Been there, done that, got the t-shirt

Since Andy mentioned it elsewhere, it made sense to spin this off into a separate topic because Russell and I have been chatting about it. He made the suggestion that we make up AwakeNetwork t-shirts for the BG conference. The sticking point is the lack of a logo, but personally, I think it would be totally fine to just use the two-tone script-y name that is on the site header. Then, we could have several variants of subtext, including:

• discussing 21st century dharma practice
• I am experiencing things at precisely the rate that I need to experience them, no more, no less.
• ...

Thoughts? Sources? Russell mentioned CafePress but I am not sure what Andy used.

I am a little reluctant to reopen the logo discussion, because while I know it can't be perfect, I think it requires careful thought that I can't afford right now. We did settle on what we have with some bit of voting, and some heavy-handedness on my part. I am mostly afraid for people to spend a bunch of their time on something that simply doesn't resonate with me.

All that said, there is a "je ne sais quoi" about what you have Russell that I kind of like. Yes, going Helvetica Neue is very Apple-esque...I think you have iOS 7 on the brain. But part of me likes jumping on that bandwagon before iOS comes out, for an extra bit of familiarity. I strong dislike your changing the "n" because it invites misspelling when said out loud as it begs "nn". And I really like the dot image, kind of a Helvetica Neue enso. Lastly, I am kind of partial to our current colours, and so I would revert to those, and then the enso would probably be in the blue. The grey would not show up particularly well on a grey shirt, for example so while the subtext colour can change, the core logo should probably be using "t-shirt safe" colours.

I know you said (privately) that you spent all of a minute on that. So if you wanted to invest another minute tweaking it...?

Colleayn wrote: Thumbs up.

...to...?

Colleayn wrote: Yes, two thumbs up. But put it on something shapely, for a woman. I don't want to schlep around in a men's XL, big boxcar of a shirt.
Picky, picky. I know. It's always been a pet peeve. Logo t-shirts are ALWAYS only in men's sizes. I'll buy the Marie Farlio version. Thank you very much.

Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you were offering a vote on one of the possible logos. I think we might be going with more of a self-serve approach for shirts where you can order your own from a given set of designs. Still early planning stages, though.

As the conference is fast approaching, I realized that this ball had been dropped. Thanks to some quick footwork on Russell's part, I think we can get some shirts done for the conference, so I am now canvassing for explicit interest in a shirt. This will enable a bulk discount, plus spreading the shipping across multiple shirts, so it would be a saving to you. Of course, those not going can order a shirt for themselves, but right now I just want to know firm numbers for the conference. Here is the shirt as it stands:

www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/product2.aspx?number=903857166

Now, this is just the men's shirt. We will do a ladies design as well. Honestly, I am not sure how the bulk discount works exactly when we are mixing and matching men's, ladies, and shirts of different sizes. Once I have numbers, and sizes, I can explore that. Please let me know ASAP.

Okay, I've changed my mind, Tom. I'm good for two, XL.