Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Luciano Resende
+100. It would have been very good to have had an Apache polo shirt while I was doing the mentoring workshop last week in India. On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > I'd like to do some things to make it easier for our members and committers > to be ambassadors for Apache, and I

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Ross Gardler
+1 thanks Rich On 25 Jun 2013 13:42, "Rich Bowen" wrote: > I'd like to do some things to make it easier for our members and committers > to be ambassadors for Apache, and I'd like to propose a concrete step, > inspired by Roy, from a thread on another list. > > (Eventually it might be fun to have

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > 2) Someone to research places (or who already knows of good places) that > will do a tshirt order - say, 100 to start with - and get a price on that. > Preferably something that will be high enough quality to last for more than > one event, and

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > ...1) Several someones to design it, so that we can have a few to vote on for > the first run. Or just a single someone to design something that we select > by default I liked the way Solr organized their logo design contest (quite) a while

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Nick Burch
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013, Rich Bowen wrote: On 06/25/2013 09:43 AM, Nick Burch wrote: As for getting the design done, most of us seem to lack the skills, but we do have a few members about with a good eye for design / with such a person nearby. Take a look at the people who designed tshirts for past

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread janI
On 25 June 2013 15:43, Nick Burch wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2013, Marcel Offermans wrote: > >> On Jun 25, 2013, at 14:42 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: >> >> 3) Someone to estimate what it'll cost to ship these out to various >>> people >>> in various countries. Should someone just take a sufficient numbe

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Rich Bowen
On 06/25/2013 09:43 AM, Nick Burch wrote: As for getting the design done, most of us seem to lack the skills, but we do have a few members about with a good eye for design / with such a person nearby. Take a look at the people who designed tshirts for past barcamps, and ask them nicely if they

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Nick Burch
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013, Marcel Offermans wrote: On Jun 25, 2013, at 14:42 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: 3) Someone to estimate what it'll cost to ship these out to various people in various countries. Should someone just take a sufficient number to events, or should we ship to each individual? Get prices

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > On 06/25/2013 08:57 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: >>... I'll keep that simple and allow any Apache committer to get such a >> t-shirt. > > Mostly I'd like to make some attempt to say "don't be a jerk while wearing > this tshirt", but beyond tha

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Rich Bowen
On 06/25/2013 08:57 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: ... 6) Someone to determine what "deserving" means in step 5, and write up the >email to members@ or committers@... I'll keep that simple and allow any Apache committer to get such a t-shirt. Mostly I'd like to make some attempt to say "don't be

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Marcel Offermans
On Jun 25, 2013, at 14:42 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > 3) Someone to estimate what it'll cost to ship these out to various people > in various countries. Should someone just take a sufficient number to > events, or should we ship to each individual? Get prices. It might be worth finding various local

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Rich, On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > ...Design and print t-shirts for our committers that plan to attend any > event... I like the idea. > ...2) Someone to research places (or who already knows of good places) that > will do a tshirt order - say, 100 to start with - an

Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Rich Bowen
I'd like to do some things to make it easier for our members and committers to be ambassadors for Apache, and I'd like to propose a concrete step, inspired by Roy, from a thread on another list. (Eventually it might be fun to have an official Apache Ambassadors program, which, like the other AA, i