2012/7/19 Platonides
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On 19/07/12 14:40, Karthik Nadar wrote:
Lol. I took me a while to realise the meaning. I was thinking "what does
he want to put in capital letters?" xD
Haha, I even went to IRC to make sure I wasn't misreading the reply ;-).
> Hi Cyriel, no problem. Wanted to check if the merchandise is to be
> gifted to all participants and volunteers, or only volunteers?
How much do you want to take in your country? You will get thousands of
participants...
I wouldn't take just for people organising it, also for the events you
may do to promote WLM, and for giving out (or selling) when doing a Wiki
takes, including the prizes.
It's all up to you who you ant to give it to: remember though that you will be asked to pay your part in the production costs: WMF will only be taking care for the costs of shipping to your country.
I can image that you, for instance, want to order t-shirts for the volunteers (recognizable at the event and a nice thank-you-for-being-a-volunteer) and as many pens, stickers and buttons as you think people will be attending you activities.
The selling of merchandise on the other hand is a touchy subject: be aware that there are rules about what you are and are not allowed to do with Wikimedia-merchandise. I don't think the WLM-logo is actually branded by the WMF yet and therefore does not fall under the Trademark Policy, but I think "
You may make t-shirts, desktop wallpaper, or baseball caps with Wikimedia Marks on them, though only for yourself, your friends (meaning people from whom you don't receive anything of value in return), and donors and other Chapter or Foundation supporters, so long as you are giving them away rather than selling them. " is still a nice one to use as a guideline.
Small material can be reused after the contest, of course.