[CoLoCo] get on the CoLoCo shirt wiki asap!

NICK VERBECK nerdynick at gmail.com
Sat Aug 25 06:56:14 BST 2007 

Jim. If you need a logo. You can still the Logo from the CoLoCo
website. Just right click and save. Also if you need the Ubuntu font I
have a copy of the Font file for windows/mac/Ubuntu. At least It
should work with mac.

On 8/24/07, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> Well, multiple people have added to the wiki so that accounts for the
> confusion. Basically it's to say I'm putting in money for a shirt. Most want
> polo, most want black, most don't care what it says. Based on that I'm going
> for a coloco shirt with no logo. We can do another sooner or later with a or
> many slogans. I'm going for a coloco logo since you can buy an Ubuntu shirt
> from Canonical but you can't get a coloco shirt anywhere. I'm thinking
> smallish logo on left breast with no url. Underneath it will say Colorado
> Loco Ubuntu Team. Notice I'm putting Ubuntu there instead of community since
> that is the key word.
>
> According to the shop we don't have to get all the same shirt or color so if
> you want something slightly different that seems an option. I'll know more
> Monday. I still need a good version of the logo though. The one on the wiki
> may be okay for the size we are talking but then again it may not.
>
> If possible I was going to use the Ubuntu font for the text. We'll see if
> they can do that. Otherwise it will be something generic.
>
> Keep the ideas coming. If you absolutely can't live with something similar
> to what I'm describing then you should remove your name from the wiki. As
> soon as I have a price I'm going to start calling for money. I can't afford
> to have a bunch of people back out and stick me with a dozen shirts so make
> sure you are committed. I'll post the final cost on Monday or Tuesday after
> I get the info from the shop.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>
> On 8/24/07, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:59:27PM -0600, Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> > > Two days before I need to submit something we finally get some
> discussion.
> > > Well, better late than never.
> >
> > There's nothing like a deadline :-)
> >
> > > I'm still wondering if we want to silk screen anything on the back of a
> polo
> > > shirt. I kind of think it will look tacky.
> >
> > I can go either way
> >
> > > As for color and such, they will do whatever we want but I think the
> price
> > > breaks apply to each style. So if only 5 people order brown then it
> might be
> > > more expensive than the 12 people who order black. Same with pocket T
> vs. polo.
> > >
> > > If anyone is adamant about more choices then feel free to add a column
> on the
> > > wiki for your preferences.
> >
> > But we should clarify - are those votes, or selections?
> >
> > > Regarding the slogan, a lot of good points made. The question is, are
> the
> > > shirts for us to wear when proselytizing Ubuntu or to were when we hang
> out and
> > > geek it up? I guess the same shirt could do both but for geeking it up I
> want
> > > something more funny.
> > >
> > > Maybe we need our professional Ubuntu shirts with stitched logo and a
> our
> > > tshirt with silk screened slogan.
> >
> > Right.  I want both - a nice polo with a classy design, and a tshirt
> > with lots of slogans, front and back, that will win newbies to our
> > cause.
> >
> > Many of the newbies I want to work on don't know what Linux is either
> > and don't want to.  But they do want to know that there is a cool
> > thing called Ubuntu (both the African concept and the implications for
> > computers) which is why I made some of my suggestions (see below).
> > I agree that an Ubuntu phrase would be better than something about
> > Open Source, which is a pretty obscure concept for most people.
> >
> > > Whatever we do someone needs to make a decision soon. If I'm making the
> > > decision I'm going to go for a polo shirt with logo and no slogan. I'll
> also
> > > order a silk screen tshirt if there is interest.
> >
> > And remember my original post about the shop on the Boulder Pearl
> > Street Mall (north side, near Broadway?).  He prints slogans for
> > walk-ins.  So you can put your own slogan on any shirt that you bring
> > in.
> >
> > > As for the CoLoCo logo, do we have anything of a higher resolution? It
> may not
> > > matter but just in case.
> >
> > I think it matters, but it depends on what size and placement you're
> > talking about - a big logo in the middle of the front, or a little one
> > on the left breast?  I doubt the small print with the domain name will
> > work well in a small embroidered design.  In that case I'd go for
> > the standard Ubuntu logo, for which I'm sure there are vector-graphics
> > files on the web if you follow the links I put on the wiki.
> >
> > By the way, the wiki page on the shirt is now very confusing.  You
> > asked originally for a vote, so I put a bunch of choices on there,
> > with numbered and lettered lists so we'd know that "1" is for white,
> > while "C" is the multi-line phrase
> >
> >      Ubuntu:
> >       People are people through other people
> >       Free software, free society. Share freely.
> >
> > But now there are two places on the page where the shirt is described
> > - above the table and below it.  And the table itself makes it sound
> > more like an order than a vote.  Confusing....
> >
> > But as long as the logo, whichever one is chosen, is readable and
> > isn't an ugly jagged blown up version of some low-resolution file,
> > I'm game.
> >
> > Thanks again, Jim!
> >
> > -Neal
> >
> > > SFD is up in the air at the moment. I have a request into Carl at System
> 76 to
> > > see if he can swing the permit. Since they are sponsoring it will end up
> in
> > > their lap sooner or later so I'm checking to see if they can pull it
> off. If
> > > not, SFD is probably not going to happen. At least not with an official
> ( i.e.
> > > with permit) booth. We can still show in our matching shirts and pass
> out CDs
> > > like some techie Hare Krishnas.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > On 8/24/07, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> > >
> > >     I would never do the words "Open Source".  Those words don't mean
> > >     anything to non-gear-heads, I think.  I would do "Free Software" or
> > >     "Linux", because I can't think of anyone I know that doesn't get
> Linux,
> > >     but does get Open Source.  Linux seems to be more easily understood,
> and
> > >     ~everyone~ knows, or can quickly figure out, what Free Software is.
> > >
> > >     Let's use my own dear mum as an example:  My mother would have a
> hard
> > >     time understanding the concept of "source", much less "open source",
> or
> > >     why that matters.  She has an idea that Linux matters, from me, and
> that
> > >     it doesn't suck, from using my computer, but I think she would
> > >     intuitively grasp "Free Software", and it might be a short leap to
> > >     explain why it matters.
> > >
> > >     On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 15:14 -0600, Andrew wrote:
> > >     > I don't know about anyone else, but I would want the quote to be
> > >     > centered around Open Source, mostly for those who don't know what
> Linux
> > >     > is at all.
> > >     >
> > >     > here's some things I found/and or came up with:
> > >     >
> > >     > something like:
> > >     >
> > >     >    >Idealism is for dreamers, what we have is reality! -Open
> Source
> > >     >
> > >     >    >Free of viruses. Free of cost. Free or restrictions. -Open
> Source
> > >     >
> > >     > I will keep looking on Ubuntu Forums or Google for neat quotes.
> > >     > -Andrew
> > >     >
> > >
> > >
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