[Groop]VOTE NOW for Official Groop Membership Card format

[jonthekingdon]

1. 10 bucks
2. 2.
3. official groop membership card
4. business card stock with pocket lamenent
5. cheese dip yellow
6. GR00-xxxx-yyyy (where xxxx=year signed up for
Groop, yyyy is sequentially unique digits, such as
GR00-1997-0022)
7.Randomly assign sequence of unique numbers. Sergio,
Mark, Stan, Tom and Gordon would get digits 0001-0005,
Josh would get 0006 (since he is Our Founder) Ruben
would get 0007 (Since he's The First Groopie to sign
up, is that right?) and Gary would get 0008 (since
he's been publicly acknowledged by The Groo Crew -
even in print - as the Number One Groo Fan). Number
0009 would go to whoever takes charge and actually
makes up the cards, and after that it's randomly
determined.
8. .(large) Official Groop Membership Card
(medium) Did I err?
(small) (Name and/or Groop Nickname)
(small) (Membership number)
(small) (Favorite catchphrase here)
9. (large) www.groo.com
(medium) OFFICIAL CHEESEDIP TASTER!
10."Official Groo Membership Card" and the
"www.groo.com"copy custom drawn with Groo & Rufferto
(again, only Sergio willing, so if you vote for this
one, designate a second choice).

or

A multi-character Groo cast picture. (Whatever we
can find with Groo, Rufferto, Sage, Minstrel, Chakaal,
etc.)

-Josh "Not the First Josh but yet another Josh" Decosta

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Steller" <mrgrooism@yahoo.com>
To: "Groop" <groop@groo.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:46 AM
Subject: [Groop]VOTE NOW for Official Groop Membership Card format


Okay, we're ready for PHASE 1, where we decide on the
format of the Official Groop Membership Card. Vote Now
for your preferences, then we'll price out the most
popular options, get approval from Mark & Sergio, then
put it to a final vote (if necessary) with rough
prices included.

Please note, we're not actually ordering cards yet,
we're still just determining the final format. Don't
send an email ordering one until we get final
approval. We'll ONLY THEN send out an email specifying
something like "Order your Official Groop Membership
Card NOW!" with details.

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First and foremost, how much are you willing to spend
for a Groop I.D. card? 
1. $1-$2
2. $5
3. $10
4. other

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Second and just as important:
1. All cards should be identical (much better value
and easier to produce, plus new Groopies could easily
obtain them without starting up the whole process all
over again!!!
2. All cards should have customized information like
member name, membership number, etc. (more fun, but
more costly, more time-consuming, so we may have to
skimp on production values, depending on how much
people are willing to spend). 
3. Most cards should have customized information like
member name, membership number, etc., but we'd also
make up a large batch of generic cards to give out at
conventions and for new Groopies.

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This should be called an
1. Official Groop Membership Card
2. Official MULCH card
3. Official CHEESEDIP card
4. Official MENDICANT card


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Card stock:
1. Business card stock or similar, NOT laminated, with
spaces for autographs. 
2. Business card stock or similar, LAMINATED, but with
useless spaces for autographs anyway and text "not
valid unless signed". 
3. Business card stock or similar, LAMINATED, no
spaces for autographs. 
4. Business card stock or similar, with pocket
laminate enclosed, to be ironed/sealed by member after
getting it autographed. 
5. Plastic credit card style (most expensive) with no
customized info. 
6. Plastic credit card style (most expensive) with
customized info printed on clear label sheets. 

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Color
1. Jerkin Orange
2. Cheese Dip Yellow
3. Mulch Brown
4. Black type on black background (please don't really
vote for this, you know you want to!)

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Membership number format
1. None
2. GR00-xxxx-yyyy (where xxxx=year signed up for
Groop, yyyy is sequentially unique digits, such as
GR00-1997-0022)
3. GR00-xxxx-yyyy (where xxxx=year you started reading
GROO, yyyy is sequentially unique digits, such as
GR00-1986-0022)
4. Number and date separate, so GR00-0022. Member in
good standing since 1997. 
5. Number and date separate, so GR00-0022. GROO fan
since 1997.

