[Groop]Groop Membership Cards
John Sefchick
bigsexxy@aaahawk.com
Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:13:18 -0500
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One idea I have to cut down on costs and time of the person printing or
laminating is to have the cards printed up; however that's decided. Then
mail out the cards to everyone and if there is an "official signature" of
our leaders whether that be Mark or Sergio or even Groo or all three leave
a space and when the Groopies go to a convention they can have it signed
personally. Another idea but it involves some work for Sergio, is to leave
a space in the front and have Sergio draw a little caricature of the card
holder, I would happily pay for something like this. That way everyone gets
a little piece of Sergio artwork and it identifies the holder as a Groopie
in good standing. After everyone gets their signature/artwork then the
holder can go out and it it laminated themselves or framed or whatever they
want to do with it. As far as people who don't /can't go to conventions
other groopies can volunteer to take then to conventions or if Mark or
Sergio want to spend their valuable time we can send them with SASE's to
them personally to have them signed.
The back can contain what makes a Groopie in good standing. We can think
up of different things.
"A good groopie loves cheesdip"
"A good groopie knows what mulch is and knows how to use it."
Just my .02
John
At 12:00 PM 1/17/2003 -0500, Pengyfelix@aol.com wrote:
>Since you asked for opinions on the card content:
>
>Since Nick Smith was kind enough to offer to make these up, I think we
>should be kind enough, in return, to not make it a huge undertaking for
>him. Unfortunately, having individual membership numbers or our groop
>names (which, by the way, not all of us have, especially not the
>lurkers--hey out there! Don't be afraid to post! Most of us don't bite!)
>would make his job very complicated. Unless all our groop membership
>numbers are the same--that would be a very Grooish thing to do.
>
>I support whoever said that, since the Groo Crew already signs everything,
>there is no sense in having places for them to sign. Besides, that just
>makes more work for them and would take up time at cons that they could be
>either meeting with other Groo fans, signing Groo stuff, or, in Sergio's
>case, drawing Groo pages with his toes under the table during panel
>discussions (a joke either ME or Jeff Smith made at a panel at Mid-Ohio Con).
>
>I like the idea of the cards being Jerkin Orange, though finding business
>cards in Jerkin Orange to print them on would be a challenge. An
>alternative to having the cards printed by a company is to go to an office
>supply store and buy blank business card paper (thicker than regular
>paper, but not quite as thick as cardstock and designed to go through your
>standard desktop printer). Mine cost somewhere around $7 for 250 cards,
>though, again, I do not think Jerkin Orange is a standard color. Most
>desktop publishing software has setting to print cards on such paper, and
>it would be a simple matter to make them double sided on your basic home
>printer.
>
>As far as the text goes, in the interest of not making more work than
>necessary, I think it might be best to have all the cards be the
>same. Larry Steller's proposed text covers the basics, and we definitely
>want to incorporate cheese dip and mulch in there somewhere.
>
>If we want to be able to sign and laminate them, here is a particularly
>complicated way of making it happen:
>Step 1: Print the cards up with a place for them to be signed.
>Step 2: Mail the cards, unlaminated, to everyone who wants them
>Step 3: Everyone signs their cards
>Step 4: We all mail our signed cards and a self-addressed stamped
>envelope (the SASE with US stamps might be a little complicated for
>foreign groopies--this is not a perfect plan), to whomever is in charge of
>lamination
>Step 5: That person laminates the cards
>Step 6: The laminated cards are put in the SASE that was sent with the
>card and mailed back to the Groopie from whence they came.
>Alternately, steps 4-6 could be eliminated and we could all be in charge
>of getting our own cards laminated.
>
>Janet "I don't write short emails" Harriett
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One idea I have to cut down on costs and time of the person printing or
laminating is to have the cards printed up; however that's decided. Then
mail out the cards to everyone and if there is an "official
signature" of our leaders whether that be Mark or Sergio or even
Groo or all three leave a space and when the Groopies go to a convention
they can have it signed personally. Another idea but it involves
some work for Sergio, is to leave a space in the front and have Sergio
draw a little caricature of the card holder, I would happily pay for
something like this. That way everyone gets a little piece of Sergio
artwork and it identifies the holder as a Groopie in good standing.
After everyone gets their signature/artwork then the holder can go out
and it it laminated themselves or framed or whatever they want to do with
it. As far as people who don't /can't go to conventions other groopies
can volunteer to take then to conventions or if Mark or Sergio want to
spend their valuable time we can send them with SASE's to them personally
to have them signed.
The back can contain what makes a Groopie in good standing.
We can think up of different things.
"A good groopie loves cheesdip"
"A good groopie knows what mulch is and knows how to use
it."
Just my .02
John
At 12:00 PM 1/17/2003 -0500, Pengyfelix@aol.com wrote:
Since you asked for
opinions on the card content:
Since Nick Smith was kind enough to offer to make these up, I think we
should be kind enough, in return, to not make it a huge undertaking for
him. Unfortunately, having individual membership numbers or our groop
names (which, by the way, not all of us have, especially not the
lurkers--hey out there! Don't be afraid to post! Most of us
don't bite!) would make his job very complicated. Unless all our
groop membership numbers are the same--that would be a very Grooish thing
to do.
I support whoever said that, since the Groo Crew already signs
everything, there is no sense in having places for them to sign.
Besides, that just makes more work for them and would take up time at
cons that they could be either meeting with other Groo fans, signing Groo
stuff, or, in Sergio's case, drawing Groo pages with his toes under the
table during panel discussions (a joke either ME or Jeff Smith made at a
panel at Mid-Ohio Con).
I like the idea of the cards being Jerkin Orange, though finding business
cards in Jerkin Orange to print them on would be a challenge. An
alternative to having the cards printed by a company is to go to an
office supply store and buy blank business card paper (thicker than
regular paper, but not quite as thick as cardstock and designed to go
through your standard desktop printer). Mine cost somewhere around
$7 for 250 cards, though, again, I do not think Jerkin Orange is a
standard color. Most desktop publishing software has setting to
print cards on such paper, and it would be a simple matter to make them
double sided on your basic home printer.
As far as the text goes, in the interest of not making more work than
necessary, I think it might be best to have all the cards be the
same. Larry Steller's proposed text covers the basics, and we
definitely want to incorporate cheese dip and mulch in there
somewhere.
If we want to be able to sign and laminate them, here is a particularly
complicated way of making it happen:
Step 1: Print the cards up with a place for them to be=20
signed.
Step 2: Mail the cards, unlaminated, to everyone who wants
them
Step 3: Everyone signs their cards
Step 4: We all mail our signed cards and a self-addressed stamped
envelope (the SASE with US stamps might be a little complicated for
foreign groopies--this is not a perfect plan), to whomever is in charge
of lamination
Step 5: That person laminates the cards
Step 6: The laminated cards are put in the SASE that was sent with
the card and mailed back to the Groopie from whence they came.
Alternately, steps 4-6 could be eliminated and we could all be in charge
of getting our own cards laminated.
Janet "I don't write short emails"
Harriett