2009/9/14 Andrew Turvey andrewrturvey@googlemail.com:
Discussions so far have focussed on very limited sales, order on demand only. No one wants to spend lots of effort doing this, or taking any significant levels of stock. I don't think it has any potential to be a major source of funding so I don't suggest we go down that route.
The final sale price would probably be lower if we bought a significant number and added a profit margin.
We're an association, a group of people with a common interest. The best way to encourage more and more people to join is to generate an enthusiasm for what we have in common. Stuff like Wikipedia T-shirts have a great potential to do that. Please don't pile in to rubbish the idea before it even takes shape.
I'll rubbish whatever ideas I want, thank you very much! I'm not convinced this will attract sufficient members to justify doing it. It doesn't further our charitable goals so if it doesn't raise significant funds, we can't do it. By all means, do some market research and find out for sure, but I think merchandising for profit is the way to go.