I'm sure if we set up an Ebay account and got Jimbo to sign some stuff there would be buyers.
More importantly once we are a registered charity we can tap into things like this: http://www.justgiving.com/statements/about_us/charities.asp
As well as [[Payroll giving]]
As for T shirts, aren't they slightly old hat?
I would have thought cufflinks, coffee mugs, mousemats and library card holders would be more appropriate for our target market.
And with the wonders of commons we ought to be able to do a neat line in calendars, postcards and greeting cards.
Here are two companies that do calendars
http://www.suomiprint.co.uk/quote/calendars.html
http://www.thedesignfactoryltd.co.uk/
Lots of charities have calendars sold through retailers in the run up to Xmas, I'm sure a wikipedia one could easily get shelf space. You could even print an in this month panel to add interest; or do different versions - Sports, Milhist, bizarre happenings etc.
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--- On Mon, 1/6/09, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
From: Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandise To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Monday, 1 June, 2009, 10:44 AM
I know this may be early days, but I see mention of chapter negotiations and this is a somewhat related issue.
Most people here (not in the wider public) know about the Cafepress store for Wiki merchandise, but it doesn’t really cut it anymore. I am aware that alternatives are being looked at, but this may not be global coverage, and would likely not cope with localised merchandise for WM UK.
I know the Wikimedia name is covered in the chapters’ agreement(s), but if you wanted to do a members-only T-shirt, could you do “Wikimedia UK, Supporting the Wikipedia Mission” shirts from a local supplier to keep shipping costs down? Obviously a cut goes to the WMF, but this seems like a good point to cover in any future agreement.
Brian.
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