Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-26 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:19:32AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > A reply to everyone, not Marga, but in this context: > > also sprach Margarita Manterola [2014-11-26 09:50 > +0100]: > > This last part was not agreed and is not a decision to be taken by > > the fundraising team. If we are not

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
A reply to everyone, not Marga, but in this context: also sprach Margarita Manterola [2014-11-26 09:50 +0100]: > This last part was not agreed and is not a decision to be taken by > the fundraising team. If we are not getting them "for free", I'd > rather we sponsored more people than spend mon

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-26 Thread Margarita Manterola
Hi, On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 3:01 AM, Brian Gupta wrote: > We'll make and fund our own badge lanyards. This last part was not agreed and is not a decision to be taken by the fundraising team. If we are not getting them "for free", I'd rather we sponsored more people than spend money earned throu

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:05 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Carl Karsten [2014-11-25 19:59 +0100]: > > 1.25" wide, quick release buckle (not to be confused with security buckle > > which breaks away if something/someone pulls on it) > > > > > http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/fluor

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Carl Karsten [2014-11-25 19:59 +0100]: > 1.25" wide, quick release buckle (not to be confused with security buckle > which breaks away if something/someone pulls on it) > > http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/fluorescent-lanyards_727019680.html > Size: (2.5*90)cm > Accessories: meta

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread Carl Karsten
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Patty Langasek wrote: > > Hello, team! > > The Sponsors team has recently had a generous offer from one our sponsors to > sponsor the lanyards. These would be DC15-specific lanyards and would have > the sponsors logo (not as prominent as the DC15 logo) on them as

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread Gunnar Wolf
martin f krafft dijo [Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:05:26AM +0100]: > > The amount of money needed to have the logo printed. > > We are selling the space in lanyards for nothing. > > Not true. We are trying to figure out what the right price will be. > > > I'm pushing to have again the Debian lanyards,

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 25.11.2014 11:05, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2014-11-25 09:33 +0100]: >> The amount of money needed to have the logo printed. >> We are selling the space in lanyards for nothing. > > Not true. We are trying to figure out what the right price will be. Note: the que

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2014-11-25 09:33 +0100]: > The amount of money needed to have the logo printed. > We are selling the space in lanyards for nothing. Not true. We are trying to figure out what the right price will be. > I'm pushing to have again the Debian lanyards, like the old one

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 25.11.2014 06:54, Richard Hartmann wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz > wrote: >> Also, you may know that I'm personally against brands in official >> lanyards for Debconf. > > The official t-shirts will be branded as well; as will be the banners, > the video strea

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-24 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
Hi, On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 06:48:27AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Tiago Bortoletto Vaz [2014-11-25 04:44 +0100]: > > I find it's a bit late to add this lanyard opportunity to the > > sponsors brochure as general. > > Noone is proposing this. But since we anticipated ideas like t

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tiago Bortoletto Vaz [2014-11-25 07:10 +0100]: > > What makes lanyards so different? > > Not lanyard specific, just a matter of resistance of branding debconf > too much. Same opinion I've expressed regarding other uneeded branding > wishes. We're very well aware of those fears and w

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-24 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 06:54:42AM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz > wrote: > > Also, you may know that I'm personally against brands in official > > lanyards for Debconf. > > The official t-shirts will be branded as well; as will be the ban

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-24 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz wrote: > Also, you may know that I'm personally against brands in official > lanyards for Debconf. The official t-shirts will be branded as well; as will be the banners, the video streams, and the website. What makes lanyards so different?

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tiago Bortoletto Vaz [2014-11-25 04:44 +0100]: > I find it's a bit late to add this lanyard opportunity to the > sponsors brochure as general. Noone is proposing this. But since we anticipated ideas like this one, we did include in the brochure the following sentence: We will be ha

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-24 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
I'm not part of sponsors team, but as I got quite active in last year's discussion about sponsored lanyards I think I should say something here. I find it's a bit late to add this lanyard opportunity to the sponsors brochure as general. It could be solved by allowing the generous sponsor to add s

[Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-22 Thread Patty Langasek
Hello, team! The Sponsors team has recently had a generous offer from one our sponsors to sponsor the lanyards. These would be DC15-specific lanyards and would have the sponsors logo (not as prominent as the DC15 logo) on them as well. We're currently in discussions on how to fit this into our s