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[Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat
<skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/24/10 9:23 PM, John Kennedy wrote:
>> On 06/24/2010 05:52 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat
>>> <skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1.  Postal Money Order en route to Jordan to cover the booth.
>>>>
>>> :D
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2.  The PayPal funds pool is currently holding at $66.23 after the money
>>>> order was cut.
>>
>> That's great, but why not allow members to donate beyond plans for OLF?
>
> Tax liability, if memory serves.  I would need to work to get accounts
> set up for Ubuntu Ohio so we stay on the good side of the IRS and the
> Ohio Department of Taxation.  Nothing says funds cannot still come in
> but after a while there would need to be a more formal financial control
> structure just to stay on the good side of the law.
>
>>
>>>>     While this could be used for spiritous liquors at the
>>>>
>>
>> Not what I would want my donations going to.  Rather it go to things
>> that will be positive in recruiting.
>>
>
> I cannot recall who brought THAT up originally.  I have enough e-mail
> flowing through to where I forgot.  Don't worry, I'm more interested in
> evangelistic efforts.

That was me. Half joking :)

>
>>>
>>>> :D
>>>>
>>>
>>>> event, I am wondering if we would want to have goodies to hand-out
>>>> beyond the average conference pack.  Dollar Tree does do bulk orders
>>>>
>>
>> Everyone that goes to conferences likes getting hand-outs, either
>> material or food.
>>
>
> If we got permission from Canonical, could we do an order through
> Malley's to get some chocolate bars done up?  My other alternative would
> be to get custom printed M&M's through Ethel M's place in Vegas.  I
> would imagine we'd need somebody at Canonical to sign off on M&M's in
> the new Light colors with the Circle of Friends logo in white printed on
> 'em.  Dollar Tree would be the least best scenario in my view as we
> couldn't get things customized BUT we could get lots of candy to have
> available.
>
>>> Not a bad idea. I'm all for it. Can we get a quick group feel for it,
>>> and providing there are no major and substantial objections, I say we
>>> do this.
>>>
>>>
>>>> online so we could pick up chocolates and/or mints to keep in a bowl.
>>>> Propaganda materials could also be printed up through FedexOffice or
>>>> another provider.
>>>>
>>> Another outstanding course of action.
>>>
>>
>> I agree.
>>
>
> At that point, then, the materials at
> http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/get-materials/poster need to be
> evaluated and some picks made.  The brochures at
> http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/material/brochure/buzz-flyer-heard-ubuntu
> might also be useful.  The reason I brought up FedexOffice originally is
> that they have a nice online estimator that takes a PDF, asks for your
> printing specs, and then gives you a price guess.
>
> Having copies of the then-latest issue of Full Circle Magazine might
> help, too, I suppose.  The problem with that is the paper size used is
> A4 which is great for Europe but not that common here in Ohio.  The
> online FedexOffice tool barfs when fed an A4 PDF so I would need to
> drive out to Willoughby or Mayfield Heights to inquire in-person about
> printing cost.
>
>>
>> John
>>
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