Re: Cool Fedora schwag idea

[seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu>]

On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 18:06 -0400, Jeremy Hogan wrote:
> On 6/27/05, seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu> wrote:
> 
> > I'm thinking take all the money for jackets and get some
> > alternative-build-arch machines so the people who are packaging things
> > for extras with no access to the systems can build there. 
> 
> I think the original idea was that you would sell some of these, which
> off sets the costs and may even add proceeds to the project if you do
> it right. I doubt the cost of the handful of gift jackets is going to
> get you any equipment.
> 
> What's the trade-off/balance? You can't spend every resource on
> technology nor on messaging. I think funding for infrastructure is a
> seperate discussion than marketing, and neither shoould be at the
> expense of the other.

except if there is a single pot of money - and especially when we're
still in the 'ramping up' portion of the community interaction part.

-sv