Re: Brochure for potential sponsors: need help!

[Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>]

Ok, it's ready to go to print!
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/184285/foundation-folder.pdf

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/184285/foundation-folder.sla (source)
(sorry that I didn't have the energy to change the texts further, we'll 
do better next time)
- Andreas

Stormy Peters wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Is the brochure done? Or are you still working on the color? (I've got 
> people I can send it to!)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Stormy
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se 
> <mailto:nisses mail home se>> wrote:
>
>     Claus Schwarm wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         since the objection of the flyer is to reach potential
>         sponsors, maybe
>         we should consider telling them what benefits they'll get, not
>         what
>         features GNOME has.
>
>         I had some free time today and tried to make a draft so it's
>         hopefully
>         easier to see what I mean. The draft should be available here:
>
>         
> http://live.gnome.org/ClausSchwarm?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=GNOME-Foundation-Flyer-2009-Draft.pdf
>         
> <http://live.gnome.org/ClausSchwarm?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=GNOME-Foundation-Flyer-2009-Draft.pdf>
>          
>
>     Oh, I just finished the layout on Friday, just need to figure out
>     the best tint of green left basically. Should have let you know
>     earlier.
>     http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/184285/foundation-folder.pdf
>
>     I'm not sure I'm a fan of the two column layout in your version.
>     Feels like a lot of text, and if you give the folder to someone on
>     a conference, you can't really expect them to read through the
>     whole thing (or anything at all, if it seems to heavy).
>
>         Please note the text probably contains errors, since I'm not a
>         native
>         English speaker. It's also not quite finished since I'm not
>         up-to-date
>         concerning many GNOME developments. I also had to waste some time
>         redoing the layout in Scribus since I'm not used to Inkscape.
>          
>
>     What texts did you change exactly?
>     I like the "4 reasons why you should you should join...", but
>     maybe the GNOME text is a bit big and too detailed.
>     I'll let other weight in on what texts they like better.
>
>         Also, while the design is nice, I'd like to suggest to use a
>         better
>         format -- a double sided A3 in 4 colors, for example. With digital
>         printing, it shouldn't be that expensive, anymore.
>          
>
>     My idea for the folded A4 format was that it would be possible to
>     print it out with a regular printer for anyone who wanted. I've
>     kept it to 2 color print in order to save money when printing it
>     at the printer (even though we might end up doing a small amount
>     of them printed digitally, so maybe it won't matter).
>     - Andreas