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    Hey Doug,<br>
    <br>
    Glad to see we're getting some shirts printed up.  Here are my
    thoughts.<br>
    <br>
    I'm not a fan of the pocketed tee, I would prefer a regular tee.<br>
    If we're making the effort to get some new tees, I think we should
    do a new design too.  Maybe even get a quote for a professional
    design instead of a member volunteer design.<br>
    Why are we considering paying for a one time delivery?<br>
    We should order enough on the first batch to stock multiple sizes
    for a couple years.<br>
    <br>
    -James<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/29/2017 09:49 AM, Doug Paradis
      wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAOdUW+Yea2OYd9iuR4CtdkWfjcVzbU=QHRcBDDtgmGz7m1nDyg@mail.gmail.com">
      <div dir="ltr">-All,
        <div>     Please respond.</div>
        <div>Regards,</div>
        <div>Doug P.</div>
        <div><br>
          <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message
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            From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Doug Paradis</b> <span
              dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paradug@gmail.com"
                moz-do-not-send="true">paradug@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
            Date: Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:58 PM<br>
            Subject: Tee shirt proposal<br>
            To: dprgbiz-owner <<a
              href="mailto:dprgbiz-owner@lists.dprg.org"
              moz-do-not-send="true">dprgbiz-owner@lists.dprg.org</a>><br>
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                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">-All,</span><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
                    Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> 
                     
                    Christmas has passed, and all the guests have gone
                    home, so it is time to get
                    back to business. Below is a proposal that was
                    discussed by board members prior
                    to Christmas. We need to decide on whether we are
                    going to do this as soon as
                    possible. I ask that you send me your vote aye or
                    nay on the proposal. If the
                    vote is aye, I will announce the tee-shirt proposal
                    via message to the list
                    (and a possible website post). I will also need the
                    funds before I can make the
                    order. The order would be made after the January
                    DPRG monthly meeting and 2018 officer election.</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Regards,<span></span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Doug
                    P.<span></span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Proposal:<br>
                  </span><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">-------------</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dallas
                    Personal
                    Robotics Group, DPRG, has not had club tee-shirts
                    available for distribution to
                    members in over 3 years.<span></span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">It
                    is proposed that
                    the club have tee-shirts made similar to the last
                    design used by the club, and
                    distribute the tee-shirts free of charge to all
                    members in good standing as of
                    January 13th, 2018, who also vote in the officers
                    election. Members who cannot
                    attend regular club meetings (i.e., live outside of
                    Dallas area, have health issues, special cases) will
                    have the shirt mailed to them. Postage will
                    be paid by the DPRG. Mailings will be limited to
                    locations in the United States
                    or Canada. Estimated mailing costs would be ~$8 per
                    shirt. The conditions for participation in the
                    tee-shirt distribution are:</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1.
                    The member must be
                    a member in good standing of DPRG on January 13th,
                    2018.</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2.
                    Must have voted in
                    the 2018 DPRG officer election.</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3.
                    Must provide DPRG
                    with a tee-shirt size and a shipping address.<span></span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tee-shirt
                    Description:<br>
                  </span><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">----------------------------</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
                    tee-shirt is ash
                    colored, and has a pocket on the front left side.
                    Above the pocket is a small
                    "Robie" robot with the text "Dallas Personal
                    Robotics
                    Group" surrounded by a box. The color of the front
                    design is black. The
                    back of the shirt has a large DPRG logo consisting
                    of two colors black and
                    blue. The blue used in the logo will be a darker
                    blue than the standard logo, similar
                    to the color used on the last club tee-shirt design.
                    Attempts will be made to
                    make the new batch of tee-shirt similar to the
                    previous tee-shirts, including
                    shirt material and manufacturer.  The tee-shirt
                    layout is the 2008 Ron
                    Grant design seen at <a
                      href="https://www.dprg.org/tee-shirts-of-the-past-and-present/"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.dprg.org/tee-<wbr>shirts-of-the-past-and-<wbr>present/</a> .<span></span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cost:<br>
                  </span><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">-------</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
                    cost of a minimum
                    run of 24 tee-shirts is ~$380. This includes a $105
                    initial setup cost. Each
                    additional tee-shirt costs between $11.50 and $14.50
                    depending on size if made
                    in this run.</span><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If
                    the tee-shirts are
                    made without pockets, the cost of a minimum run is
                    ~$340 (including setup) and
                    additional shirts are about $2 cheaper.</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
                  </span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Not
                    a Yearly event:<br>
                  </span><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">-------------------------</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">This
                    proposed tee-shirt distribution is a one time event
                    and will not occur in the future.</span> </p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"><br>
                </p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Future
                    Tee-shirt
                    Fulfillment:<br>
                  </span><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">------------------------------<wbr>------</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To
                    allow members to
                    obtain tee-shirts in the future, an online service
                    such as<a href="https://www.printful.com/"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"> https://www.printful.com/</a> <wbr>will
                    be used. The service will be setup on the <a
                      href="https://dprg.org/" target="_blank"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">dprg.org</a> website. These
                    shirts will not
                    be exactly the same as the tee-shirt described
                    above, but will carry the same
                    front and back designs. They will not have front
                    pockets. Member will be responsible for cost and
                    shipping of the tee-shirt. </span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Future
                    batch runs of
                    tee-shirts may occur if the club members so desire,
                    but not at club expense. <span></span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Future
                    Shirt Designs
                    and Style Variations:<br>
                  </span><span
                    style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">------------------------------<wbr>-------------------------</span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
                    style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Some
                    members have
                    expressed interest in different club shirt styles. A
                    group buy of a polo shirt
                    club variation is being investigated. Currently, the
                    investigation has found an
                    option for a minimum buy quantity is 6 shirts at a
                    cost of ~$22 to $25. This is
                    a matter for future discussion by the club.<span></span></span></p>
                <p class="m_462307600586031871gmail-MsoNormal"
                  style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br>
                </p>
              </div>
              <div>---- end of proposal ------</div>
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