T-Shirts

This is the email I wrote to people on the TIB sysadmin list, reproduced here in full so that you can see what we've been thinking about.
Comments on the two new columns suggest that T-shirts might be in order.
So, let's get our heads together and think about...

1. Designs.  ROR (RISC OS Rules)?  RISC OS Ltd?  IconBar?  Acorn Arcade?
   RISCOS.org cute fluffy squirrels?  ofla...ofla...ofla...ofla...?
2. Implementation.  Do the design in ArtWorks, get them printed at a print
   shop?  Can we get someone else to do everything after the design stage
   (e.g. APDL? Desktop Projects?)?  Or does someone have too much time on
   their hands and access to screen printing equipment? :)
3. Sizes.  XL only, to reduce wastage?
4. Sales.  Wait for enough pre-orders (cheques only) to make it worthwile
   (as with the Adminspotting T-Shirt I'm waiting for :) ?
5. Funds.  Do we make a profit?  Do with give some/all of the profits to
   worthy causes?  Name a worthy cause that would do something useful with
   the money (preferably RISC OS related, not a charity or religion!).
6. Motivation.  Why bother?  Do you think this is a good idea or not?

I don't suggest setting up an e-commerce site (I've looked into it a
bit, and it's a nightmare), and I don't imagine there'd be huge
amounts of sales, but it could be a fun and useful thing to do. I
suggest we have a quick think, and then I can knock up a page on the
TIB site to get people talking about it there.

Comments on the mailing list have included:
"[H]ow's about TIB on the front and AA on the back? The AA logo could probably be enlarged to make a really cool picture on a black T-shirt"

> XL only, to reduce wastage?
NO! Some of us are short people (most gamey people are short, - ie young) so we might have to consider some smaller ones! ;)

The number of people I've seen in a normal setting wearing SuSE Linux t-shirts defies belief... a friend of mine has a Linux fluffy penguin as well. I think there's a market ;-)

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