A follow-up from yesterday's proposal to launch a design contest for better Kerry t-shirts. Here's the steps we need to take. If you'd like to help out, leave a comment and tell me which step(s) (other than 6.c., of course) you're willing to co-ordinate or help out.
1. Filing.
a. FEC
b. IRS
c. Open Bank Account
2. Website.
a. Grab www.designsonthewhitehouse.com, .org, .net.
b. Find someone who will donate hosting for us?
c. Web design
e. Database coding, especially if we're going to incorporate public voting.
3. Judges
a. Wishlist -- political figures, design gurus, celebrities
b. Draft letter
c. Recruit judges
4. Shirts
a. Decide -- cafepress, or another vendor?
b. Setup webstore
5. Competition
a. Promote to designers -- listservs, blogs, etc.
b. Figure out rules, categories, etc.
c. Judges (and public?) pick winners
6. Sell shirts! Raise money!
a. Promotion -- media, blogs, etc.
b. Reporting
c. Defeat of Bush and Cheney.
| John Kerry | Designsonthewhitehouse |
I'll be happy to register the domain, solicit for hosting and web design, draft whatever letters you need [I'm a professional fundraiser - I'm good with the ask], and I'll definitely help sell.
Comment #1 :: link :: March 24, 2004 06:55 PMLooky at the anti-Bush shirt I made. Try zazzle.com. It seems like it would be really, really easy to go this way.
Comment #2 :: link :: March 24, 2004 08:30 PMi'm in for doing a webdesign for you and working with whomever is programming (cough, cough, trip) to make sure its standards compliant.
Comment #3 :: link :: March 24, 2004 09:39 PMi'm basically game to try anything but i'd probably be better at items 1, 3 and 6 than 2 or 4....
Comment #4 :: link :: March 24, 2004 10:45 PMOK, Mac, you're our Webmistress. Go out and round up some domains and see if you can get some free hosting. (Maybe moveon.org would spare us some bandwidth?) Liz, you're Design Diva. You can coordinate with Mac on getting our site up. We'll still need someone to do coding (2.e.)
Debbie has agreed to take care of #1. I'm guessing this makes her Treasurer, but if you can think of a better title I'm all for it. (We have to have an actual "Treasurer," though, for filing purposes.) I talked to the FEC guy today, so I've got a handle on the rules and stuff.
Jimpy, I'd love to have you as Rules Meister for putting together the contest, public voting, categories, etc. (5.b.) Let me know if you're game.
Kalisha offered to do PR (6.a.). CMM, Matt F-B, and Jimpy all have experience in this, so if any of you want to help her out, chime in.
Major jobs left: Coding, Judge Empaneller (#3), Shirtmeister (#4).
Mac sent me over here. What sort of coding do you need? I'll be happy to donate my time to the cause.
Comment #6 :: link :: March 25, 2004 02:25 PMWell, we're going to need to set up a database to handle voting on shirts, authentication of those votes (to avoid ballot stuffing), etc. I'll put you and Liz in touch. Thanks!
Comment #7 :: link :: March 25, 2004 02:47 PMDavid:
Does zazzle have USA-made shirts? I don't want any potentially bad press for Kerry to come out of this...
Comment #8 :: link :: March 25, 2004 04:00 PMI'll help Emily with #3, and also help promote this to designers (5a).
Comment #9 :: link :: March 25, 2004 05:49 PMNot sure about where Zazzle's shirts are made, though I seem to remember that there's an American Apparel option. I also have a coupon to two silk-screening places, if that's a help. (Courtesy of SXSW's swag bag.)
Comment #10 :: link :: March 28, 2004 01:22 AMAs per Mike's request, I'm in for Treasurer, if I'm not going to step on Debbie's toes.
I can do the EIN and the 527 and all the IRS accounting-type stuff.
Comment #11 :: link :: March 29, 2004 07:33 PMDavid -- Debbie's decided not to be Treasurer, she's the Judge Wrangler instead. So you're the Treasurer and everyone's toes will be fine. I'll be sending out an email with details on the filing stuff. Thanks again so much!
Comment #12 :: link :: March 30, 2004 11:08 AM
