OSCON 2005 One Pager text WAS:Re: [drupal-docs] Re: selling shirts should not be a problem, i want colour! WAS:Re: Drupal One Pager: Need feedback ASAP

Sun Jul 31 07:14:06 UTC 2005

Here's my brief edit (very rough, has some of Boris's suggestions,  
will do another edit on Sunday night from the Mark Spencer)
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On 31-Jul-05, at 12:01 AM, Kieran Lal wrote:

> Ok, my sister in law's father owns a major high product printing  
> shop in portland.  If you get either color or black and white, I'll  
> get it to him and see how fast he can turn it around.
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> Kieran
> On Jul 30, 2005, at 11:53 PM, Roland Bryght Tanglao wrote:
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>> I don't think we will have any problem selling the shirts at $10 a  
>> piece
>> In fact Kris Krug thinks we can sell them for $20 a piece.
>> Should we change the price?
>> I think we should give all the lightning talks and booth people  
>> and panelists free shirts  (and people like WordPress Matt  
>> Mullenweg who Dries has promised a Drupal shirt) and sell the rest  
>> so if we sell 50 at $20, we make your money back and then some!
>>
>> i want colour but if drupal.org can't afford it, I am sure Chris  
>> can do an k*ck a*s black and white one!
>>
>> ...Roland Tanglao, Chief Blogging Officer, Bryght, www.bryght.com
>> HOSTED 'Web 2.0' websites for organizations and communities
>> +1 604 729 7924 Skype/AIM/iChat: rtanglao
>>  rolandtanglao.com UrbanVancouver.com
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>> On 30-Jul-05, at 11:29 PM, Chris Messina wrote:
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>>> I already dropped $750 out of pocket on the Drupal shirts, so unless
>>> someone can cover the costs of printing color, they're going to be
>>> done in B&W, though I agree that color is 1000% more effective.
>>>
>>> Anyone who wants color coming in to town in time to take care of
>>> printing duties?
>>>
>>> Chris
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>>> On 7/30/05, Boris Mann <borismann at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Note: I cc'd the docs list.
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>>>> On 30-Jul-05, at 9:37 PM, Chris Messina wrote:
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>>>>> I got Steven to throw together the beginnings of a Drupal One  
>>>>> Pager
>>>>> based on the one I did for CivicSpace
>>>>> (http://www.factorycity.net/projectpath/civicspace/
>>>>> communitysoftwaredevelopment/pdf-one-pager.v2.pdf).
>>>>> I need your feedback asap so that I can get these printed on  
>>>>> Monday.
>>>>> Please take a look and suggest language as possible:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.acko.net/dumpx/Drupal%20OSCON%20Handout.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> Support: Drupal has a dedicated community of enthusiasts to help  
>>>> you
>>>> out. And if that's not enough, you can get  commercial support from
>>>> one of the hundreds of professional developers or vendors like
>>>> CivicSpace and Bryght who are centered around Drupal.
>>>>
>>>> Notes: edited spelling of "enthusiasts" and added mention of  
>>>> developers.
>>>>
>>>> For the websites, pick a couple that serve as examples of different
>>>> types of sites you can build, with a brief explanation of what they
>>>> are. The "last spot" should be reserved for a bunch of sites  
>>>> just as
>>>> a list.
>>>>
>>>> Also: I agree with the colour comments from Kieran BUT...if this is
>>>> short order/OSCON only, then B&W is fine. I've attached our Bryght
>>>> one pager that might be more similar to what Kieran had in mind.  
>>>> Feel
>>>> free to use whatever is useful.
>>>>
>>>> Having said all that....Steven/Chris and whoever is pulling this
>>>> together, I'll be happy with whatever is put together in short  
>>>> order.
>>>> It can hopefully be refined by the Docs/Marketing team so we have a
>>>> solid document that we can iterate/add to over time.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Boris Mann
>>>> http://www.bmannconsulting.com
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