Thread: Do we want 8.4 shirts at the booth?
All, Those of you who were at pgCon saw the 8.4 shirt I auctioned off. I'm ready to make a version of that design available on Zazzle for sale+donation to PG fund. I'd like to have all the booth volunteers wearing 8.4 shirts, but that requires spending some community money ... about $200. What do people think of the idea? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com
Josh, got any pics of that shirt?... at the pug we want to make our own shirts... but well... no ideas at all :P (Yet...) Josh Berkus escribió: > All, > > Those of you who were at pgCon saw the 8.4 shirt I auctioned off. I'm > ready to make a version of that design available on Zazzle for > sale+donation to PG fund. I'd like to have all the booth volunteers > wearing 8.4 shirts, but that requires spending some community money ... > about $200. > > What do people think of the idea? >
On 7/10/09, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: > Those of you who were at pgCon saw the 8.4 shirt I auctioned off. I'm > ready to make a version of that design available on Zazzle for > sale+donation to PG fund. I'd like to have all the booth volunteers > wearing 8.4 shirts, but that requires spending some community money ... > about $200. > > What do people think of the idea? Fine idea. Would be nice for the women's shirts to: * put the graphic on the back of the shirt (and reduce the size of it) * have a small slonik on the front with 'postgresql' under it like the Italian shirts. * Have the shirt color be *exactly* the same as the men's color, or black. Could this be done? They will help the women wearing these shirts look professional while still wearing a tshirt. I will have about an hour on Monday morning to assist with details if you want to get on the phone before noon. Bling is good too - if it is possible to get metallic ink... :) -selena -- http://chesnok.com/daily - me http://endpoint.com - work
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Selena Deckelmann<selenamarie@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bling is good too - if it is possible to get metallic ink... :) Ooo, that'd be nice. I've had good experiences with creating shirts on Zazzle; I especially like their embroidered polos. (A PostgreSQL polo shirt would be quite nice.) ---Michael Brewer mbrewer@gmail.com
Selena, > Fine idea. Would be nice for the women's shirts to: > * put the graphic on the back of the shirt (and reduce the size of it) > * have a small slonik on the front with 'postgresql' under it like the > Italian shirts. > * Have the shirt color be *exactly* the same as the men's color, or black. OK. I think only you and Elein (and maybe not Elein, she's tentative) will be at OSCON. But we'll have the women's shirts online of course. Still, are you sure about having the "periodic table" graphic on the back? An alternative would be to shrink the whole periodic table graphic and make it a pocket image. > Could this be done? They will help the women wearing these shirts look > professional while still wearing a tshirt. Sure, just see question above. > I will have about an hour on Monday morning to assist with details if > you want to get on the phone before noon. I'll be at at client's site. :-( How was Nigeria, btw? > Bling is good too - if it is possible to get metallic ink... :) Too expensive, I think. And hard to wash. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com
Selena, > * Have the shirt color be *exactly* the same as the men's color, or black. We may be SOL on this. I've checked out both Zazzle and CafePress, and neither carries *any* of the same colors for women's shirts as for men's. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com
Josh Berkus wrote: > Selena, > > > * Have the shirt color be *exactly* the same as the men's color, or black. > > We may be SOL on this. I've checked out both Zazzle and CafePress, and > neither carries *any* of the same colors for women's shirts as for men's. Wow, that is odd. My only idea if we want to use those vendors is to do something different with the women's shirts, so it doesn't look the same as the men's shirts just in a different color. Selena seemed to like the reflective shirt text (I think) so maybe do that on the women's shirts in a color to match. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
Josh, On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Josh Berkus<josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: >> * Have the shirt color be *exactly* the same as the men's color, or black. > > We may be SOL on this. I've checked out both Zazzle and CafePress, and > neither carries *any* of the same colors for women's shirts as for men's. Then, I'd prefer black for the women's shirts. Elein -- any opinion? -selena -- http://chesnok.com/daily - me http://endpoint.com - work
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Bruce Momjian<bruce@momjian.us> wrote: > Wow, that is odd. My only idea if we want to use those vendors is to do > something different with the women's shirts, so it doesn't look the same > as the men's shirts just in a different color. Selena seemed to like > the reflective shirt text (I think) so maybe do that on the women's > shirts in a color to match. I liked the v-necked Italian shirts. They look good, but white is a tough color IMO. I just had a look at the shirt offerings for women, and there is a v-necked version that looks nice, and there's a petite shirt and another tshirt in 'navy blue'. All have 'navy blue' actually.. and there's a men's shirt in 'navy blue'. I can't tell on my screen whether they're actually the same color, but they look close enough. Here's what I looked at: Women - Ladies Sheer V-Neck (Fitted) - (Alternative Apparel) Women - Ladies Petite T-Shirt (Bella) Men - Basic American Apparel T-Shirt -selena -- http://chesnok.com/daily - me http://endpoint.com - work
Selena, > I just had a look at the shirt offerings for women, and there is a > v-necked version that looks nice, and there's a petite shirt and > another tshirt in 'navy blue'. All have 'navy blue' actually.. and > there's a men's shirt in 'navy blue'. I can't tell on my screen > whether they're actually the same color, but they look close enough. Ah, ok. The original design was a light grey shirt with blue graphics; I'll have to change it around. I can't justify metallic because it's too costly (we'd be talking $35 each for shirts). Let's see if I can actually get this done today. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com
Selena, I was able to get a group order on Navy shirts, changing the design from royal blue to light grey/white. However, in order to get a group order discount (about $100) the men's and women's shirts need to have the exact same design. Also, for some reason the fitted women's shirts aren't available in any colors other than pink, baby blue and white, so you'll have to live with the non-fitted variety. Overall, it seems like American vendors think women either don't buy shirts, or want only pink babydoll shirts. WTF? Anyway, now I need to harass CafePress about how to get expedited shipping on group orders. It only takes them 3 days to make the shirts, but 10 days to ship them! If the group order thing is impossible, I'll send you the designs and ask you to take over getting the shirts tommorrow, since I'll be doing a training. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com
Black +1 On Jul 12, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Selena Deckelmann wrote: > Josh, > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Josh Berkus<josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: > >>> * Have the shirt color be *exactly* the same as the men's color, >>> or black. >> >> We may be SOL on this. I've checked out both Zazzle and CafePress, >> and >> neither carries *any* of the same colors for women's shirts as for >> men's. > > Then, I'd prefer black for the women's shirts. > > Elein -- any opinion? > > -selena > > > > -- > http://chesnok.com/daily - me > http://endpoint.com - work > > -- > Sent via pgsql-advocacy mailing list (pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-advocacy > elein elein@varlena.com
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All, We were able to get matching Men's and Women's shirts by going with a different vendor. To make them different from other PostgreSQL shirts, these are "ringer" shirts ... off-white with royal collar and sleeves. "Team 8.4". -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com