[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters - cafe press

[Paul Sutton]

Matt Jones wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Dave Walker <DaveWalker at ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:DaveWalker at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
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>     Alan Pope wrote:
>     > I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my
>     > car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an
>     > "upgrade".
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > Al.
>
>     I think this is a superb idea.. However, the same question that keeps
>     raising it's head when this is discussed - Should they be sold for
>     "cost", or a slight mark-up.  If so, what happens with the money?
>
>     Kind Regards,
>     Dave Walker
>
I am sure cafe press do stuff like thism if you give them art work they 
will transfer on to all sorts of stuff, stickers,  car stickers, bumper 
stickers etc etc, at leat with that perhaps we can set up a general 
ubuntu-uk shop,   We can then raise funds for stuff like this, and also 
sell things that will more to the genral public and kids (like ubuntu 
teddy bears - start em early eh),  

this may be the way forward,  they have the resouces to create the items 
in house, and sell them via the site,  all we would need is a link to 
our shop on their site the various team pages,

funds raised can perhaps go towards more advocacy etc, for ubuntu 
generally  I think we need the backing of canonical for this,  and work 
with them to make it all work,

i agree however that doing these posters your self the cost builds up,  
i have just downloaded some a5 posters, and am about to laminate them, i 
also downloaded a flyer with pull off tabs at the bottom which I have 
perforated (as my cutter does that),  this looks fine, but posters and 
things to be displayed must look professional, we are up against 
Microsoft on this and we need to be able to at least try to compete with 
regard to poster quality.

You never know if we had the funds we could advertise on a bus,   
Paignton RFC sell banners for 200 quid including the banner and site 
hire for a year,  (i think or could be season september to may),   but 
it would be good exposure,  which is what we need, 

as people have mentioned COmputer = microsoft = windows,  this needs to 
change and will change if people start seeing Linux / Ubuntu etc etc all 
over the place, it will take time but should have the desired effect.

Paul