Rick C Johnson
> ...it means we all can get cool OBRA stuff online with no hassle.
I feel compelled to say "and have to share the proceeds with anonymous
people". There's no reason OBRA can't offer this kind of stuff at a
higher level of quality and lower cost by keeping it all local. I know
people who do exactly this from their home - screen and emulsion
printing on T-shirts, hats, flags, coffee cups and sell it online. It's
not rocket science and we should be supporting people like them.
Rick
Melissa Boyd wrote:
> Regarding option #3: OBRA "stuff":
>
> I'd suggest that OBRA set up a CafePress store. Go to
> www.cafepress.com to sign up. You just
> upload your graphics, pick the products you want to offer them on, set
> your prices, and they do all the rest. They take orders, handle
> payments & credit cards, deal with customers, print the stuff, and
> ship it. Then, each month they send you $$. Easy! Just put a link to
> your CafePress store on the OBRA website.
>
> This is also a good fundraiser for individual teams, events, and
> groups like Cross Crusade or Psychocross. And, it means we all can get
> cool OBRA stuff online with no hassle.
>
> Melissa
>
>
> On 12/21/07, *Seth Hosmer* > wrote:
>
> There have been several good ideas outlined already about raising
> money for OBRA, why don't we use a combination of these? I would
> propose:
> 1. Raising membership fees for the 2009 season. OBRA membership
> is amazingly inexpensive for what we get. But without adequate
> funds, the organization we all love and count on may find itself
> in this situation again. I would propose that the current annual
> membership of $20 should be at least tripled...$60 is still a
> bargain. Annual membership fees are stable stream of income that
> the organization can use.
> 2. Add a surcharge to spring races to pay for signs. I don't
> know what it would need to be, but if everybody paid an extra $5
> per race start that would raise a lot of extra money in a hurry,
> and prices could go back down after the signs are paid off. Don't
> complain about the $5, especially those that willingly throw away
> $5 at races when they don't pre-register.
> 3. OBRA "stuff": Calendar, T-shirts, stickers, things like
> that. T-shirts can be made easily/quickly for maybe $5 or less,
> and I am sure somebody on the list "knows somebody". You could
> make an OBRA T-shirt with the OBRA logo on the front and some
> sponsors on the back (sponsors also pay in to be on the shirt,
> maybe making the shirts free for OBRA).
>
> We all need to find a way to pitch in, whether it be a donation
> when we renew our OBRA membership, to willingly pay a little more
> to race.
>
> Seth Hosmer
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