Re: How do we want to handle t-shirts this year?

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Selena Deckelmann <selenamarie(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How do we want to handle t-shirts this year?
Date: 2010-06-29 07:24:50
Message-ID: AANLkTinPWPbl2_b9gEUW5gFILGoAyo1gLXli0ezqoDs4@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Selena Deckelmann
<selenamarie(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> The point of shirts, IMO, is to give people a way of associating
> themselves with a shared experience, not generating revenue. We do a
> much better job of getting larger donations from companies an
> individuals through our donation forms and conferences than we do
> getting money by selling shirts.

Yeah, that's the view we've been taking in Europe this year. We've cut
right back on the price of swag (in fact, some things like pens we've
been giving away), the aim being to spread the logo as far and wide as
possible. We're just aiming to break even, or make a small profit
rather than make a ton of cash through sales.

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise Postgres Company

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