2009/9/14 Andrew Turvey <andrewrturvey(a)googlemail.com>om>:
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.