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Membership number options
1. Randomly assign sequence of unique numbers. Sergio,
Mark, Stan, Tom and Gordon would get digits 0001-0005,
Josh would get 0006 (since he is Our Founder) Ruben
would get 0007 (Since he's The First Groopie to sign
up, is that right?) and Gary would get 0008 (since
he's been publicly acknowledged by The Groo Crew -
even in print - as the Number One Groo Fan). Number
0009 would go to whoever takes charge and actually
makes up the cards, and after that it's randomly
determined.
2. Groopies get to pick a 4-digit number that is
meaningful to them on a first-come, first serve basis.
(a little bit harder to keep track and have them
printed up this way)
3. We'd all get the same serial number, just for
laughs. (something like:GROO-1982-0001)

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Front
1.(large) Official Groop Membership Card
(medium) Did I err?
(small) (Name and/or Groop Nickname)
(small) (Membership number)
(small) (Favorite catchphrase here)

2. (medium) Official Membership Card
(large) THE GROOP
(medium) www.groo.com
(medium) (MEMBER'S NAME)
(small) This card certifies that the above named is a
member in good standing of the Groo email list. Cheese
Dip not included. Mulch at your own risk. Not to be
used internally.

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Back
1) (large) www.groo.com
(small) "Mulching is a process of inbred
fertilization which employs certain decomposed organic
materials-- including, but not limited to animal
sediment-- to blanket an area in which vegetation is
desired. The procedure enriches the soil for
stimulated plant development while, at the same time,
preventing erosion and decreasing the evaporation of
moisture from the ground."

2) (large) www.groo.com
(small) kopin currency converter: 
1 kopin equals 1 cent
5 kopins equals 10 dollars
10 kopins equals 3 dollars
42 kopins equals 1,234 dollars
50 kopins equals 1,000,000 dollars
100 kopins equals 4 cents 

3) (large) www.groo.com
(medium) "Official Groopie!" or "Official Grooper!"
or "Official Groo Trooper!" (choice)

4) (large) www.groo.com
(medium) Creator/Artist __________________________-
(medium) Wordsmith _______________________________
(medium) Letterer __________________________________
(medium) Colorist 1 ________________________________
(medium) Colorist 2_________________________________

5) (large) www.groo.com
(medium) (5 lines as above but preprinted with
signatures of Sergio, Mark, Stan, Tom & Gordon)

6) (large) www.groo.com
(medium) FRIEND OF GROO - BEWARE!

7) (large) www.groo.com
(medium) OFFICIAL CHEESEDIP TASTER!

8) (large) www.groo.com
(medium) "A good groopie loves cheesedip"

9) (large) www.groo.com
(medium)   "A good groopie knows what mulch is and
knows how to use it."

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Picture on Back (with Sergio's permission)
1. Groo climbing out of computer, as on Josh's
GROO.COM website
2. A Groo & Rufferto picture.
3. A multi-character Groo cast picture. (Whatever we
can find with Groo, Rufferto, Sage, Minstrel, Chakaal,
etc.)
4. The classic "Sergio Aragones 'GROO THE WANDERER"
logo 
5. "Official Groo Membership Card" and the
"www.groo.com"copy custom drawn with Groo & Rufferto
(again, only Sergio willing, so if you vote for this
one, designate a second choice).

Well, I think I worked in all of the suggestions, let
me know what you think, because YOUR VOTE COUNTS. We
especially need Mr. Riden to vote EARLY, so no HANGING
CHADS (ouch!) Send your votes to me privately at
mrgrooism@yahoo.com, just so we don't flood all of our
mailboxes! To give everyone a chance to get their
votes in, I'll keep collecting votes until Sunday,
February 2 (Groundhog's Day!) 

BYE!


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-Larry "Mr. Grooism" Steller
Mendicant Second Class

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