[Foundation-l] Logotype font, t-shirts, Wikimedia Sweden

[Florence Devouard]

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