Re: Brochure for potential sponsors: need help!

[Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>]

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
>   
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