Lars Aronsson wrote:
Inspired by the creation of Wikimedia Norway (which I
attended),
we are now starting to discuss the formation of a Swedish chapter.
I hope and think it can be completed before this year's end. The
recent discussion (in Swedish) can be found on
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Sverige
A similar discussion from a year ago took place on meta, but
didn't lead to anything real. The page mentioned above links to
all such discussions.
Even before the chapter is formed, I think it would be nice to
print t-shirts with the logotype for the Swedish Wikipedia.
However, today this logotype doesn't exist in high resolution.
And the small resolution logotype used on
sv.wikipedia.org appears
to use a font which is slightly different from the one used for
the other European languages. What is the name of the proper font?
Is that font available in Gimp? Or can someone help us with this?
I presume tee-shirts will be printed either for free distribution or for
sale in conferences. Perhaps to collect start up money for the future
Wikimedia Swedish ?
If so, who will handle the money ? An individual person or another
organization ? What warranty do we have the benefits of the sale will go
to the chapter ?
Once you know who will be the contact, you should contact the Foundation
to settle tms issues. Best is to talk to Delphine (chapter coordinator).
Yes, every use must be cleared. Usually items are sold with a benefit,
but it may differ depending on the item and of the shop. It is typically
a little (but welcome) source of money for chapters. Though I think it
is primarily for fun and community building.
WMF already has a t-shirt shop at
cafepress.com (in
California)
and the German chapter has a shop at spreadshirt.de. Both shops
charge extra for delivery to Sweden, so the Swedish chapter would
probably prefer to set up a similar shop based in Sweden. Is there
any established practice in how to do this? Does every use of the
logotypes need to be cleared with the WMF? Should items be sold at
the price of printing or with a 10% markup, for the benefit of the
national chapter?
I remember at the first Wikimania (in 2005) there was a large flag
with the Wikipedia puzzle globe without (?) any text. Does
anybody already have a stock of such flags? I know they can be
printed in single quantity, but become much cheaper once you can
print five or ten at a time. I'd like to buy one or two, and my
guess is that Wikimedia Norway might also be interested.
No idea.
The only items I currently have are some little stickers with WP logo on
them, which Danny gave me in Rotterdam in january. Very simple to
distribute when one travel around. This is naturally for free. People
love sticking that on their computer or elsewhere.
Ant