid directly to provider). >> >> >> > -- >> > Moray >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Debconf-team mailing list >> > Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org >> > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team >> > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Debconf-team mailing list >> Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org >> http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team > > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-team mailing list > Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
