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Grex > Coop10 > #37: Proposal: the Grex Bumper Sticker | |
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mta
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response 50 of 165:
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Oct 1 22:58 UTC 1997 |
I disagree. I've liked cyberspace.org from the beginning because it's
easy to remember, and I still do.
I say if it isn't broken, don't fix it.
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valerie
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response 51 of 165:
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Oct 1 23:22 UTC 1997 |
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valerie
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response 52 of 165:
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Oct 1 23:22 UTC 1997 |
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robh
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response 53 of 165:
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Oct 2 00:23 UTC 1997 |
Same here.
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jenna
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response 54 of 165:
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Oct 2 01:55 UTC 1997 |
Personally, I say two lines.
cyberspace.org (much mroe catchy)
and something with the word gre in it, (grex) liks
"come grex with us" or whatnot
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cmcgee
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response 55 of 165:
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Oct 2 02:11 UTC 1997 |
Two-line bumper stickers are much more difficult to read than one line.
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rcurl
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response 56 of 165:
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Oct 2 06:29 UTC 1997 |
cyberspace.org = grex
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jep
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response 57 of 165:
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Oct 2 13:31 UTC 1997 |
I'm likely to put either on my car, which is aged and impossible to damage
with bumper stickers. I don't mind paying a buck for a bumper sticker.
However, there seems to be enough funding to pay for the bumper stickers
already. The emphasis has been said not to be income, but publicity. Why
not give them away? 500 bumper stickers on people's cars will generate
more publicity than 150 on cars and 350 in a box somewhere.
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krj
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response 58 of 165:
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Oct 2 21:16 UTC 1997 |
There is $100 of pledged funds (from krj & mta); the information we have today
is that the cost will be $175 -- + tax, I assume. If the board wants to buy
490 bumper stickers for the $75 + tax cost, that's fine with me and the board
can distribute the stickers as it thinks best.
(I'm peeling 5 stickers off the top for each of the project underwriters.)
Our laser printer kicked the bucket; who's got the stuff needed to
produce "camera-ready" copy? I'll prepare a draft sticker in MS Word.
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richard
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response 59 of 165:
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Oct 2 22:13 UTC 1997 |
how bout half of the bumper stickers with
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krj
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response 60 of 165:
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Oct 2 22:42 UTC 1997 |
Because they don't price them that way, Richard.
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jenna
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response 61 of 165:
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Oct 3 02:47 UTC 1997 |
what about grex.cyberspace.org
doesn't that work?
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senna
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response 62 of 165:
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Oct 3 05:26 UTC 1997 |
We've got rights to one of the most distinctive domains on the internet. I
don't think we should drop it for anything
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jep
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response 63 of 165:
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Oct 3 13:03 UTC 1997 |
No one has disagreed with that, senna. The disagreement is which name is
more distinctive.
My point is partly that I think most people seeing the bumper sticker with
"www.cyberspace.org" are going to remember "cyberspace" but use ".com"
instead of ".org". It turns out not to be a valid point, since there is
also, to my surprise, a "www.grex.com" out there. <sigh>
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aruba
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response 64 of 165:
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Oct 3 19:00 UTC 1997 |
Yes, the existence of grex.com was what prompted the board to snap up grex.org
in the first place.
I think jep is right about people misremebering the .org part, unfortunately.
There are so many .com sites that a lot of people assume *everything* is .com
these days. So, even though it's not very aesthetic, maybe the .org part
of our address should be in all caps (.ORG, I mean). It's ugly, I know.
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remmers
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response 65 of 165:
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Oct 3 20:56 UTC 1997 |
I agree. (In fact, I suggested it back in response #23.)
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aruba
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response 66 of 165:
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Oct 5 21:22 UTC 1997 |
Right. I didn't mean to imply it was my idea. :)
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janc
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response 67 of 165:
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Oct 6 01:31 UTC 1997 |
www.cyberspace.org is better than grex.cyberspace.org because (1) it clues
them on what to do with this (put it in a browser) and (2) it is easier to
remember.
I'll vote for the board putting up the rest of the money, and the stickers
being given away to anyone who makes a donation of at least a dollar to Grex,
shows up at any Grex event (walk/board meeting/gno/etc), buys or donates an
auction item, or makes any purchase from the Grex store. In other words,
anyone who does anything to make it either easy or worth our while to
deliver the sticker to him or her. I'd think of this as a promotional
item more than a fund raising item.
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jenna
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response 68 of 165:
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Oct 6 03:56 UTC 1997 |
I would also offer to sell them (eg give a dollar get a bumper sticker)
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krj
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response 69 of 165:
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Oct 6 06:00 UTC 1997 |
Upon reflection, I am leaning towards putting the monochrome version
of Rob Argy's Grex logo on the left of the design. Anyone who wants
only the URL can just cut the logo off. :) So it would look
something like this:
[ Logo ] www.cyberspace.org
Of course the visual elements would be nicely balanced, which is
impossible in this ascii representation.
I know Valerie and others would like color; I *really* do not want to
mess with preparing color camera-ready copy, or color printing.
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scott
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response 70 of 165:
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Oct 6 10:58 UTC 1997 |
I'll vote for funding for a bumper sticker.
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aruba
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response 71 of 165:
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Oct 6 17:56 UTC 1997 |
I will too.
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srw
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response 72 of 165:
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Oct 7 02:17 UTC 1997 |
Take a look at the file I just built. It is a grayscale gif file. I will
print it out in black and white from a higher resolution version to get
camera ready copy. The sticker itself will be printed in blue ink on
white, so imagine that the black is blue.
http://www.wwnet.net/~srw/bumpersticker.gif
First let's agree on the design concepts.
I basically followed the design ideas posted here, but I had to deal
with some issues. (1) You wanted it with light letters on a dark
background, but the logo is designed to appear on a white background.
Putting the logo on a dark background looks awful. I don't have a
version of the logo that is antialiased against a black background
instead of white. I might be able to do that, but it's a lot of work. .
So I put the logo on a white background on the left, taking up about 30%
of the width, and put the www.cyberspace.org in reversed out letters on
a dark background on the right 70%. Between the dark and light fields I
have currently put a short gradient. It could easily be replaced with a
sharp line. I like the division of the sticker into light and dark
fields, but I don't know what you all think of it.
I also added a swoosh line under the "org" to draw attention to it. It
could be removed if desired.
Frankly, I surprised myself. I think it looks pretty good. What do you
think? If we can decide these by consensus quickly, I can get it printed
out for Ken.
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steve
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response 73 of 165:
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Oct 7 03:00 UTC 1997 |
It looks *great*. I think I'd take off the swoosh, but it
looks really really good.
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jep
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response 74 of 165:
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Oct 7 13:51 UTC 1997 |
I think it looks terrific. I didn't like the swoosh, either. I think it
looks like a mistake. But the intent is good. It'd be good to have
something that emphasizes the "org" in the URL.
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