On Mon, Jul 10, 2017, at 11:01 PM, Robert Mayr wrote:
2017-07-10 21:58 GMT+02:00 Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 01:56:47PM -0400, Jennifer Madriaga wrote:
>> I would strongly advise against cutting sponsor logos on shirts. That is a
>> very standard offering for event sponsors across events. Yes, we're
>> marketing them, but that's why they're paying sponsorship money--to be
>> recognized for the contributions in a tangible marketing way.
>
> I understand that point, but I have a different view. :)
>
> We want the Fedora t-shirts to be a special perk for contributors;
> something where they can take away to show their Fedora pride. While we
> value our sponsors, having other logos on the shirt detracts from that;
> it seems less special and more like vendor promo swag.
I agree with this sentiment, but agree that it is hard to reconcile this
with sponsor value. Of the sponsors I am talking to right now, only one
has communicated their understanding of value outside of association
with open source (which is what the logo does).
With that in mind, I propose two things:
1. Because of the time and ongoing conversations, let's move forward
with sponsor logos on shirts for this year for flock.
2. Let's consider whether we can budget to print a special edition
Fedora-only shirt for attendees for next year. I suspect that we won't
have budget to do it this year, but we can certainly look into it. It
is, as I understand it, rare for our contributors to receive t-shirts
"out of the blue." This is a chance to do that in the future. I
realize this will mean that flock will probably have two shirts. I
further suggest that we resolve that by saying we will print the fedora
only shirt without regard to sponsorship and we will print a
flock-themed fedora shirt only if there is a shirt sponsor.
regards,
bex
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> From a contributor POV that exactly gets the point and a Fedora shirt
> (only Fedora) is still something very special.
> I got shirts from BarCamps with 3-4 sponsors on it, but beside it has
> less value for me, I am wearing it only at home. I understand Josh's
> point, but we want people to wear our Fedora shirt as often as they
> can.
> I don't think being on a shirt is a condition for sponsors to help
> Fedora, we can find many other and more effective ways to let people
> know who sponsored FLOCK. Don't make it too dramatic if we don't put
> them on our contributor shirt.
> Regards.
>
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