Since I pulled out of Board candidacy because, well, I've insane work requirements/issues at the moment, ... My list access is sporadic & intermittent.
I've found what seems like a really good T-shirt shop in Edinburgh; and, they do print-to-fabric instead of crappy transfers or expensive, and likely to crack, screen printing. The main reason for me seeking such is to get accredited reporter tees for Wikinewsies; however, depending on the Chapter's mandate to fundraise and permissions with relation to logos, my chat with the owner indicated he'd be delighted to do local-area tees, with Wikipedia/Commons content appropriate to the area (Think T-shirt with WP logo, image of Edinburgh Castle, and intro text from the associated article.)
To be blunt, the CafePress offerings are overpriced, and just not tempting enough for people to buy. I've CC'd Kul as he's likely to have the effective final say on drawing up deals with local businesses like this. But, I'm hoping the idea has appeal to a lot of UK Wikimedians.
Thoughts?
I've - finally - got a couple of days off (well, I'm doing 1830 to 2230 overtime today, Monday), but can have a chat with the guy in the shop this afternoon, or Tuesday. There's potential for something a million times smarter than the "I visited <location>, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt" stuff; with most reasonably-well-made tees costing around £20 to buy, but there being a 100% markup, I think it'd be easy to ask for a £1/tee licensing fee for the logos.
Does WMUK have that authority?
For the Londoners, I think the corollary would be shirts featuring the enWP text for Carnaby street, but only available from a couple of shops in the street.
It seems the headache in the past has been looking for a global supplier; turn this on its head, license locally, and have tourists collecting Wiki-related T-shirts for the places they visit while supporting the WMF...
Brian McNeil.