Re: Minutes of the Board meeting for 2006/01/18

[David Neary <dneary free fr>]

Hi Luke,

I have thought about it. We could do one with Zazzle too for similar terms.

The problem with such an approach is that the merchandise isn't 
quality-controlled, and often it's not of great quality. Also, it's 
pretty much take what you can get - diversifying products (things like 
documentation and CDs for example) isn't easy. Also, it's US only as a 
delivery platform, and GNOME is worldwide. And of course, the site 
wouldn't be completely integrated into our website.

The advantage is that it gives you a baseline for possible demand, and 
puts you in a better position to negociate with a bigger merchandiser a 
couple of years down the line. Or removes any illusions you had of 
having demand in the first place :)

Cheers,
Dave.

Luke Stroven wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 19:40 -0600, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
>
> > - GNOME Store:
> >
> >  Dave has been organizing it.  In contact with several possible
> >  vendors, chose one which did a good job for GUADEC, had legal
> >  problems due to non-USA location.  Contract didn't get signed, got
> >  us back to square one.  Intends to get more vendor candidates in
> >  February.
>
>
> It has probably been suggested before, but couldn't we just do a
> cafepress store? We could have completely customized store front for
> around $60 with no other investment. 
>
> -Luke

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Dave Neary
bolsh gimp org
Lyon, France